Yeah mate, I'm hearing you.
The fact that the statisticians lump salary in with wages does skew the figures.
The debate in Victoria about African immigrants and crime is a prime example of how the same set of statistical data can be used by opponents to prove a diametrically opposite story.
An ABC article this morning had a senior judge saying that because African migrants only make up 0.1% of the population there are far more crimes committed by non African offenders. True, and obvious.
Also true but seemingly ignored by the judge were the stats later in the article, that this 0.1% is recorded as responsible for 1% of all crime, or 10 times the average, and nearly 10% of all aggravated, violent robberies, 100 times the average.
The only experience I have of the issue is through media beatups. Even the ABC can be dodgy with their interpretations of issues, but numbers are not political they're just facts.
It does seem to be over-representation.
If you’re African and in court, ‘rest assured your case will be reported on’
http://www.abc.net.au/news/2018-11-05/m ... e/10452172