Q. Where do you think is the best place to invest your money?
|
Total |
Men |
Women |
Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 |
Aged 55+ |
||
|
The housing market |
29% |
29% |
30% |
34% |
33% |
18% |
|
|
Australian share market |
15% |
18% |
11% |
12% |
14% |
18% |
|
|
Specific companies or businesses |
3% |
4% |
1% |
5% |
1% |
3% |
|
|
Other investments like art and antiques |
* |
* |
* |
– |
* |
1% |
|
|
Investment funds |
9% |
12% |
7% |
7% |
8% |
14% |
|
|
Leave it in the bank |
16% |
14% |
17% |
14% |
13% |
21% |
|
|
Not sure |
28% |
22% |
35% |
28% |
30% |
27% |
29% think that the housing market is the best place to invest and 16% think it better to leave it in the bank.
35% of women are not sure of the best place to invest.
Q. Do you think that you will have adequate income from your superannuation and investments to live a comfortable lifestyle when you choose to stop working?
|
Total |
Men |
Women |
Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 |
Aged 55+ |
||
|
Yes – definitely |
8% |
10% |
6% |
11% |
5% |
12% |
|
|
Yes – probably |
31% |
37% |
26% |
36% |
30% |
24% |
|
|
No – probably not |
34% |
33% |
35% |
28% |
37% |
38% |
|
|
No – definitely not |
15% |
10% |
20% |
10% |
17% |
20% |
|
|
Not sure |
12% |
10% |
14% |
14% |
12% |
7% |
Based on those working full-time, self-employed or part-time
39% of respondents currently working think they will have adequate income for the retirement and 49% think they will not.
47% of men think they will have adequate income compared to 32% of women. 55% of women think they will not have enough income compared to 43% of men.
47% of those aged 18-34 think they will have enough compared to 35% of those aged 35-54.
Q. Which of the following best describes your occupation?
|
First preference/leaning to |
Total |
Profess- ional |
Manager |
Admin or sales |
Trades |
|
Home duties |
Retired |
Not working |
Student |
|
|
Labor |
39% |
39% |
27% |
36% |
42% |
|
45% |
43% |
33% |
48% |
|
|
Liberal/National |
41% |
41% |
48% |
50% |
39% |
|
42% |
41% |
28% |
21% |
|
|
Greens |
11% |
11% |
15% |
9% |
4% |
|
3% |
6% |
13% |
25% |
|
|
Other/Independent |
9% |
9% |
11% |
6% |
15% |
|
11% |
9% |
26% |
6% |
Those more likely to vote Labor were home duties (45%) and students (48%).
Those more likely to vote Liberal/National were managers (48%), admin/sales (50%) and semi/unskilled workers (46%).
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 = 1,813 respondents
|
First preference/leaning to |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
4 weeks ago 26/5/15 |
2 weeks ago 9/6/15 |
Last week 16/6/15 |
This week 23/6/15 |
|
|
Liberal |
38% |
38% |
39% |
38% |
||
|
National |
4% |
3% |
3% |
3% |
||
|
Total Liberal/National |
45.6% |
41% |
41% |
42% |
41% |
|
|
Labor |
33.4% |
39% |
40% |
39% |
39% |
|
|
Greens |
8.6% |
10% |
9% |
10% |
10% |
|
|
Palmer United Party |
5.5% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
|
|
Other/Independent |
6.9% |
8% |
9% |
8% |
8% |
|
2 Party Preferred |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
4 weeks ago 26/5/15 |
2 weeks ago 9/6/15 |
Last week 16/6/15 |
This week 23/6/15 |
|
|
Liberal National |
53.5% |
48% |
48% |
48% |
48% |
|
|
Labor |
46.5% |
52% |
52% |
52% |
52% |
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. It has been reported that the Australian Government has paid “people smugglers” to return asylum seekers to Indonesia. Do you approve or disapprove of the Australian Government paying “people smugglers” to take asylum seekers back to Indonesia?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
||
|
Total approve |
29% |
18% |
48% |
14% |
25% |
|
|
Total disapprove |
56% |
74% |
33% |
80% |
61% |
|
|
Strongly approve |
12% |
8% |
21% |
5% |
10% |
|
|
Approve |
17% |
10% |
27% |
9% |
15% |
|
|
Disapprove |
20% |
21% |
20% |
14% |
28% |
|
|
Strongly disapprove |
36% |
53% |
13% |
66% |
33% |
|
|
Don’t know |
15% |
8% |
19% |
6% |
13% |
29% approve of the Australian Government paying “people smugglers” to take asylum seekers back to Indonesia and 56% disapprove.
A large majority of Labor voters (74%) and Greens voters (80%) disapprove while about half (48%) of Liberal/National voters approve. There were no significant differences across demographic groups except gender where 34% of men approve compared to 25% of women.
