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Australians prefer their food to come from natural sources, however are not prepared to forego eating out, take-away and pre-prepared foods/meals from supermarkets, the new Ipsos Food Health report has revealed.

Independent market research company Ipsos has produced best practice community consultation guidelines for proposed large scale solar projects.

Google is Australia’s most influential brand among consumers for the second consecutive year, according to the Ipsos Most Influential Brands 2015* study.

Is Australia about to slide into a winter of discontent?

Victorians worry about transport. We always have, and probably always will.

Interestingly, in the lead up to the 2015 NSW State Election we have seen little in the way of key shifts in NSW citizens perceptions of the most important issues facing the state. In fact NSW citizens began 2015 in a similar mind set to the end of 2014.

As Daniel Andrews settles himself into the top job there won’t be much time to get comfortable. For the first time ever, Victorians selected ‘Unemployment’ as the top issue facing our state in December 2014. The new premier was elected (partly, at least) on the promise he would introduce legislation to push against that rising tide.

The turn of a year represents a sensible opportunity to pause and reflect on the previous twelve months. To analyse the knowns, theorise what it all means and place bets about what the next year will bring. When reflecting on the top issues facing Australia, 2014 ended as it started. ‘The Economy’ was – and is – the top issue facing the nation. ‘Healthcare’ was – and is – in second place. Bookends. However, there is more to the story.

After a number of movements in the previous quarter the third quarter in NSW was very much a case of steady as she goes. All of the top, and in fact, the majority of issues we measure remained relatively steady in relation to the previous quarter.