Performance of Superannuation fund
Q. How satisfied are you with the performance of your superannuation fund?
| Total | Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 |
Aged 55+ | