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How I’ll watch the 2022 Australian Federal election
With a few days to go until ballots begin to be counted in the 2022 Australian federal election, I thought I’d give an overview of some of the things I’ll be tracking on Saturday once counting starts. In addition to … Continue reading
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Tagged Australian Federal Election, election, Josh Frydenberg, models, Monique Ryan
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Projecting future deaths from COVID-19 cases
As the number of COVID-19 cases increases in the US and Europe over the last few weeks, some people have claimed that deaths have not increased. Indeed, Donald Trump Jr has claimed* that the number of deaths has declined to … Continue reading
COVID-19 dynamics
As I mentioned in my teaching blog, the population dynamics practical class in our Ecology subject examined the dynamics of COVID-19 this year, rather than doing an experiment with ciliates. For part of the prac, we simulated a basic SIR … Continue reading
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Tagged covid-19, ecological modelling, science communication
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COVID counterfactuals
So, there is yet another media article pondering whether Victoria’s lockdown is warranted… These articles invariably mention various countries, the level of restrictions, number of deaths and sometimes the current trajectory of cases. We’ve read it all before. The latest … Continue reading
Batman By-Election 2018
It’s on in Batman. And the result might well depend on what happens north of the Hipster-proof Fence, a term coined (by my wife) to help describe the voting patterns that flipped in the vicinity of Bell St. With David … Continue reading
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Tagged #batmanvotes, #northcotevotes, ALP, batman, Bhathal, election, Feeney, Greens, hipster-proof fence, northcote
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When does research help environmental management?
Think of the case where a manager needs to decide which action to take to stop a species declining, or to eradicate a pest, or to increase sustainable harvest levels. It is rare in environmental management to know, with certainty, … Continue reading
The Ideas Boom goes bust
He had just about everyone on their feet. The mood at the Prime Minister’s Prizes for Science was upbeat. We’d been treated to a stellar array of talent – science that could clearly lead to economic windfalls, science to help … Continue reading
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Thursday at #ESA2012 – well, almost
My undergraduate degree was in Forest Science, so I have known the Pacific Northwest via journal articles and texts for about a quarter of the century. But this trip to ESA2012 was the first time I have been here. So, … Continue reading
Originally posted on Michael McCarthy's Teaching:
Monitoring plays an important role in environmental management. Ideally, our monitoring will be both precise and accurate. However, the natural environment is variable and only partly observable, so monitoring data collected using typical…
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Biodiversity for Australia Day
It’s Australia Day. The newspapers are full of articles about what it means to be Australian. Which is rather odd, because with more than 20 million of us, there are more than 20 million opinions about this. Sometimes I wonder, … Continue reading
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