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Simon KuestenmacherThe Australian |
Regular readers of this column will know me to be very optimistic about the future of Australia. There are, however, a few things I am pessimistic...
Regular readers of this column will know me to be very optimistic about the future of Australia. There are, however, a few things I am pessimistic...
Are we on the right track as a nation? How do we even tackle such an issue? We must ignore things that are outside of our control and test if our...
Australian manufacturing was once guarded by protectionist tariffs that ensured imported goods were so expensive that locally produced goods could...
Last year I published a column about the dramatic teacher shortage in Australia. As I looked at more education data in the past year, my worries...
Last week I argued that any plausible Australian government will continue the current high migration approach. Today we will explore the basic makeup...
Today we explore the topic of migration. In fact, we will end migration altogether today. We explore an Australia ten years from now where we have...
In a previous column I discussed the prolonged skills shortage that Australia is facing in the coming decade and argued that this alone will guarantee...
Over the Christmas break I read outstanding biographies of the great thinkers Humboldt , Goethe , and Oppenheimer . As I was reading, I realised...
The last week of parental leave for your friendly neighbourhood Stats Guy is about to come to an end. Today I’m showing you one of my favourite maps...
–Your friendly neighbourhood Stats Guy is still on parental leave for another three weeks. Instead of a big data driven column I’m showing you...
Your friendly neighbourhood Stats Guy is still on parental leave for another four weeks. So instead of my weekly data-driven column I am going to...
Your friendly neighbourhood Stats Guy is still on parental leave for another five weeks. Instead of my weekly data-driven column I am going to share...
Your friendly neighbourhood Stats Guy is on parental leave for the next six weeks. So instead of a weekly data-driven column, I am going to share some...
Your friendly neighbourhood Stats Guy is on parental leave for the next eight weeks. So instead of a weekly data-driven column I am going to share...
Your friendly neighbourhood Stats Guy is on parental leave for the next eleven weeks. So instead of a weekly data-driven column I am going to share...
New building materials, shrinking household sizes, the introduction of the internet changing how housing is advertised, and even new property classes...
As a demographer, you get to enjoy birth-related joy every year as the Australian Bureau of Statistics (ABS) releases its annual birth dataset. Last...
We need more affordable housing options for low-income earners. So far, so boring. Let’s discuss non-market housing today. That concept is...
No matter who you are, the birth of your child will be one of the most joyous days in your life. As a demographer, you get to enjoy birth-related joy...
Three weeks ago, I mentioned the shrinking number of believers in Australia and discussed the increased diversity in the remaining faith pool. I...
Read any description of the Australian people and you will quickly see us described as being an egalitarian bunch. It’s well and truly a core part...
I wholeheartedly believe you are a better worker, partner, parent, or citizen when you view the world from multiple perspectives. The more...
Let’s talk about the benefits of sports. You of course know that you should exercise regularly – go for a swim, hit the gym, do some yoga. The...
Nothing that happens in Australia happens in isolation. We are very much embedded into a larger global and regional context. The animated map below...