http://www.thepunch.com.au/author-bios/rebecca-huntley/ Dr Rebecca Huntley is a researcher and author with a background in publishing, academia and politics. She holds degrees in law and film studies and a PhD in Gender Studies. She is the author of The World According to Y: Inside the New Adult Generation and Eating Between the Lines: food and equality in Australia. She writes for numerous publications and is a regular feature writer for Australian Vogue. She consults and speaks on social trends and generational issues for media, corporate, government and community organisations. She is the Director of Ipsos Mackay research. en Copyright 2012 The Punch penberthyd@newsltd.com.au penberthyd@newsltd.com.au Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Sat, 26 May 2012 20:00:49 +0000 Politics, opinion, world news, sports news, latest news, views, Barack Obama, Kevin Rudd, Julia Gillard, Nathan Rees, Malcolm Turnbull, Peter Garrett, Barnaby Joyce, Australian, federal politics, opinion polls, election, The Punch, thepunch, punch ExpressionEngine 1.6.7 http://blogs.law.harvard.edu/tech/rss 15 http://www.thepunch.com.au/images/punch-logo-rss.png http://www.thepunch.com.au/ 144 70 Politics, political opinion, world news, sports news and the latest news and views updated live, daily on The Punch - Australia's best conversation. Search The Punch keywords http://www.thepunch.com.au/search/ http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-mood-altering-effect-of-the-new-paradigm/ As a social researcher, you always try to keep your mind open and your ears alert to any slightly change in public sentiment. While it’s rare to hear anything new when you are listening to voters talk about politics, you have to allow yourself the opportunity to be surprised. The week after Labor secured the necessary support to form government, we were in field conducting research for our bi-annual Mind & Mood report. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Rebecca Huntley) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-mood-altering-effect-of-the-new-paradigm/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/the-mood-altering-effect-of-the-new-paradigm/#item4384 Tue, 02 Nov 2010 19:55:40 +0000 Rebecca Huntley | Author bios | The Punch http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/paying-off-credit-card-better-than-10k-payrise/ I often get asked what will be the lasting effects of the Global Financial Crisis and the Australian recession on Australian attitudes and behaviours. What will be the lesson to be learnt from all this? In many ways, it is early days for Australian consumers. Sure the finance media has been full of bad news for over twelve months. But up until the end of January we were still finding that consumers were taking a cautiously optimistic approach to the economy. feedback@thepunch.com.au (Rebecca Huntley) Article http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/paying-off-credit-card-better-than-10k-payrise/#comments http://www.thepunch.com.au/articles/paying-off-credit-card-better-than-10k-payrise/#item223 Wed, 03 Jun 2009 19:15:06 +0000 Rebecca Huntley | Author bios | The Punch