Q. Saturday 25th April is Anzac Day. Which of the following best describes what you will do on Anzac Day?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Apr 2014 | |||
| Attend an Anzac Day event or march | 23% | 24% | 27% | 16% | 20% | 21% | ||
| Not attend an event but watch the march on TV | 29% | 30% | 36% | 16% | 20% | 31% | ||
| Nothing special – it’s just a public holiday | 28% | 28% | 20% | 41% | 37% | 27% | ||
| Working – don’t get the Anzac Day holiday | 7% | 7% | 6% | 8% | 12% | 7% | ||
| Don’t know | 13% | 11% | 11% | 19% | 11% | 14% |
23% of respondents said they would attend an Anzac day event and 29% said they would watch the march on TV. 35% said it was just a holiday or were working. These results are much the same as last year’s.
66% of those aged 55+ said they would be attending an event or watching on TV compared to 41% of those aged under 35. 36% of those aged under 35 say it is just a public holiday.
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 = 1,794 respondents
| First preference/leaning to | Election 7 Sep 13 | 4 weeks ago10/3/15 | 2 weeks ago 24/3/15 | Last week31/3/15 | This week 7/4/15 | |
| Liberal | 37% | 37% | 36% | 36% | ||
| National | 3% | 3% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Total Liberal/National | 45.6% | 40% | 40% | 40% | 40% | |
| Labor | 33.4% | 40% | 41% | 40% | 39% | |
| Greens | 8.6% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 10% | |
| Palmer United Party | 5.5% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | |
| Other/Independent | 6.9% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 9% |
| 2 Party Preferred | Election 7 Sep 13 | 4 weeks ago10/3/15 | 2 weeks ago 24/3/15 | Last week31/3/15 | This week 7/4/15 | |
| Liberal National | 53.5% | 47% | 46% | 47% | 47% | |
| Labor | 46.5% | 53% | 54% | 53% | 53% |
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. Compared to three years ago, are you drinking more or less alcohol?
| Total | Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | ||
| Total more | 11% | 14% | 10% | 16% | 11% | 7% | |
| Total less | 34% | 33% | 36% | 37% | 30% | 37% | |
| Substantially more | 2% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 1% | |
| A little more | 9% | 11% | 8% | 12% | 9% | 6% | |
| About the same | 37% | 40% | 35% | 28% | 45% | 38% | |
| A little less | 18% | 21% | 16% | 22% | 13% | 21% | |
| Substantially less/stopped drinking | 16% | 12% | 20% | 15% | 17% | 16% | |
| Never drank | 16% | 14% | 19% | 18% | 14% | 18% |
13% say they are drinking more alcohol than 3 years ago and 34% are drinking less. 37% say they are drinking about the same.
Those aged under 35 are more likely to say they are drinking more (16%) while 45% of those aged 35-54 are drinking about the same.
Q. Do you support or oppose the following measures in relation to alcohol?
| Total support | Total oppose | Strongly support | Support | Oppose | Strongly oppose | Don’t know | ||
| Banning alcohol sponsorship of sport | 59% | 27% | 32% | 27% | 20% | 7% | 14% | |
| Banning alcohol advertising | 54% | 31% | 27% | 27% | 25% | 6% | 15% | |
| Increasing the taxation of alcohol to discourage consumption | 40% | 49% | 19% | 21% | 27% | 22% | 11% | |
| Restricting liquor outlets to make alcohol more difficult to buy | 50% | 35% | 22% | 28% | 24% | 11% | 15% | |
| Increasing the legal age for consumption of alcohol | 57% | 31% | 26% | 31% | 22% | 9% | 125 | |
| More public education about responsible consumption of alcohol | 87% | 6% | 47% | 40% | 5% | 1% | 7% |
Measures with most support were more education about responsible drinking (87%), banning alcohol sponsorship of sport (59%), increasing the legal age for consumption of alcohol (57%) and banning alcohol advertising (54%).
