The Australian Bureau of Statistics has retired the occupation of 'print journalist', merging it with other media roles under 'journalists'. This reflects the evolving nature of work and the decline of traditional print media.
There I was, strutting around Parliament House as a print journalist, pen behind my ear, a dog-eared notepad in my back pocket, and a fedora emblazoned with “press” on my head – and then suddenly, nothing.It wasn’t just print journalists that, in the world of statistical measurement, have gone the way of fullers*.
Now though, after decades of work, the ABS has lumped us into one lot – “journalists” . This designation includes print hands like myself, as well as online journalists, bloggers, digital content writers, and photojournalists.Bevan Shields, have also had their designations changed. No longer are they newspaper or periodical editors . Instead, their occupation is now “print or digital content editor”, designated as 231333.All these shifting numbers might sound like a lot of nothing.
But, the changing nature of our occupations reflects our economy’s evolution and is befuddling plenty of economic commentators, who seem to believe that we are, at our core, a nation of widget makers, miners and print journalists. The royal commission into the banking sector was also revealing. It showed that some of our biggest financial institutions had made money from selling products to dead people. It’s easy to be productive if you’re taking money from a client in the local cemetery.
Processing those claims will cost taxpayers about $8.3 billion extra over the next five years in assistance to Australian veterans. The coldest of cold-hearted may have no qualms in denying money to veterans, claiming it is “unproductive” extra cost to the budget bottom line, but it’s part of the social contract a government has with those who it sent into battle and one that should always be honoured.
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