Bruised Labor Back To Basics

    • 16
      Oct 23
    Bruised Labour back to basics

    Bruised Labor Back To Basics

    Category:AFR,Australia Votes,Demographics,Federal Elections,John's Interviews & MediaTags : 

    I had an opinion piece in the Financial Review today on the demographics driving the Voice Yes and No votes. The online edition has a lot of the charts which you might find interesting. Here’s the link to my online op ed (behind the AFR paywall): 🔗 https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/demographics-explain-how-we-voted-on-saturday-20231012-p5ebuu Our chief Mapper and head of Health Geographics

    • 19
      Sep 23
    You couldn't get a nicer picture on a chocolate box, folks. Here's the adjoing villa at Tongariro Lodge this morning as we were starting to gear up for the day's fishing. The mighty Tongariro River is about 20 metres away. Fly fishing awaits, for the first time here in 4 years, thanks to Covid lockdowns.

    Tongariro Lodge

    Category:Recreational ResearchTags : 

    You couldn’t get a nicer picture on a chocolate box, folks. Here’s the adjoining villa at Tongariro Lodge this morning as we were starting to gear up for the day’s fishing. The mighty Tongariro River is about 20 metres away. Fly fishing awaits, for the first time here in 4 years, thanks to Covid lockdowns.

    • 19
      Sep 23
    Great omen on the metal dividing fence at Auckland Airport. For the uninitiated, the Royal Wolf is a world famous dry fly for fly-fishing tragic, like your humble writer.

    An Omen Perhaps

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    Great omen on the metal dividing fence at Auckland Airport. For the uninitiated, the Royal Wolf is a world famous dry fly for fly-fishing tragic, like your humble writer.

    • 19
      Sep 23
    Phones off folks. We're in the air, heading to Taupo for a week's fly fishing on the famous Tongariro run. And Air New Zealand have been fantastic.

    Travelling Man

    Category:Recreational ResearchTags : 

    Phones off folks. We’re in the air, heading to Taupo for a week’s fly fishing on the famous Tongariro run. And Air New Zealand have been fantastic. Such a contrast to the nightmare of travelling with our former national carrier in recent years. We were travelling economy and the staff kept offering to help, the

    • 19
      Sep 23
    I can tell New Zealand Customs that, in all honesty, I definitely packed this bag myself. Not quite a triumph of three dimensional spatial optimisation.

    Good to go 👍

    Category:Recreational ResearchTags : 

    I can tell New Zealand Customs that, in all honesty, I definitely packed this bag myself. Not quite a triumph of three dimensional spatial optimisation.  

    • 16
      Sep 23
    After a week working on combined SQL and AI data and text modelling, I decided to go low tech for the kids' packing list for our Kiwi trip.

    Kids’ Packing List

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    After a week working on combined SQL and AI data and text modelling, I decided to go low tech for the kids’ packing list for our Kiwi trip.

    • 15
      Sep 23
    The kids and I are getting our fair share of the pie before packing for our trip to NZ next week.

    Angling for a share

    Category:AFR,Recreational ResearchTags : 

    The kids and I are getting our fair share of the pie before packing for our trip to NZ next week. Apparently, I’m fact finding, as well as fish finding, as my AFR editor is angling for a hook on a NZ election story. I’m in party mode already, as you can probably tell.

    • 13
      Sep 23
    Guess whose off on a fly fishing trip to the mighty Tongariro?

    Off to Tongariro

    Category:Recreational ResearchTags : 

    Guess who is taking the family for a fly fishing trip to the mighty Tongariro? 🎣 Our first trip to Kiwi in four years, thanks to Covid. Packing the gear, as I type and hoping the waders haven’t shrunk. More to come …

    • 17
      May 23
    Education Geographics has won the prestigious InfoSol 2023 Award for the Most Valuable Dashboard, for its Australian School App.

    EGS Wins InfoSol 2023 Award

    Category:DemographicsTags : 

    Education Geographics has won the prestigious InfoSol 2023 Award for the Most Valuable Dashboard, for its Australian School App which is now driving record enrolment growth for school leadership teams across 130 Australian Non-government schools. Paul Grill, the CEO of Infosol personally congratulated EGS and its CEO and dashboard designer Reg Kernke on the achievement

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      Mar 23
    Aspirational Left Voters Rise Again in NSW State Election

    Aspirational Left voters rise again in NSW State Election

    Category:AFR,Australia Votes,John's Interviews & Media,State ElectionsTags : 

    Above is a snip of our ADS/Esri online map showing in shades of red the larger estimated Two Party Preferred swings to Labor in the March 25 NSW election at the close of counting on election night. 🔗 https://arcg.is/0rqGez My preliminary analysis of the March 25 NSW State election vote and swings appears in today’s

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