Q. Have you ever taken any of the following actions to protect your privacy on the internet?
| Total | Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | ||
| Cleared cookies and browser in history | 74% | 76% | 73% | 74% | 75% | 73% | |
| Set your browser to disable or turned off cookies | 50% | 52% | 48% | 50% | 53% | 45% | |
| Stopped using a website you think might be using information about you | 51% | 53% | 50% | 56% | 51% | 46% | |
| Deleted something you posted in the past | 48% | 45% | 51% | 66% | 46% | 29% | |
| Decided not to use a website because they wanted your real name | 46% | 46% | 46% | 52% | 47% | 39% | |
| Used a false name or untraceable username | 36% | 37% | 35% | 51% | 33% | 23% | |
| Use a non-identifiable email address | 31% | 36% | 26% | 40% | 29% | 21% | |
| Used a Virtual Private Network or Tor | 16% | 21% | 11% | 22% | 17% | 5% |
Actions most likely to have been taken to protect privacy were clearing cookies and browser in history (74%), stopped using a website that might be using your information (51%) and setting browser to disable or turning off cookies (50%).
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of raising the pension age to 70 years by 2035?
| Total | Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | April 2014 | |||
| Total approve | 21% | 26% | 16% | 20% | 16% | 28% | 20% | ||
| Total disapprove | 69% | 63% | 73% | 65% | 74% | 63% | 71% | ||
| Strongly approve | 5% | 7% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 4% | ||
| Approve | 16% | 19% | 13% | 16% | 11% | 22% | 16% | ||
| Disapprove | 30% | 26% | 33% | 29% | 29% | 31% | 31% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 39% | 37% | 40% | 36% | 45% | 32% | 40% | ||
| Don’t know | 11% | 12% | 11% | 16% | 10% | 9% | 9% |
Only 21% approve of the raising the pension age to 70 years and 69% disapprove. Women (73%) are more likely to disapprove than men (63%). There were not major differences by income.
Q. At what age do you expect to retire from working?
| Total | Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | Dec 2013 | |||
| Less than 50 years | 2% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 1% | – | 2% | ||
| 50-54 years | 3% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 2% | – | 3% | ||
| 55-59 years | 10% | 9% | 11% | 15% | 12% | 2% | 9% | ||
| 60-64 years | 17% | 18% | 16% | 19% | 20% | 11% | 18% | ||
| 65 years | 18% | 19% | 18% | 18% | 23% | 14% | 21% | ||
| 66-69 years | 9% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 12% | ||
| 70 years or over | 9% | 11% | 7% | 9% | 10% | 7% | 8% | ||
| Don’t know | 12% | 11% | 13% | 15% | 14% | 4% | 11% | ||
| I have already retired from working | 15% | 16% | 14% | – | 3% | 50% | 11% | ||
| I don’t work | 5% | 3% | 6% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 4% |
32% of respondents said they expected to retire from working before the age of 65, 18% expect to retire at 65 and 18% after the age of 65.
32% of men and 33% of women expect to retire before the age of 65.
Of those aged under 35, 44% expect to retire before the age of 65 and 19% expect to work past 65.
Of those on higher incomes ($1,600+ pw), 37% expect to retire before the age of 65.
Q. After you reach retirement age, what do you expect will be your main source of income?
| Total | Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | Dec 2013 | |||
| The Government age pension | 25% | 24% | 27% | 15% | 28% | 42% | 27% | ||
| Your superannuation | 39% | 39% | 39% | 44% | 33% | 40% | 43% | ||
| Other investments | 15% | 20% | 10% | 17% | 16% | 11% | 15% | ||
| Other | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 5% | 2% | ||
| Don’t know | 19% | 16% | 23% | 23% | 22% | 2% | 12% |
39% expect their superannuation will be their main form of income after retirement and 25% will mainly rely in the age pension. 42% of those aged 55+ expect to rely on the age pension compared to 15% of those aged 18-34.
Of those on higher incomes ($1,600+ pw), only 13% expect to rely on the age pension – 49% expect superannuation to be their main source of income and 20% said they would rely on other investments.
The main change since this question was asked in December 2013 was that those who “don’t know” has increased from 12% to 19%.