Q. How much trust do you have in what you read or hear in the following media?
|
Total a lot /some trust |
A lot of trust |
Some trust |
Not much trust |
No trust at all |
Don’t know |
Don’t use |
|
Total a lot /some Jul 11 |
Total a lot /some Jun 12 |
Total a lot /some Jan 13 |
Total a lot /some Nov 14 |
|||
|
ABC TV news and current affairs |
63% |
21% |
42% |
17% |
8% |
3% |
9% |
|
71% |
74% |
73% |
69% |
||
|
SBS TV news and current affairs |
61% |
15% |
46% |
19% |
5% |
3% |
12% |
66% |
||||||
|
ABC radio news and current affairs |
58% |
18% |
40% |
18% |
8% |
3% |
13% |
|
67% |
69% |
70% |
62% |
||
|
News and opinion in local newspapers |
50% |
6% |
44% |
29% |
11% |
3% |
8% |
|
54% |
56% |
55% |
53% |
||
|
ABC radio talkback programs |
46% |
9% |
37% |
25% |
11% |
3% |
16% |
|
47% |
50% |
49% |
48% |
||
|
Commercial TV news and current affairs |
46% |
7% |
39% |
31% |
15% |
3% |
5% |
|
48% |
46% |
44% |
48% |
||
|
News and opinion in daily newspapers |
45% |
5% |
40% |
31% |
13% |
3% |
8% |
|
53% |
52% |
48% |
50% |
||
|
Commercial radio news and current affairs |
44% |
5% |
39% |
29% |
14% |
3% |
10% |
|
46% |
45% |
46% |
45% |
||
|
News and opinion websites |
39% |
4% |
35% |
36% |
11% |
3% |
10% |
|
41% |
40% |
40% |
42% |
||
|
Commercial radio talkback programs |
34% |
5% |
29% |
29% |
22% |
3% |
13% |
|
33% |
33% |
32% |
33% |
||
|
Internet blogs |
20% |
2% |
18% |
39% |
21% |
4% |
15% |
|
20% |
20% |
23% |
22% |
Overall, trust in media has fallen a little since this question was asked last year – however rankings remain much the same.
The most trusted media were ABC TV news and current affairs (63% a lot/some trust), SBS TV news and current affairs (61%) and ABC radio news and current affairs (58%).
The least trusted were internet blogs (20%) and commercial radio talkback programs (34%).
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 |
|
Jul 2011 |
Sep 2012 |
Oct 2013 |
Jun 2014 |
Dec 2014 |
Feb 2015 |
Jun 2015 |
|||
|
Should be allowed to marry |
59% |
73% |
42% |
88% |
37% |
|
54% |
55% |
57% |
60% |
55% |
59% |
59% |
||
|
Should not be allowed to marry |
28% |
17% |
41% |
5% |
55% |
|
35% |
36% |
31% |
28% |
32% |
28% |
30% |
||
|
Don’t know |
14% |
10% |
17% |
7% |
8% |
|
11% |
9% |
12% |
12% |
14% |
13% |
11% |
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|
Total |
Men |
Women |
Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 |
Aged 55+ |
||
|
Should be allowed to marry |
59% |
56% |
61% |
70% |
59% |
44% |
|
|
Should not be allowed to marry |
28% |
31% |
24% |
17% |
27% |
41% |
|
|
Don’t know |
14% |
13% |
15% |
13% |
14% |
15% |
59% agreed that people of the same sex should be allowed to marry and 28% think they should not. This represents little change since this question was previously asked in February and early June.
Support for same sex marriage is 56% among men and 61% among women. 70% of under 35’s support same sex marriage – while those aged 65+ split 31% in favour/53% against.
Q. How strongly do you feel about the issue of same-sex marriage?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
Should be allowed to marry |
Should not be allowed to marry |
|||
|
Very strongly |
40% |
46% |
31% |
48% |
42% |
37% |
46% |
||
|
Quite strongly |
29% |
27% |
30% |
29% |
34% |
29% |
30% |
||
|
Not very strongly |
27% |
24% |
35% |
23% |
22% |
30% |
22% |
||
|
Can’t say |
4% |
4% |
4% |
– |
2% |
5% |
2% |
|
Total |
Labor – Should be allowed to marry |
Labor – Should not be allowed to marry |
Lib/Nat – Should be allowed to marry |
Lib/Nat – Should not be allowed to marry |
|||
|
Very strongly |
40% |
48% |
39% |
16% |
48% |
||
|
Quite strongly |
29% |
24% |
38% |
36% |
23% |
||
|
Not very strongly |
27% |
23% |
20% |
43% |
27% |
||
|
Can’t say |
4% |
4% |
3% |
5% |
1% |
40% of those who gave an opinion on same-sex marriage said they feel very strongly about the issue and 29% quite strongly. Labor voters (46%) and Greens voters (48%) tend to feel most strongly about the issue.
Only 31% of Liberal/National voters said they feel very strongly about the issue. Those opposed to same sex marriage tended to feel more strongly about the issue (46%). This is most evident with Liberal/National voters where 48% of those opposed feel very strongly compared to only 16% of those in favour.