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  • Jun, 2015

    Conscience vote on same sex marriage

    Q. Do you think political parties should treat the issue of same-sex marriage as a matter of personal conscience or as a matter of party policy?

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other

    Should be allowed to marry

    Should not be allowed to marry

    Personal conscience

    58%

    65%

    55%

    68%

    61%

    68%

    47%

    Party policy

    19%

    18%

    26%

    16%

    14%

    16%

    29%

    Can’t say

    22%

    18%

    20%

    16%

    25%

    16%

    24%

    58% think that political parties should treat the issue of same-sex marriage as a matter of personal conscience and 19% as a matter of party policy. 65% of Labor voters and 68% of Greens voters think it should be a matter of personal conscience compared to 55% of Liberal/National voters. Those in favour of same-sex marriage are more likely to think it should be a matter of personal conscience.

  • Jun, 2015

    Interest in news

    Q. How much interest do you have in the following types of news?

    A lot of interest

    Some interest

    Not much interest

    Can’t say

    Local and state news

    45%

    45%

    9%

    1%

    Weather

    37%

    51%

    10%

    2%

    International news

    35%

    51%

    12%

    2%

    National political news and opinion

    28%

    46%

    24%

    3%

    Sport

    23%

    35%

    39%

    3%

    Business and finance

    19%

    40%

    39%

    2%

    Celebrity/ entertainment news

    9%

    32%

    57%

    2%

    45% say they have a lot of interest in local and state news, 37% in weather news and 35% in international news. Only 9% say they have a lot of interest in celebrity/entertainment news.

    43% of those aged 55+ have a lot of interest in international news compared to 28% of those aged 18-34. 27% of men have a lot of interest in business and finance compared to 11% of women.
    50% of those aged 65+ have a lot of interest in weather compared to 26% of those aged 18-34.

  • Jun, 2015

    Understanding financial terms

    Q. Would you say you have a good understanding, some understanding or not much understanding of the following terms?

    Good understanding

    Some understanding

    Not much understanding

    Not sure

    Lot of interest in business & finance – Good understanding

    Negative gearing

    19%

    38%

    36%

    7%

    51%

    Stocks

    18%

    42%

    35%

    6%

    52%

    GDP

    15%

    30%

    46%

    9%

    44%

    All ords

    14%

    30%

    49%

    7%

    45%

    Equities

    11%

    31%

    50%

    8%

    40%

    Options

    11%

    25%

    55%

    9%

    34%

    Bonds

    10%

    31%

    52%

    8%

    36%

    Futures

    9%

    24%

    58%

    9%

    28%

    FTSE

    9%

    22%

    58%

    12%

    32%

    Venture capital

    8%

    20%

    61%

    11%

    29%

    Derivatives

    7%

    17%

    65%

    10%

    25%

    Selling down

    7%

    20%

    61%

    11%

    26%

    Less than 20% have a good understanding of each finance term. The most understood terms were “negative gearing “ (19%), “stocks” (18%), “GDP” (15%) and “All ords” (14%).

    The least understood were “selling down” (7%), “derivatives” (7%) and “venture capital” (8%).

    Among those who said the had a lot of interest in business and finance, a bare majority said they had a good understanding of “stocks” (52%) and “negative gearing” (51%).

  • Jun, 2015

    Infrastructure

    Q. From the following list, which are the three types of infrastructure which are the most important for your state to invest in?

    Total

    First

    Second

    Third

    NSW

    Victoria

    Queens- land

    Hospitals and health centres

    74%

    36%

    22%

    16%

    74%

    74%

    72%

    Schools

    46%

    12%

    19%

    15%

    50%

    45%

    39%

    Public transport

    42%

    10%

    16%

    16%

    44%

    54%

    38%

    Roads and freeways

    37%

    11%

    12%

    14%

    38%

    37%

    39%

    Renewable energy generation

    34%

    12%

    10%

    12%

    29%

    31%

    39%

    Water supply

    23%

    7%

    6%

    10%

    21%

    18%

    22%

    Public housing

    21%

    7%

    6%

    8%

    20%

    20%

    22%

    Communications (eg NBN)

    17%

    4%

    6%

    7%

    17%

    18%

    23%

    Coal-fired power generation

    5%

    1%

    2%

    2%

    8%

    2%

    4%

    The most important types of infrastructure were thought to be hospitals and health centres (74%), schools (46%) and public transport (42%).

    Schools were more important in NSW (50%) and less important in Queensland (38%). Public transport was more important in Victoria (54%).

    Renewable energy (39%) and communications (23%) were more important in Queensland.

