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Simon Kuestenmacher is a Co-Founder and Director at The Demographics Group. His columns, media commentary and public speaking focus on current global socio-demographic trends and how these impact Australia. Follow Simon on Twitter for daily data insights on demographics, geography and business.

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Taking it to the streets: Cr Anthony Aitken and members of the CityÕs street cleaning crew disinfecting and street cleaning. Picture: Alison Wynd

The essential workers who’ll keep Australia ticking along

The COVID-19 crisis will redefine the workforce and the jobs we consider critical in recovery.

Simon Kuestenmacher

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Providing adequate healthcare in remote communities is a challenging task at the best of times, but this will be almost impossible. Picture: Melanie Faith Dove

Unthinkable scenario for First Peoples

If coronavirus is to reach our remote indigenous communities, the consequences don’t bear thinking about. Australia has a moral duty to stop it.

Simon Kuestenmacher

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Pharmacist Michael Witte, left, gives Neal Browning, right, a shot in the first-stage safety study clinical trial of a potential vaccine for COVID-19, the disease caused by the new coronavirus Monday, March 16, 2020, at the Kaiser Permanente Washington Health Research Institute in Seattle. Browning is the second patient to receive the shot in the study. (AP Photo/Ted S. Warren)

Stopping this virus is a numbers game

The allocation of resources to fight coronavirus without co-ordinated information is simply guesswork. Speedy and precise data analysis will save countless lives.

Simon Kuestenmacher

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Why median is not the best gauge

How we gauge housing costs and affordability needs to change to benefit regional Australia.

Simon Kuestenmacher

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Why Brand Australia badly needs an overhaul

Australia’s response to the Port Arthur massacre offers lesson in how we should respond the the bushfire crisis.

Simon Kuestenmacher

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Melbourne CBD Skyline Crane feature arial shots. Picture: David Caird

No escape from the urban jungle

Our population is expected to continue to increase; the task will be distributing more of it outside capital cities.

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CAREERS FOR JAN 19: Shot of a young woman using a laptop and going through paperwork while working from home.

Making room to work from home

As more and more people are able to work from home, the humble home office becomes a key part of the house.

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Making newbies feel at home

Australians are often on the move. And every person who moves from one dwelling to another helps the property industry.

Simon Kuestenmacher

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The difference between retiring at 65 and 75

By 2029 the last baby boomer will have reached retirement age. But many will still be in the workforce.

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An analysis of the wage gap in Australia.

Proof the wage gap is growing

For an increasing number of people in the Australian middle class, let alone low-income workers, home ownership is out of reach. Here are four key reasons why.

Simon Kuestenmacher

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