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Oct 23

Bruised Labor Back To Basics

Category:AFR,Australia Votes,Demographics,Federal Elections,John's Interviews & Media Tags : Australia Votes voice referendum 2023

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

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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 Research Tags : #flyfishing

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.

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Mar 23

Aspirational Left voters rise again in NSW State Election

Category:AFR,Australia Votes,John's Interviews & Media,State Elections Tags : Australia Votes nsw state election

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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Mar 23

Read the full background stories about the Aspirational Left Families now reshaping Australia

New Face of Politics

Category:ABC,AFR,Australia Votes,Demographics,John's Interviews & Media Tags : Australia Votes

Read the full background stories about the Aspirational Left Families now reshaping Australia Three key decisions that adults in Australia are making about their own lives, and their families, revolve around choosing who to vote for in an election, staying healthy and giving their kids the best education they can. Sarah Ho, who moved with

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Mar 23

Esri online map on the Aspirational Left by current federal seats from March 3, 2023

Rise of the Aspirational Left voters reshaping Australia

Category:ABC,AFR,Australia Votes,Demographics,Federal Elections,John's Interviews & Media Tags : Australia Votes

Here’s a snip of an ADS/ESRI online map showing dark red shading for the three federal seats of Brisbane, Griffith and Ryan. All three seats were won by the Greens from the Liberals or from Labor in 2022, despite big Two Party Preferred (2PP) swings and votes to the ALP. https://arcg.is/0G4iL1 These seats are coloured

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Dec 22

Political Pitfalls Ahead

Category:AFR,Demographics,John's Interviews & Media Tags : covid impacts health education

I have a little opinion piece in the Australian Financial Review’s New Year Special Edition on some of the political and economic issues awaiting the attention of the Commonwealth Government during 2023 and AFR subscribers can find it here: https://www.afr.com/politics/federal/albo-looks-a-shoo-in-but-a-lot-could-go-wrong-in-2023-20221227-p5c8we The story uncovers some unexpected Covid impacts for 2023 and beyond for population growth, the

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Oct 22

Tax cut targets voted Labour into power by John Black

Tax cut targets voted Labor into power

Category:AFR,Australia Votes,Federal Elections,John's Interviews & Media Tags : aged care defence economic reform

I got a great run in the Australian Financial Review on Wednesday this week on the need for a fair dinkum progressive economic reform package from the new Government, to pay for rising costs in Aged Care, Health, Defence and the NDIS, something that all income groups in Australia could support. For those with an

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Jul 22

What if the PM ended the climate wars for good?

Category:AFR,Australia Votes,Federal Elections,John's Interviews & Media Tags : climate wars environment

If Labor’s 2030 carbon emissions target is blocked by the Greens in the Senate, most Canberra Observers would expect Anthony Albanese to crab walk away. But what could happen in a double dissolution if he called their bluff, to end the Climate Wars started by the Greens in 2009? 🔗 Read More… 📷AFR

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Jun 22

2022 Federal Election Swing Map

Category:AFR,Australia Votes,Federal Elections Tags : Australia Votes Election 2022 Federal Election

The big winners and losers in the 2022 Election can be seen in our online interactive ADS 2022 Election Map. The five big players in 2022 were the traditional majors: the ALP and the Coalition, but also the minor parties, like the Greens, the Teals and the Others (including One Nation and the UAP). The

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Apr 22

Australia votes on Saturday 21, 2022 and commented by John Black, former Labor Senator and Chief Executive of Australian Development Strategies

Federal Election Profiles 2022

Category:AFR,Australia Votes,Demographics,Federal Elections Tags : Australia Votes Election 2022 Federal Election

Monday 20th June, 2022 Party Machines Conking Out by John Black – AFR – Editorial and Opinion To Read click link 🔗 Financial Review, Monday, June 20, 2022, pages from 36 to 37 -1.pdf 2022 Federal Election Swing Map The big winners and losers in the 2022 Election can be seen in our online interactive

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Oct 23

Bruised Labor Back To Basics

Sep 23

Angling for a share

Mar 23

Aspirational Left voters rise again in NSW State Election

Mar 23

New Face of Politics

Mar 23

Rise of the Aspirational Left voters reshaping Australia

Dec 22

Political Pitfalls Ahead

Oct 22

Tax cut targets voted Labor into power

Jul 22

What if the PM ended the climate wars for good?

Jun 22

2022 Federal Election Swing Map

Apr 22

Federal Election Profiles 2022

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