The Latest Articles by Simon Kuestenmacher

The Stats Guy: The reason why tourism is quickly shedding the COVID blues

The Australian tourism industry is recovering after a horror two years. This is who is driving it, and some challenges for the sector.  

The New Daily · Jun 3, 2023

The Stats Guy: Australian cities must change to move forward

Our national obsession with homeownership and a plethora of other factors reshaped our cities. Now we have to do it again

The New Daily · Apr 15, 2023

​​The Stats Guy: Healthcare reform: Would you like some housing with that?

Discover recipes, home ideas, style inspiration and other ideas to try.

The New Daily · Feb 4, 2023

The Stats Guys: Who works how long? These jobs offer the best work-life balance

Before we get to enjoy our holidays, let's look at who is working how much. Maybe you might even reconsider your career choice.

The New Daily · Dec 3, 2022

The Stats Guy: Career advice for Gen Z that’s driven by the data

Hey Gen Z (born 2000-17), are you thinking about your career? Maybe you aren’t sure which degree to pursue. Should you even bother with university? Which

The New Daily · Nov 19, 2022

The Stats Guy: A look at the homesick Australians who returned during the pandemic

We now know who our returning Aussies are, where they settled and how many of them there were and how they contributed to house prices rising

The New Daily · Nov 5, 2022

The Australian jobs on the rise, and the ones disappearing

The jobs that lost the most workers and the jobs that gained the most workers are like a canary in the coal mine, writes Simon Kuestenmacher.

The New Daily · Oct 29, 2022

The Stats Guy: Why Australia needs more migrants and future citizens

As global competition for skilled migrants increases, there is one major tool that Australia isn’t using adequately – citizenship.

The New Daily · Oct 8, 2022

Where Millennial families are moving, settling and working from home

These are the areas in each state that Millennials left in the last year and where they decided to settle afterwards.

The New Daily · Sep 17, 2022

The Stats Guy: The rising cost of living is actually encouraging us to spend more

The cost of living is going up and up. How do Australians respond? We have a good time. Airfares are much more expensive than they used to be. We travel

The New Daily · Aug 20, 2022