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The Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) will not release statistics from the 2023-24 Survey of Income and Housing (SIH) due to data collection issues. Despite work to address these issues, the data did not meet the ABS’ high standards for official statistics and will not be released.

This decision means that the following products will not be released in 2025:

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Results from the SIH 2025-26 are expected to be published from mid-2027.

The ABS has a range of alternative data that give insights on income, wealth and housing, including:

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[–] MisterFrog@aussie.zone 3 points 1 week ago

Yes, but also this would be a huge scandal which would no doubt come out.

As much as this is a pretty big fuck up, I have decent trust in the integrity of the vast majority of public servants. (Not to say that information isn't ever massaged or suppressed in the public service, just that a conspiracy of this magnitude would not stay quiet).

Give it a couple of months. If it really is a conspiracy, I bet we'll find out.