Australia launches 'national wellbeing' dashboard to measure prosperity beyond GDP

By Wayne Cole and Alasdair Pal SYDNEY (Reuters) - Australia on Friday launched a "national wellbeing" dashboard of indicators to measure progress on issues like health, education and the environment, one that it hopes will lead to a better balance between economic and social objectives. It will track indicators across five categories - healthy, secure, sustainable, cohesive, and prosperous - that can be viewed on an online dashboard and will be updated annually. They are intended to complement traditional economic indicators such as gross domestic product, inflation and employment. "I think on...