Q. Do you think the Royal Commission into Trade Unions is a legitimate investigation into union practices or is it a political attack on unions and the Labor Party?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
Aug 2015 |
|||
|
A political attack on Labor and the unions |
27% |
48% |
12% |
41% |
29% |
27% |
||
|
A legitimate investigation of union practices |
42% |
22% |
69% |
27% |
41% |
39% |
||
|
Don’t know |
31% |
31% |
19% |
31% |
30% |
34% |
42% think the that the Trade Union Royal Commission is a legitimate investigation of union practices and 27% think that it is a political attack on Labor and the unions. 31% did not know. These results are similar to those from August.
Views were related to voting intention – 69% of Liberal/National voters think it is a legitimate investigation of union practices while 48 % of Labor voters think it is a political attack on Labor and the unions.
45% of full-time workers and 37% of part-time workers think it is a legitimate investigation of union practices.
Q. Do you think it should be a criminal offence to post sexual images of ex-partners online without their consent?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
Men |
Women |
Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 |
Aged 55+ |
|||
|
Yes, should be a criminal offence |
89% |
92% |
90% |
86% |
91% |
84% |
93% |
84% |
89% |
93% |
||
|
No, should not be a criminal offence |
5% |
4% |
6% |
6% |
6% |
9% |
1% |
9% |
5% |
2% |
||
|
Don’t know |
6% |
3% |
4% |
9% |
3% |
6% |
6% |
7% |
6% |
5% |
89% think that it should be a criminal offence to post sexual images of ex-partners online without their consent and 5% think it should not be a criminal offence.
93% of women and 84% of men think it should be a criminal offence.
Q. Do you think people of the same sex should or should not be allowed to marry?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
|
Sep 2012 |
Oct 2013 |
Jun 2014 |
Feb 2015 |
Jun 2015 |
Aug 2015 |
||||
|
Should be allowed to marry |
59% |
67% |
50% |
84% |
55% |
|
|
55% |
57% |
60% |
59% |
59% |
60% |
|||
|
Should not be allowed to marry |
30% |
22% |
41% |
11% |
35% |
|
|
36% |
31% |
28% |
28% |
28% |
31% |
|||
|
Don’t know |
11% |
11% |
10% |
5% |
10% |
|
|
9% |
12% |
12% |
13% |
14% |
10% |
|||
|
Total |
Men |
Women |
Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 |
Aged 55+ |
||
|
Should be allowed to marry |
59% |
54% |
64% |
69% |
57% |
51% |
|
|
Should not be allowed to marry |
30% |
35% |
24% |
22% |
29% |
38% |
|
|
Don’t know |
11% |
11% |
12% |
9% |
14% |
11% |
59% agreed that people of the same sex should be allowed to marry and 30% think they should not. This represents little change since this question was last asked in August.
Support for same sex marriage is 54% among men and 64% among women. 69% of under 35’s support same sex marriage – while those aged 65+ split 43% in favour/44% against.
Q. Considering that a national vote on same-sex marriage would cost around $150 million, do you think that the issue of same-sex marriage should be decided buy a national vote or a vote in parliament?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
Should be allowed to marry |
Should not be allowed to marry |
|||
|
A national vote |
43% |
44% |
44% |
36% |
55% |
44% |
48% |
||
|
A vote in Parliament |
41% |
43% |
45% |
47% |
28% |
45% |
37% |
||
|
Don’t know |
17% |
14% |
11% |
17% |
17% |
11% |
15% |
When asked to consider that a national vote would cost around $150 million, 43% favoured a national vote on same-sex marriage and 41% favoured a vote in Parliament. When this question was asked without the cost information in September, 67% favoured a national vote and 21% thought it should be decided by Parliament.
Those opposed to same-sex marriage were more likely to favour a national vote (48% to 37%).
Q. Which of these do you think is the most important environmental problem facing Australia today? And which would you say is the second most important?
|
Total 2 most import- ant |
Most import- ant |
Second most import- ant |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
||
|
Climate change |
49% |
32% |
17% |
58% |
42% |
69% |
39% |
|
|
Water supply |
38% |
20% |
18% |
35% |
45% |
26% |
31% |
|
|
The impact of mining |
25% |
12% |
13% |
26% |
22% |
36% |
20% |
|
|
Loss of native habitat |
23% |
9% |
14% |
21% |
27% |
21% |
28% |
|
|
The health of the Great Barrier Reef |
20% |
9% |
11% |
18% |
22% |
12% |
28% |
|
|
Air pollution |
17% |
7% |
10% |
20% |
16% |
13% |
17% |
|
|
The Murray-Darling Basin |
11% |
3% |
8% |
9% |
14% |
6% |
21% |
|
|
Don’t know |
9% |
9% |
1% |
6% |
6% |
6% |
8% |
The most important environmental problems were thought to be climate change (49%) and water supply (38%).
58% of Labor voters and 69% of Greens voters thought climate change was the most important problem – compared to 42% of Liberal/National voters. 36% of Greens voters thought the impact of mining was one of the two most important problems.
