Counting on us: How start dates affect Census participation one-pager

Counting on us: How start dates affect Census participation

The Census is the most comprehensive data collection activity in Australia. It is an invaluable source of information that enables communities, governments and businesses to make informed decisions.

The Census has previously focused on a single 'Census Night'. In 2021, to encourage participation, the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) highlighted that people had a number of days to complete the Census. BETA partnered with the ABS to test this change.

BETA in 2022

2022 was again a year of change and challenge. BETA’s work program adapted accordingly. We worked on some of the most urgent complex policy problems, including skills shortages, women’s labour force participation and energy prices.

Communication counts one-pager

Helping small business supervisors support ill and injured workers to return to the workplace

BETA worked with Safe Work Australia to develop return to work guidance materials for use by supervisors in Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs).

We undertook a literature review, stakeholder consultation, data analysis and user-testing to ensure the materials addressed key challenges for SMEs.

Bringing BI upstream in the policy cycle

New directions for the application of BI to complex policy problems

 

Sludge and complex consumer choices

Saving customers time, money and effort by simplifying processes and choices

 

Dark patterns and greenwashing

Exposing and addressing deceptive corporate tactics

 

Communication counts: Helping small business supervisors support ill and injured workers to return to the workplace

Every year, more than half a million Australians sustain a work-related injury or illness. For the employee who becomes injured or ill at work, and for their employer, failed or incomplete return to work can have significant negative consequences. In a previous project, BETA developed guidance materials for the Australian Public Service focused on supporting the supervisor-worker relationship following the illness or injury of a worker.

To DCE or not to DCE: BETA's experience with discrete choice experiments

Used extensively in market research and economics, DCEs have a number of qualities which make them great for analysing and understanding the kind of complex choices people make when they buy a smart device or choose a course of study.

National Survey of Mental Health-Related Stigma and Discrimination

In February 2021, the National Mental Health Commission (the Commission) approached the BETA to help deliver a national survey of mental health-related stigma and discrimination.

The purpose of the survey was to support the Commission to develop and evaluate the National Stigma and Discrimination Reduction Strategy (the Strategy). Selected findings from the survey are included in the Strategy. The purpose of this report is to provide a full description of the survey methods and findings.

Increasing participation in the Adult Migrant English Program one-pager

The Adult Migrant English Program (AMEP) provides& government-funded English language tuition to migrants with less than a vocational level of English. Not all migrants who are eligible for the AMEP currently enrol in it and those who do, often disengage before exhausting their eligibility.

BETA partnered with the Department of Home Affairs to test whether sending people translated information would increase participation in the AMEP over sending information in English.

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