EXPLORE WHAT MATTERS
Over six months we polled a range of topics to find out what matters to you. Explore the location map to see how people voted around the world. Use the topic map to discover which topics received the most votes. Scroll down to see more highlights.
What matters to you, matters to us.
- Locations
- Topics
- Other topics that matter to you
Interactions by week
- 30 March 2012
- 30 September 2012
Popular topics
Votes / people polled
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81%
Marriage equality
4,197 / 5,203
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53%
Solving climate change for future generations
874 / 1,651
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46%
Reducing our environmental footprint
2,941 / 6,386
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44%
Preventing human rights abuses
763 / 1,723
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43%
Housing affordability
828 / 1,925
Top comments
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On ... Housing affordability
Perhaps it is time to redefine what the great "Australian Dream" is. Home ownership and a plot of land to call your own is connected to an ideology from another generation.
5.29am, 2 August 2012 -
On ... Support for the arts
It would be great to see the arts get the same level of support as sport in Australia. 9.22pm, 30 March 2012
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On ... Reducing traffic congestion
I would like to see the discussion about public transport expanded to cover the right to mobility that is currently denied to many people as they age. 9.35am, 6 June 2012
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On ... Improving children's literacy
Education is vital to ensure Australia is best placed to handle what may well be a difficult future with difficult challenges to overcome. 1.10am, 13 April 2012
Top countries
By number of votes
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23,775
Australia
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850
United States
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242
United Kingdom
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218
New Zealand
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209
China
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188
Canada
What matters in your words
Keywords by number of mentions
- education
- health
- people
- Australia
- environment
Most commented
164 comments
The marriage equality debate
118 comments
Research can lower smoking rates
78 comments
Change is about politics not science
64 comments
Advancing society through the arts
58 comments
Breaking the silence on mental health