Unsurprising that age and education correlate with Voice votes. But it *is* surprising just how strong the correlation is.

Adjusted R² = 0.81 using just two variables:
🗓️ % of voters aged under 50
🧑‍🎓 % of voters with university qualification Here's a closer look at the associations. Caveats: these data are aggregates of large areas (federal electorates). The ecological fallacy may be wreaking havoc.

Some thoughts on this election policy, from someone interested in the public service. (Caveat: I don't have any professional opinions, but in the past I *had* to express opinions, so in these tweets I'm reflecting on stuff I wrote before I became a public-sector employee.) 1. Restoring public service jobs to 2012 levels is kind of bizarre. What was so magical about 2012? It's as strange as the Coalition capping the govt workforce at 2007 levels. Why not employ the number of staff required to govern effectively in 2022? (cont)

No idea how many people will turn up tomorrow but this'll be a Long March for some (esp. those wounded by the police's sonic death ray). There are now at least three "official" routes and schedules, though I heard of more.

https://twitter.com/Anonykatz1/status/1494763658387378176?t=fMxb9U1hVXsVQZENbmLEDQ&s=19

The protesters have formally rejected Satan. OK they're getting on to their actual demands for Scott Morrison now: no mandatory vaccines, no masks, lock up Brad Hazzard and "sack them all".

Some deets on the cause of #CanberraFires. An army troop transport helicopter like this one, an MHR90, used a strong landing light during a reconnaisance mission. The light was necessary to help it land safely in the smoky conditions. But it created enough heat to ignore the grass underneath it.