You may have heard something recently about HILDA - the Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia Survey. You can see the most recent results on our Unimelb news site, Pursuit. But how exactly does HILDA work? And what are the implications of such a report? Silvi Vann-Wall chats with Professor Roger Wilkins, the Melbourne Institute Deputy Director and co-report author, who gets philosophical about HILDA.

This episode was recorded on 26 July 2018.

Production by Silvi Vann-Wall.

Editing by Silvi Vann-Wall & Audio Engineering by Chris Hatzis.

Five Things About is a training podcast created by Dr Andi Horvath at the University of Melbourne.