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Dr Liz Allen
@DrDemography
Demographer | Demography, populations, social trends, surveys, data, methods, census. Educator, researcher. @ourANU | Author ‘The Future of Us’.
Aug 25 • 5 tweets • 2 min read
Something BIG has happened on the down low regarding the Australian #Census2026au. Following years of community consultation and input, the Australian Bureau of Statistics has halted the #Census2026au process apparently due to a captain’s call from @ALeighMP. 25/08/2024 Ні, Thank you for registering your interest in the Census Test briefing, Monday 26 August 2024. Following the Government's decision on topics for the 2026 Census, the briefing has been cancelled. Regards, Census Media media@abs.gov.au
Apr 2 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
Autistic people have a life expectancy 9, 16, 20 years younger than non-ASD people. Right? Life expectancy of someone with autism is somewhere in the 50s. Right? You’d be forgiven to think this. This is what we’ve been told. But it’s NOT true. 🧵 It’s become a ‘fact’ that life expectancy of people living with autism have decades shorter average lifespan. So where does this misinformation come from? abc.net.au/news/2024-04-0…
The life expectancy of autistic people is 20 years less than the general population and are nine times more likely to die by suicide, according to the Department of Social Services (DSS).
Jul 2, 2023 • 20 tweets • 7 min read
.@australian published a piece calling for facts in commentary of the Voice to parliament, but the article itself stated a gross falsehood: '...claim that Indigenous people were not counted in the census until 1967 is simply not true'. Blainey's assertion is wrong, evidence shows Anyone who knows census - history, data, politics - will tell you just how wrong Blainey's claims are that First Nations Australians were included in population censuses before 1971, and that data for Indigenous peoples was 'precise'.
Feb 24, 2023 • 6 tweets • 3 min read
Really disappointing to hear LNP politician bring back the very outdated and offensive notion of blood purity in relation to who would be ‘eligible for the voice to parliament’. Terrifying that the opposition is talking about blood purity qualification standards of First Nations status and eligibility for the voice to parliament.
Aug 30, 2021 • 6 tweets • 2 min read
I got sick over the weekend and had to go to hospital. It was lonely and sad. But it made me reflect on all the important things in my life. The little things day to day that I took for granted. We don’t have money so the kids and I have structured our lives and wellbeing… …around simple (free) and accessible things (for people with disability). Our lives have come undone over the last few weeks, thanks to covid. Disability support gone. I miss the independence we had, the freedom to do what we needed to do to get by and be content. It’s…
Jun 1, 2021 • 12 tweets • 5 min read
Lots of talk about the demographic and travel behaviour differences to account for ‘why Victoria’ concerning COVID. Let’s unpack this…with data. #auspol Experts and politicians have responded to the question on many people’s minds: why Victoria? Why does Vic appear to be struggling with COVID outbreaks, while NSW isn’t? Recent commentary has suggested transport, age, jobs, migrant population etc as among the reasons.