In 2013, the scheduled five-yearly update of Australia's time use survey was shelved to make budget savings.
Notes on verification
Corroborated by a contemporaneous 2013 academic statement, an internal ABS presentation to the UN Statistical Commission, and Treasury materials describing a subsequent 16-year hiatus. Minor discrepancy (2013 vs 2014) in one later ABS source does not undermine the core claim.
Sources
- If the ABS guts Australia’s time use survey, women’s work will count for little (theconversation.com)
- https://unstats.un.org/unsd/statcom/51st-session/side-events/documents/20200302-1M-Michelle-M.pdf (unstats.un.org)
- https://genderinstitute.anu.edu.au/news/counting-nothing-cancellation-time-use-survey (genderinstitute.anu.edu.au)
- https://ministers.treasury.gov.au/ministers/andrew-leigh-2022/media-releases/abs-commence-regular-time-use-survey-2024 (ministers.treasury.gov.au)
- https://unstats.un.org/unsd/demographic-social/meetings/2024/tus-wk-china-2024/01c. The drivers and uses of time-use data in Australia_Australia_Ms. Lisa Scanlon.pdf (unstats.un.org)