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Global Wealth

Richest in the world?

Posted in Economic Policy
Bill

Feeling wealthy? Ranking countries by the size of their economies and their overall net wealth, the U.S. can be found ahead of China, usually followed by the UK, Japan, India…

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Vertical Farms

Posted in Automation, Regional Policy
Bill

An ABC Landline episode from 2018 highlighted Australian Vertical Systems  Vertical farming as a way of producing food or crops stacked on top of one another, in an indoor environment. It…

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Election Season

Posted in Social Progress
Bill

Moral behaviour in animals. Frans de Waal’s fairness study. An oldie but a goodie! Pro-social monkeys. Something to ponder during election week… Empathy, cooperation, fairness and reciprocity — caring about…

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Outcomes of Investing in Regional Victoria

Posted in Regional Policy
Bill

The Victorian Auditor-General’s Office has just released its review in to the outcomes of investing in regional Victoria. Online Dashboard Link:  Link to Online Dashboard   Regional Victoria is home…

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The future

Forecasts

Posted in Economic Policy
Bill

As election and budget season approaches, one must/should/perhaps consider the economic ‘soothsayers’ and their recent/current record.  Consider the actual Wage Price Index versus the RBA/Budget forecasts over the last decade…

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Gold Coins

Global Wealth 2018

Posted in Data and Visualisation, Social Progress
Bill

The wealthiest on earth. The latest Credit-Suisse Global Wealth report says in terms of median wealth, Australia (USD $191,453) has overtaken Switzerland into first place. Australia’s (mean) wealth per adult…

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Smart City

Smart Cities Expo World Forum

Bill

Smart Cities Expo World Forum combines the power of collocated conference with state-of-the-art expo floor in order to educate people towards smart cities and urban planning technologies, strive for innovation,…

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Homeless in Australia

Home(less) in Australia?

Posted in Demography, Economic Policy
Bill

The Australian Bureau of Statistics has released its Estimates of Homelessness based on the 2016 Census. As always, PLACE matters! The ABS defintion of Homelessness is anyone that: is in…

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Measurement

Measuring measurement

Posted in Evidence-Based Planning
Bill

What we measure, why we measure it and how we measure it are the foundation stones of reasoned, defensible decision making. Sometimes (increasingly) though, the “IT” changes more quickly than…

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