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ACCC 2021 Graduate Program Application task

Scenario Assume it is June 2021 and you are a Graduate within the Australian Public Service. Your supervisor has provided you with some data (attachment A) that shows the Victorian gas market average daily weighted prices by quarter between 2008 and 2019. Task: Your supervisor has asked you to review the information and prepare a report that: 1. explains what the data is about 2. identifies up to 4 key findings/trends in the data 3. offers a hypothesis for the most likely cause(s) of each key finding/trend. When considering your hypotheses you may like to consider the political, technological, social, environmental and economic changes of the period. Your response: 

may be presented with headings, paragraphs, graphs and/or charts etc.

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should be researched

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must be completed and uploaded in Microsoft Word format (you may paste into the Word document from other applications)

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must be no more than 2 A4 pages

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must be your own work or reference others’ work

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must NOT include your name in either the document or in the title

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must include your mobile phone number in the document’s header and in the title when saving your document. Please only use numbers and do not include any spaces when detailing your mobile phone number (i.e. 040xxxxxxx).

Assessment: You will be assessed on your: 1. research, analytical and critical thinking skills; 2. ability to distil and convey messages clearly and concisely; 3. computer literacy.

Attachment A Victorian gas market average daily weighted prices by quarter between 2008 and 2019

Quar t erEndi ng

Aver agedai l ywei ght edi mbal ancepr i ce( $pergi gaj oul e)

30/ 09/ 2008

3. 01

31/ 12/ 2008

3. 26

31/ 03/ 2009

2. 93

30/ 06/ 2009

2. 68

30/ 09/ 2009

1. 71

31/ 12/ 2009

1. 44

31/ 03/ 2010

1. 80

30/ 06/ 2010

2. 40

30/ 09/ 2010

2. 34

31/ 12/ 2010

1. 30

31/ 03/ 2011

2. 70

30/ 06/ 2011

3. 48

30/ 09/ 2011

3. 31

31/ 12/ 2011

2. 43

Quar t erEndi ng

Aver agedai l ywei ght edi mbal ancepr i ce( $pergi gaj oul e)

31/ 03/ 2012

3. 26

30/ 06/ 2012

4. 12

30/ 09/ 2012

5. 03

31/ 12/ 2012

4. 04

31/ 03/ 2013

4. 35

30/ 06/ 2013

4. 53

30/ 09/ 2013

4. 08

31/ 12/ 2013

3. 87

31/ 03/ 2014

3. 90

30/ 06/ 2014

3. 65

30/ 09/ 2014

3. 64

31/ 12/ 2014

3. 33

31/ 03/ 2015

3. 48

30/ 06/ 2015

4. 08

30/ 09/ 2015

4. 68

31/ 12/ 2015

4. 25

Quar t erEndi ng

Aver agedai l ywei ght edi mbal ancepr i ce( $pergi gaj oul e)

31/ 03/ 2016

4. 31

30/ 06/ 2016

6. 74

30/ 09/ 2016

8. 83

31/ 12/ 2016

6. 86

31/ 03/ 2017

9. 11

30/ 06/ 2017

9. 55

30/ 09/ 2017

8. 57

31/ 12/ 2017

6. 36

31/ 03/ 2018

8. 94

30/ 06/ 2018

8. 29

30/ 09/ 2018

9. 43

31/ 12/ 2018

9. 80

31/ 03/ 2019

9. 74

30/ 06/ 2019

9. 72

30/ 09/ 2019

8. 43

31/ 12/ 2019

7. 50...