Matt Cooper

🚨 New blog post

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This one looking at the use of the {readaihw} package and the value of the AIHW data it enables you to access, plus a peak behind the scenes of something we do to spur on a little water cooler talk in the office.

Here's to World Statistics Day 📊

Yes that's right, we've already got our eye on wrapping up 2025.

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Happy birthday to me!

Let's go @chargers.bsky.social
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Listen. Greg. We need evidence-based data-driven decision making, just not when it comes to the economy okay mate.

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Both are 'actually' ordered, just the latter has the attribute of being 'ordered'.

Thanks. Yeah I think the problem with the wording is the "preserves the existing status" part! Because the words 'preserves' and 'existing' both heavily imply 'nothing with will done'.

So = NA will give B A C (if that is the frequency order), = T will give B < A < C (ordered).

Someone help my brain without needing more coffees.

ordered - A logical which determines the "ordered" status of the output factor. NA preserves the existing status of the factor.

I don't understand the roll of this argument, or (if that argument does what it says) why this solution works?

The phones we have, that have been in development for decades, are buggy enough.

Can you imagine doing Microsoft 2FA six times for something 20mm from your eyeball?

Nothing a bayesian analysis can't fix.

advertised CV, which may make some employers think that you'll always be (actively?) looking for other opportunities. Especially in scenarios where the work shown doesn't completely align with the job being applied for.

"This person looks good, but it seems they're more interested in X"

As it relates to "Was it useful in securing your first data job?"

For some job applications it could help, for others, it may give off a conflicting message. Like "does this person want the job I'm offering or some other more independent consulting job". It can be seen as a permanently ...

Nice.

Myself, I'm particularly fond of the:

1. M365 login page
2. Enter work email
3. Taking you to your work place sign in page
4. Enter password
5. Type the number XX into your authenticator app
6. Refreshes
7. "You've successfully signed out"

here's the first hint

(am now reflecting on having shared this internationally, intuition on this might be different depending on... hemisphere)

Chart showing CPI in each capital city: CPI Sydney 1.94 Melbourne 2.02 Brisbane 2.49 Adelaide 1.79 Perth 2.69 Hobart 1.74 Darwin 1.57 Canberra 1.61 Australia 2.09

Inflation in the past year was BELOW the RBA's target range in FIVE capital cities. And the only places it was above 2% were Brisbane and Perth, where the end of state-based energy rebates saw an abnormal jump in electricity prices.

Time to wake up the RBA
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coloured lines, guess the plot

It's the little game no one asked for!

What's! This! Plot?!

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Did I make it within 24 hours?

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Birthrate falls in Australia’s biggest cities amid cost-of-living crisis, preliminary data shows Outer-suburban and regional Australians increasingly likely to have more children per person than inner-city residents, report shows

"Overall the country’s fertility rate, or children born per woman, was 1.51 in 2024, statistically similar to the 1.5 observed in 2023 ..."

I wonder if someone was asked to statistically compare those two numbers? I wonder if the result of the test would have swayed one's thoughts on the numbers?

This is incredibly disappointing to read!

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A little bit sad to see that 'statistician' wasn't one of the many 'data' professions listed on this page.

I'm sure the engineers will nail this though. PowerBI crashboard incoming?

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🚨 New blog post alert - This one looking at large scale projects with analysis feeding into Professional Reports, as opposed to peer-reviewed journal articles.

Exploring some challenges and learnings.

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Had Stephen Mayne on @alankohler.bsky.social's podcast last week talking about paying for private school pre tax. Like the people involved in over (publicly) funded private schools need more tax breaks!

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Assuming it is $3.1 million, with the $80,000 pension payment it becomes $3.18 million. If your balance on June 30, 2026, is greater than $3 million (say $3.1 million) then Division 296 tax will count a balance of $3.18 million in its calculations even if your balance at the start of the year was less than $3 million (in your case $2 million) One aspect of Division 296 tax where you have a greater than $3 million balance at the end of the year but a balance of less than $3 million at the start is that it will be calculated as if your year started with a $3 million balance. When determining your super earnings for Division 296 tax purposes you add together your year-end balance with pension payments and then deduct your balance at the start of the year from this. That’s $3.1 million plus $80,000 less $3 million. This will give you total super earnings for Division 296 purposes of $180,000. Despite the large increase in your fund from $2 million to $3.1 million, your Division 296 liability will be significantly less given it won’t include the increase in your total super below the $3 million threshold. The 15 per cent tax will only apply to the percentage that $180,000 represents of $3.18 million or 5.66 per cent. While 15 per cent of $180,000 is $27,000, 5.66 per cent of this results in a Division 296 tax liability of $1528. This assumes there is no change in the proposed tax when – and if – it finally becomes law.

Hilariously, the AFR is showing just how absurd is the scare campaign against the super tax changes.

They give an eg where someone's super goes from $2m to $3.18m in a year!

Yep a $1.18m increase.

How much extra tax?

$1,528!

OMG!! THAT'S OUTRAG... err... oh actually that's bugger all

You, alone, are reason enough to subscribe to the Guardian 👐

Only I need another rate drop or three to be able to afford it 🙏

"Skilled workers".
What proportion of that 80k were 'born into', or 'fell into', or 'acquired by questionable means' the funds that put them in that position. I can't see us losing anyone that does any real work over this.

Oh no, CBA might not have a CFO 😱 How will my bank transfer go through?!

I came here for this one. Thanks!

This is daily observations of rain against max temperature? Was this supposed to be water quality? Maybe I need a penny to drop, I haven't coffee'd yet.

A few pics from a holiday in Broome, Western Australia.

A few pics, from a holiday in Broome, Western Australia.