  • Jun, 2015

    Federal politics – voting intention

    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 = 1,796 respondents

    First preference/leaning to

    Election 7 Sep 13

    4 weeks ago 19/5/15

    2 weeks ago 2/6/15

    Last week 9/6/15

    This week 16/6/15

    Liberal

    38%

    38%

    38%

    39%

    National

    3%

    4%

    3%

    3%

    Total Liberal/National

    45.6%

    41%

    41%

    41%

    42%

    Labor

    33.4%

    39%

    40%

    40%

    39%

    Greens

    8.6%

    10%

    10%

    9%

    10%

    Palmer United Party

    5.5%

    1%

    1%

    1%

    1%

    Other/Independent

    6.9%

    8%

    8%

    9%

    8%

    2 Party Preferred

    Election 7 Sep 13

    4 weeks ago 19/5/15

    2 weeks ago 2/6/15

    Last week 9/6/15

    This week 16/6/15

    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.

  • Jun, 2015

    Trust in Institutions

    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 Jan 15

    Federal police

    68%

    27%

    41%

    19%

    7%

    6%

    na

    State police

    66%

    27%

    39%

    22%

    6%

    6%

    na

    The High Court

    61%

    23%

    38%

    23%

    9%

    7%

    +8

    60%

    74%

    57%

    53%

    The ABC

    56%

    18%

    38%

    23%

    12%

    9%

    +3

    54%

    70%

    54%

    53%

    The Reserve Bank

    56%

    16%

    40%

    25%

    10%

    9%

    +7

    49%

    64%

    52%

    49%

    Charitable organisations

    46%

    9%

    37%

    36%

    10%

    7%

    +2

    50%

    52%

    45%

    44%

    Environment groups

    40%

    9%

    31%

    35%

    17%

    8%

    +7

    32%

    41%

    31%

    33%

    Your local council

    39%

    6%

    33%

    34%

    21%

    6%

    +7

    na

    34%

    33%

    32%

    The Commonwealth Public Service

    35%

    5%

    30%

    39%

    13%

    12%

    +3

    30%

    36%

    31%

    32%

    State Parliament

    32%

    5%

    27%

    32%

    28%

    7%

    +8

    na

    30%

    24%

    24%

    Federal Parliament

    31%

    6%

    25%

    33%

    30%

    7%

    +6

    22%

    34%

    25%

    25%

    Business groups

    28%

    2%

    26%

    42%

    19%

    10%

    +5

    22%

    26%

    22%

    23%

    Trade unions

    26%

    3%

    23%

    32%

    32%

    11%

    +3

    22%

    25%

    22%

    23%

    Religious organisations

    25%

    6%

    19%

    27%

    40%

    8%

    +3

    27%

    27%

    26%

    22%

    Political parties

    16%

    1%

    15%

    37%

    40%

    7%

    +2

    12%

    12%

    13%

    14%

    Note: ‘Total Trust’ is an aggregate figure achieved by adding ‘A lot of trust’ and ‘Some trust’

  • Jun, 2015

    Housing affordability

    Q. Do you think housing in your area is affordable or unaffordable for someone on an average income?

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

     

    Aged 18-34

     

    Aged 55+

    Capital cities

    Region -al

    NSW

    Victoria

     

    Affordable

    33%

    26%

    43%

    27%

     

    24%

     

    48%

    26%

    45%

    28%

    31%

     

    Unaffordable

    60%

    68%

    52%

    68%

     

    69%

     

    45%

    69%

    48%

    67%

    63%

     

    Don’t know

    7%

    6%

    6%

    4%

     

    7%

     

    7%

    7%

    7%

    5%

    6%

     

    33% think that housing in their area is affordable for someone on an average income and 60% think it is unaffordable.
    Those most likely to think housing was unaffordable were aged 18-34 (69%), people living in capital cities (69%) and those living in NSW (67%). 48% of those aged 55+ and 45% of those living in regional areas thought housing was affordable.

  • Jun, 2015

    Change in housing affordability

    Q. And do you think housing in your area has become more affordable or less affordable over the last few years?

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other

    Capital cities

    Region- al

    NSW

    Victoria

    Queens -land

    Total more affordable

    11%

    10%

    15%

    8%

    6%

    8%

    15%

    8%

    8%

    17%

    Total less affordable

    75%

    79%

    67%

    82%

    83%

    79%

    65%

    83%

    80%

    64%

    A lot more affordable

    1%

    1%

    2%

    1%

    1%

    1%

    1%

    2%

    A little more affordable

    10%

    9%

    13%

    7%

    6%

    7%

    14%

    7%

    6%

    17%

    A little less affordable

    33%

    31%

    34%

    33%

    42%

    30%

    37%

    30%

    35%

    34%

    A lot less affordable

    42%

    48%

    33%

    49%

    41%

    49%

    28%

    53%

    45%

    30%

    No change

    10%

    7%

    14%

    5%

    8%

    8%

    14%

    6%

    8%

    12%

    Don’t know

    5%

    4%

    4%

    4%

    3%

    5%

    6%

    4%

    4%

    7%

    75% think that housing in their area has become less affordable over the last few years – including 42% who though it was a lot less affordable.

    83% of residents of NSW and 80% of Victorians think housing has become less affordable.

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