Jason Thomas

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• Interactive: How does preferential voting work in Australia?

  Originally published at

  SBS News

  on 8 June, 2016

  When you vote for the House of Representatives in this year's federal election, there's a lot...

• Wye River bushfire maps: see the rapid fire devastation

  Originally published at

  SBS News

  on 15 February, 2016

  On Christmas Day in 2015, the Wye River bushfire broke out and within 10 hours it had grown to...

• Interactive: what will Australia's population look like in 2050?

  Originally published at

  SBS News

  on 12 January, 2016

  Australia's ageing population could affect our standard of living in years to come, as the...

I wrote many articles during my journalism career and here are some of the better ones.

• Reporting on surveys — are you doing it right?

  Originally published at

  The Walkley Magazine

  on July, 2016

  Surveys are a constant part of the news cycle. They promise us a snapshot of our nation. As...

• Is the education gap closing? More Indigenous students finish year 12 than ever before

  Originally published at

  NITV

  on 4 November, 2015

  By Andrea Booth, Jason Thomas More Indigenous Australians than ever are finishing year 12....

• Disease-free bees make global impact

  Originally published at

  The Advocate

  on 14 October, 2014

  TASMANIAN beekeepers have tapped into a new market of live bee exports to countries where pests...

• Trawlers put giant crab industry at risk

  Originally published at

  The Advocate

  on 17 June, 2014

  FISHERMEN are catching increasing numbers of giant crabs with missing claws, in a fishery with...

• Suspended jail terms to go under Tas Libs

  Originally published at

  The Examiner

  on 31 January, 2014

  A LIBERAL state government would phase out suspended sentences in an effort to make the...