Location research consultant and principal of Business Geographics. I tweet about demographics, childcare, education, maps and statistics.

Brisbane, Australia
Joined November 2014
By 2041, the number of Australians aged 85 years and over living in aged care facilities and other non-private dwellings is projected to double from 125,986 to 253,449. For more info head to bit.ly/2u7Srgh
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Did you know our population grew by 1.6% in 2017 to reach 24.8 million by the end of the year? Overseas migration added 240,400 people to the population, and we had 308,500 births and 160,900 deaths. Find out more about how we're growing as a nation here abs.gov.au/ausstats/[email protected]…
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While kids attended about the same number of hours of formal child care between 2011 and 2017, the weekly cost per child increased by $36 over that period (after adjusting for inflation). Find out more here: bit.ly/2HmHg8g
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Wallabies to a man, coaches and players, take a bow! #theaustralianway # nobackwardstep
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Improved educator to child ratios are due to start on 1st Jan 2016 across Australia. @ACECQA tinyurl.com/pddfcob #ecec #earlychildhood
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The Draft Nanny Pilot Programme Guidelines are now available for public comment. bit.ly/1M4WKfp #ozearlyed – at Brisbane, Queensland
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Open data, especially geospatial data, has never been more important. Speech to the #Locate15 conference in Brisbane malcolmturnbull.com.au/media…
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Yes Minister saga of Bureau of Statistics which wants to take leave of its own census continues to amaze. I voted to saveourcensus.com.au
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Map goo.gl/lbeZyP showing predicted ALP 2pp vote by neighbourhood #QldStateElection
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Big afternoon with 13 childcare settlements in QLD VIC NSW. Mixture of businesses and freeholds. #childcare