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November 17, 2020

How can Australia reduce the risk of another ‘systemic polling failure’?

Darren Pennay, Australian National University

With the next federal election possible as soon as August 2021, the need for reform of polling standards in Australia is urgent.

It may be that the fortnight or so surrounding Australia Day is evolving into an annual season in which some of the deepest paradoxes of Australian identity play out in public. AAP/Glenn Campbell

January 24, 2019

New research reveals our complex attitudes to Australia Day

Darren Pennay, Australian National University and Frank Bongiorno, Australian National University

As the debate around celebrating Australia Day on January 26 continues, new research shows Australians have mixed views of it as a national day.

Same-sex marriage becoming legal was rated by as the most significant event in their history by the largest proportion of respondents. AAP/Lukas Coch

January 23, 2018

Australians rate the most significant events in their lifetimes – and show the ‘fair go’ is still most valued

Frank Bongiorno, Australian National University and Darren Pennay, Australian National University

A new survey asking Australians to rank the most significant events in their lifetimes show that same-sex marriage, September 11 and the apology to the Stolen Generations matter most.

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