We’ve finally got a new hompage for all our news applications, databases and interactive graphics at The Australian Financial Review. Check it out.
Multinational profit shifting: Ikea, Apple, BHP, Amazon and Disney
AFR interactive artist Les Hewitt, my frequent partner-in-crime, and I have done some work with our award-winning investigative journalist Neil Chenoweth on a series of stories about profit shifting by multinational corporations. The interactives in the stories are designed to complement Neil’s forensic examination of each firm’s accounts. A lot of…
Accounting students, the jobs market and the Skilled Occupation List
I’ve written a series of stories looking at the job market for accounting students and graduates, the inclusion of the field on a list of in-demand occupations and the state of the jobs market. It is an area where there is big money at stake (international students are a critical cash…
Interactive: Politics Explorer
The Australian Financial Review’s Politics Explorer allows readers to see the party and margin of each federal House of Representatives seat and work out how the polls might impact this distribution. There are two key parts to the interactive database: 1) The Swing Calculator simulates the change in seats based…
WalkleyTalks: Fourth Estate interview
An interview I did with Nick Evershed (Guardian Australia) and Henare Degan (Open Australia) about data journalism in Australia.