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The Guardian - AU
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Nick Evershed and Josh Nicholas

The science of AFL mullets, what counts as rich and why Australian homes are so cold: 2024’s very best charts

AFL Australia Mona Chalabi Crunch Guardian Australia The Crunch the South China Morning Post
Composite image showing some of our favourite pieces from the year overlaid on the classic The Crunch newsletter header we all know and love
Composite image showing some of our favourite pieces from the year overlaid on the classic The Crunch newsletter header we all know and love. Composite: Mona Chalabi / Krisztina Szűcs / Alex Lim / Guardian Australia/The Guardian / Krisztina Szűcs / ABC

Hello and welcome to the last Crunch newsletter of the year. Hope you are having – or are about to have – a great holiday.

We’re taking a break until the new year. So in this newsletter we’re going to go through some of our favourite data pieces from 2024, from the Guardian Australia data team and elsewhere (in no particular order).

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