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Smashing barriers key to Labor's full employment vision

The federal government wants to get as many people in the workforce as possible by dismantling any hurdles holding them back.

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The Stats Guy: Big Australia is coming — let’s not repeat past mistakes

Australia is very likely to grow by four million people per decade. Let’s not act surprised by strong growth in the coming decades again.

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Melbourne and Sydney named as third and fourth most-liveable cities

Melbourne and Sydney have been named two of the most liveable cities in the world, highlighting Australia's post-COVID revival.

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Back to the office: A guide for bosses who desperately want staff at their desks

A somewhat provocative guide for our business leaders that want their staff back in the office.

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Australia in the rearview mirror: Shifting population dynamics transform our society

Looking in Australia's rear-view mirror highlights the major population shift in society over the last 60 years.

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The Stats Guy: The reason why tourism is quickly shedding the COVID blues

The Australian tourism industry is recovering after a horror two years. This is who is driving it, and some challenges for the sector.

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The Stats Guy: Grey nomads, growth industries and some educated guesswork

Measuring population growth by age allows us to roughly estimate changing market sizes for age specific products and services.

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Cheap printers and Argentina: A metaphor for improving Australia’s housing

A cheap house is much like a cheap printer. In a cost-of-living crisis, low-income earners in such homes have two options: pay or shiver.

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Alan Kohler: Population growth equals economic growth, but for whom?

We need immigration to replace ageing Baby Boomers. The problem isn't population growth, its the disconnect with housing and infrastructure.

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The Stats Guy: Four lessons from Singapore to improve Australian cities

Singapore's city state isn't perfect, but there are important lessons Australian cities – or anywhere else – would do well to absorb

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The Stats Guy: Double export status gives Australia a rare geopolitical advantage

A nation that exports more than it imports is a net exporter. Being self-sufficient is great as you don’t rely on trade.

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The Stats Guy: What does China’s flawed census mean for Australia? A warning most of all

China has likely overcounted its population by at least 100 million. That missing demographic won't be buying Australia's exports

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Sydney still ‘greater’ than Melbourne, but not for long

Moving boundary lines means by one measure, Melbourne is bigger than Sydney. Greater Sydney is still bigger, but that will soon change.

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The Stats Guy: Australian cities must change to move forward

Our national obsession with homeownership and a plethora of other factors reshaped our cities. Now we have to do it again

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The Stats Guy: Jimmy Barnes’ Working Class Man through the data lens

I am driving late at night; a classic rock station plays along in the background. On comes Jimmy Barnes with Working Class Man. It never occurred to me to look at a piece of music through the demographic lens.

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The Stats Guy: Rebuilding cities for an ageing population

Half of us will live past the age of 85. Such an imminent bulge in the upper reaches of the population pyramid also requires preparation

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The Stats Guy: Record-breaking migration is reshaping an ill-prepared nation

Because migration and housing policies operate independently of each other, Australia is ramping up migration without adequate housing stock.

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The Stats Guy: Innovation, investments, demographics: Can Millennials sustain Australia?

The future is annoyingly hard to predict, but today we will be thinking hard about just how innovative Australia might be a decade from now

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The Stats Guy: Where have all the workers gone? It’s entirely demographic

Why are we experiencing the current workforce skills shortage? The simple answer is a straightforward matter of demographics

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The Stats Guy: How Australian coal can help Germany beat its energy crisis

In the very West of Germany lies Luetzerath. It’s an obscure and tiny settlement. Nobody ever cared about it – until recently that is.

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The Stats Guy: Demographic advice for self-interested politicians

How could a self-interested politician use ABS Census data to pick which policies to support and which cohort’s problems to ignore

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Australia to get bigger and older faster

Australia will reshape over the next decade to become bigger and older, which will have implications for the entire population.

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The Stats Guy: Praise for politicians. No, seriously, some deserve it

We will start the year with a concept so bizarre, outrageous one might say: praising politicians for things they’ve done in 2022.

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How Australia is recovering from the pandemic’s migration slow down

During the early stages of the pandemic we experienced negative net overseas migration for the first time since World War II in 2020/21.

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The Stats Guy: The rise and rise of Australians working second jobs

As the cost of living keeps rising, more Australian people are forced to grab a second job just to get by.

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