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Lewis and Woods talk through this week’s polling numbers: voting intention, leader attributes, drug laws in Australia, and more…

Are we ready for the grey revolution?
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Ken Morrison says our cities need to be transformed for our ageing population – and it’s not solely about nursing homes.

Ships, trains and submarines — can we build them here?
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Tim Ayres wishes Clive Palmer and other mining giants would give local manufacturers a go instead of heading overseas.

Do we undervalue our public sector innovations?
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Nadine Flood questions whether governments take our science and other publicly funded breakthroughs for granted.

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Essential Report with EMC’s Peter Lewis and Jackie Woods
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4 Sep 2012

Lewis and Woods talk through this week’s polling numbers: voting intention, approval of Gillard, approval of Abbott, troops in Afghanistan, unions in Australia, and more…
Does Australia have a working poor?
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10 Jul 2012

Charities are reporting a 50 per cent increase in calls for help and most are coming from underpaid workers, says Ged Kearney.
Do industry funds have an unfair advantage?
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10 Jul 2012

Richard Watts discusses the implications of the Productivity Commission’s recommendations to change the default super arrangement.
What next for public broadcasters in the digital age?
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10 Jul 2012

If SBS and the ABC don’t get a substantial increase in funding, their future is shaky, warns Nadine Flood.

TRENDS: with Peter Lewis
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9 Jul 2012

An overabundance of free online content means we value it less than ever before, polling shows.
Why has the UN accused Australia of failing children?
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3 Jul 2012

Norman Gillespie says Australia broke its promise to the UN to take children out of detention centres.
Are we a nation of financial dunces?
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3 Jul 2012

Ian Silk shares some frightening statistics about our lack of literacy when it comes to super and investing.
Can a price on carbon create jobs?
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3 Jul 2012

Tim Ayres tells manufacturers to focus on opportunities in clean energy and new government subsidies.

Insecurity: It’s Not Your Fault
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Essential Research

Before you read the thoughts of Janelle, Kathy, Andrea, Ewen and Penelope, you should prepare the right way: in the sixty seconds, whatever you do, under no circumstances should you think of PINK ELEPHANTS. NO PINK ELEPHANTS.

Of course, if you are human, your mind was immediately flooded with nothing but images of pink elephants.
Bring Back The Bears!
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Essential Research

No, this isn’t a plea to save the big white polar guys lumbering about on the disappearing ice floes of Greenland. The Central Coast Bears! The pride of the Central Coast rugby is making a big-time move to return to its fans.
Family Values Except for Surrogacy?
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A week rarely goes by when some political figure doesn’t rise up to praise the concept of family. So, it seems odd, and even a little bizarre, to learn that people who want to start a family can end up fined and in jail.