Statistical Society of Australia Victorian & Tasmanian Branch

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# Statistical Society of Australia Victorian & Tasmanian Branch
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## September Event
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### 17 September 2024
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<img style="vertical-align:middle" src='images/logo/other/png_transparent/SSA_Monogram_Navy-White.png' height='40px'/> These slides are available at https://statsocaus.github.io/vic/intro/2024-09-17-event.html
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# Welcome!

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# Acknowledgement of Country

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We pay respect to the traditional and original owners of this land the muwinina people, to pay respect to those that have passed before us and to acknowledge today’s Tasmanian Aboriginal people who are the custodians of this land.

We extend our welcome also to the traditional owners of the lands from which people in our livestream are joining.

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# 👋 SSA Vic & Tas Council 2024

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**President** 
Alun Pope 
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**Vice-President** 
Inge Koch 
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**Secretary** 
Elena Tartaglia 
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**Treasurer** 
Rick Tankard 
@RickTankard]
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**Membership Officer** 
Dennis Leung 
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**Communications Officer** 
Stelios Georgiou 
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**ECSS Rep** 
Chris Selman 
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**Industry Rep** 
Patrick Robotham 
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**Tasmanian Rep** 
Paul Burch 
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**Deputy Treasurer** 
Anna Wilkinson 
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**Membership Officer** 
Swen Kuh 
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**Deputy Communications Officer** 
Alexander Ek 
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# Statistical Society of Australia .f2.color-secondary[Victorian & Tasmanian Branch]

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The Great Australian Statisticians T-Shirt

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 [www.statsoc.org.au/Victoria](https://www.statsoc.org.au/Victoria)
 
 [vic.branch@statsoc.org.au](mailto:vic.branch@statsoc.org.au) [eo@statsoc.org.au](mailto:eo@statsoc.org.au)

[SSA Victoria and Tasmania](https://www.linkedin.com/company/ssa-victoria-and-tasmania/) 
 
 [bit.ly/ssavic-meetup](http://bit.ly/ssavic-meetup) 
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* You can find how to get in touch here, 
* in particular, if you want to get in touch with the Victorian Branch, please get in touch using the Victorian email address
* I also want to remind you that the Society now has a T-shirt, and you can buy this in the link given here with the proceeds going to support early career statisticians

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# Membership

* **Join SSA Vic & Tas!**
  * SSA membership is only $20 for students 
  * Full membership is $265 annually 
  * [Recent graduates, ABS employees, and retired members are eligible for discounts](https://statsoc.org.au/Forum-general-topics/12893603)!
  * Benefits: https://www.statsoc.org.au/page-1075427

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# Upcoming events

- **Wednesday 16 October** *Industry Showcase - panel discussion* 
Melbourne in person only (no Hobart hub or online).

- **Thursday 7 November** *Belz Lecture: "Challenges of High Dimension Low Sample Size Data Analysis" presented by Professor Steve Marron* 
Both in-person and online, **University of Melbourne** and hub at CSIRO Hobart.

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# Call for dinner

We'll be heading to Jack Greene after the talk.

Let us know if you want to join!

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## Are AFL players peaking in performance at a younger age?

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### &nbsp;&nbsp;**Dr Shane Richards**

&nbsp;*Dr Shane Richards is a Senior Lecturer in the School of Natural Sciences at the University of Tasmania. His research interests involve ecology and evolution. His research interests include: evolutionary and community ecology, animal behaviour, life-history theory, disease dynamics, plant-pollinator interactions, conservation biology and of course sports analytics.*