What Australia is saying
What Australia is saying is a morning read of the busiest public Australian conversations on the cost of living, housing, pay, power bills, interest rates and politics. For each topic it shows the two or three points people are making, how many voices make each one, and the most upvoted comment behind it, with a link to where it was written.
What it works out
- Every morning the busiest public threads on each topic are read, and the comments that say something from experience are kept. Names are left out.
- Each topic gets one line on what people are saying overall, the points they make, and how the voices split between them.
- Under the points you can place your own: tap the one closest to yours and see how InSnip readers split.
- Each conversation links to the tool that works the same question out on your own numbers, such as your take-home pay, your rent or your power price.
- It is a mood, not a measure: people who post are not a sample of the country, and on politics the views from each side are kept even.
Where the numbers come from
Questions people ask
How often is this updated?
Every morning. The threads are read again each day, so the points, the split and the quotes change as people post.
Is this a poll?
No. It is what people chose to post in public threads, so it shows the mood of those conversations, not what the country thinks. The published polls are on the Politics page.
Can I add my own view?
You can place your point with one tap under each topic and see how other readers split. To write more, each conversation links to the thread where it is being said.
Related tools
The live tool loads on this page. Enter your own numbers and it works out the answer for you.