Australians are mostly wrong on what unemployment is far more widespread than it really is. We also wrongly assume that murders are on the rise.

The findings, in an Ipsos report measuring social perceptions in 14 countries, ranks Australia around the middle in the group's "Index of Ignorance".

Italians came out the worst, followed by citizens of the US and South Korea. have the most accurate perceptions of their own societies, while

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In Australia those