Q. Compared to Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey, do you think the new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Treasurer Scott Morrison will be better or worse managers of Australia’s economy or will they be much the same?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
||
|
Total better |
50% |
47% |
67% |
43% |
34% |
|
|
Total worse |
10% |
8% |
9% |
9% |
16% |
|
|
A lot better economic managers |
19% |
13% |
30% |
16% |
10% |
|
|
A little better economic managers |
31% |
34% |
37% |
27% |
24% |
|
|
A little worse economic managers |
5% |
3% |
6% |
8% |
6% |
|
|
A lot worse economic managers |
5% |
5% |
3% |
1% |
10% |
|
|
Much the same |
25% |
32% |
17% |
34% |
32% |
|
|
Don’t know |
14% |
13% |
7% |
14% |
18% |
50% believe that the new Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull and Treasurer Scott Morrison will be better managers of Australia’s economy than Tony Abbott and Joe Hockey. 10% think they will be worse and 25% much the same.
56% of those on income over $1,600 pw think they will be better economic managers compared to 39% of those earning less than $600 pw. 46% of those earning less than $600 pw think they will be worse or much the same.
Q. If a Federal Election was held today to which party will you probably give your first preference vote? If not sure, which party are you currently leaning toward?
Q. If don’t know -Well which party are you currently leaning to?
Sample size = 1,784 respondents
|
First preference/leaning to |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
4 weeks ago 22/09/15 |
2 weeks ago 6/10/15 |
Last week 13/10/15 |
This week 20/10/15 |
|
|
Liberal |
37% |
41% |
40% |
41% |
||
|
National |
4% |
3% |
4% |
4% |
||
|
Total Liberal/National |
45.6% |
41% |
44% |
44% |
44% |
|
|
Labor |
33.4% |
37% |
35% |
36% |
36% |
|
|
Greens |
8.6% |
11% |
10% |
10% |
11% |
|
|
Palmer United Party |
5.5% |
2% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
|
|
Other/Independent |
6.9% |
9% |
9% |
9% |
8% |
|
2 Party Preferred |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
4 weeks ago 22/09/15 |
2 weeks ago 6/10/15 |
Last week 13/10/15 |
This week 20/10/15 |
|
|
Liberal National |
53.5% |
49% |
52% |
51% |
51% |
|
|
Labor |
46.5% |
51% |
48% |
49% |
49% |
NB. The data in the above tables comprise 2-week averages derived from the first preference/leaning to voting questions. Respondents who select ‘don’t know’ are not included in the results. The two-party preferred estimate is calculated by distributing the votes of the other parties according to their preferences at the 2013 election.
Q. How much trust do you have in the following institutions and organisations?
|
Total trust |
A lot of trust |
Some trust |
A little trust |
No trust |
Don’t know |
% change |
Total trust Jun 12 |
Total trust Mar 13 |
Total trust Jul 14 |
Total trust Jun 15 |
|||
|
State police |
68% |
26% |
42% |
21% |
6% |
5% |
+2 |
– |
– |
– |
66% |
||
|
Federal police |
67% |
26% |
41% |
20% |
6% |
6% |
-1 |
– |
– |
– |
68% |
||
|
The High Court |
60% |
24% |
36% |
24% |
9% |
7% |
-1 |
60% |
74% |
57% |
61% |
||
|
The ABC |
55% |
16% |
39% |
26% |
11% |
7% |
-1 |
54% |
70% |
54% |
56% |
||
|
The Reserve Bank |
51% |
17% |
34% |
30% |
10% |
8% |
-5 |
49% |
64% |
52% |
56% |
||
|
Charitable organisations |
49% |
8% |
41% |
37% |
10% |
5% |
+3 |
50% |
52% |
45% |
46% |
||
|
Environment groups |
42% |
9% |
33% |
33% |
18% |
7% |
+2 |
32% |
41% |
31% |
40% |
||
|
Your local council |
40% |
5% |
35% |
36% |
19% |
6% |
+1 |
– |
34% |
33% |
39% |
||
|
The Commonwealth Public Service |
38% |
6% |
32% |
38% |
14% |
10% |
+3 |
30% |
36% |
31% |
35% |
||
|
State Parliament |
32% |
5% |
27% |
36% |
24% |
7% |
– |
– |
30% |
24% |
32% |
||
|
Federal Parliament |
32% |
5% |
27% |
35% |
27% |
6% |
+1 |
22% |
34% |
25% |
31% |
||
|
Religious organisations |
30% |
7% |
23% |
30% |
33% |
7% |
+5 |
27% |
27% |
26% |
25% |
||
|
Business groups |
30% |
3% |
27% |
39% |
20% |
11% |
+2 |
22% |
26% |
22% |
28% |
||
|
Trade unions |
27% |
5% |
22% |
33% |
31% |
9% |
+1 |
22% |
25% |
22% |
26% |
||
|
Political parties |
19% |
3% |
16% |
36% |
39% |
7% |
+3 |
12% |
12% |
13% |
16% |
Note: ‘Total Trust’ is an aggregate figure achieved by adding ‘A lot of trust’ and ‘Some trust’
Overall trust in institutions has changed little since this question was asked in June.
Respondents had most trust in the State police (68%), Federal police (67%), the High Court (60%), the ABC (55%) and the Reserve Bank (51%). They had least trust in political parties (19%), trade unions (27%), business groups (30%) and religious organisations (30%).
The main changes since the last poll were for the Reserve Bank (down 5% to 51%) and religious organisations (up 5% to 30%). Compared to the average, Labor voters had more trust in the ABC (64%) and trade unions (39%).
Liberal/National voters, compared to the average, had a little more trust in the High Court (67%), the Reserve Bank (62%), religious organisations (39%), Federal Parliament (42%), State Parliament (39%), business groups (40%), State police (77%) and Federal police (75%).