The Barnaby Joyce Award goes to a person who has contributed in some way to Australian society during the year. For 2021 we give this award to Mr Craig Kelly, the Member for Hughes. In doing so, we were inspired […]

Modelling is part of the analytical toolkit that policy makers use. We estimate what are the consequences of policy A and plan B. If we use modelling or draw on the results of modelling, we know that all modelling is […]

Imagine you’re getting married and you’re writing your vows and you’re thinking about why your beloved is just so amazing. Why they are the one for you. To prepare, you create a list of virtues. Your beloved is kind, fair […]

It’s harder than it looks for superannuation funds that want to write clear documents. Using the online readability application VisibleThread, we measured 3 attributes of text: the Flesch-Kincaid grade level, active voice and sentence length. We used these metrics to […]

Not all data are equal. Not all presentations of data are meaningful. Not all conclusions drawn from data make sense. Ben Anderson, @BenjaminFA, a digital producer for @westaustralian, posted on this topic on Twitter in August 2021 and it makes […]