I've NEVER been a great believer in this
"polling" of 1000 odd people method
to find the nations unemployed numbers
... but at LEAST - up until NOW - there has been a credible, smooth calculation from one month to the next
The LATEST figures from the ABS have all the credibility of an
Essential Research
poll - or to paraphrase Longweekend58, a
"rogue poll"
I feel pretty confident in predicting an "adjustment" from the ABS in the next round of statistics
Now, HERE'S a thought ...

Hows about, every month, the government release the
EASILY COLLATED numbers of
Centrelink Newstart payments over a fort-night ( ... including PART payments) plus the number of Newstart applications pending
THESE figures can't be FLAWED