Schools that Excel 2024: Find out your school’s VCE results
The Age’s Schools that Excel series celebrates schools that achieve outstanding improvement in their VCE results over a decade. Find out who won and use our dashboard to track your school’s results.
- by Craig Butt and Robyn Grace
Latest
Night-cart men and lion tamers once worked in Melbourne. Find out more about rare jobs from the past
Here are some photos from The Age’s archives of people performing rare and unusual jobs through the decades. Some no longer exist, while others have evolved.
- by Craig Butt
Do You Earn Enough?
Jobs
Ten jobs that earn more than you’d expect – and the entrepreneur who switched careers in COVID
Some of the jobs that earn six figures on average are ones you might not expect. Here are 10 of them.
- by Millie Muroi and Craig Butt
Do You Earn Enough?
Census
Do you earn enough quiz: Which of these jobs earns the most?
Which job earns more on average out of a florist and a drycleaner? Test your knowledge of SEQ’s jobs landscape in our quiz.
- by Craig Butt
Do You Earn Enough?
Jobs
Ten jobs that earn more than you’d expect – and the entrepreneur who switched careers in COVID
Some of the jobs that earn six figures on average are ones you might not expect. Here are 10 of them.
- by Millie Muroi and Craig Butt
Exclusive
Emergency services
We rely on them to keep Sydney running. But they can barely afford to live here
The five Sydney suburbs that are home to the most police officers are, on average, 45 kilometres from the CBD. For solicitors, the average is less than four kilometres.
- by Matt Wade and Craig Butt
Exclusive
Census
Essential service workers pushed to the fringes by housing crunch
Aged care workers, primary teachers, nurses, paramedics and police are being forced to Melbourne’s fringes by high housing costs, prompting warnings about worker shortages.
- by Josh Gordon and Craig Butt
Do You Earn Enough?
Jobs
Some jobs are so unusual, they’re not recognised by the ABS. Brianna’s is one of them
If you’ve never heard of aquarists, you’re not alone. They belong to one of Australia’s most unusual worker tribes.
- by Gemma Grant and Craig Butt
Do You Earn Enough?
Jobs
Some jobs are so unusual, they’re not recognised by the ABS. Brianna’s is one of them
If you’ve never heard of aquarists, you’re not alone. They belong to one of Australia’s most unusual worker tribes.
- by Gemma Grant and Craig Butt
Bus drivers live in Forest Lake, lawyers in New Farm. So what suburb do architects call home?
Albany Creek is home to the most police officers, Camp Hill has the most footballers and Sunnybank Hills has the most dentists. What about your job and your suburb? Search our interactive to find out.
- by Craig Butt and Marissa Calligeros
Analysis
Perth
Lawyers in Mount Lawley, geologists in Scarborough: Where Perth’s worker tribes live
Think you know your neighbours? Some suburbs attract obvious types, but others are surprising. Try our interactive to find Perth people by occupation type.
- by Claire Ottaviano and Craig Butt
Original URL: https://www.brisbanetimes.com.au/by/craig-butt-hvf8q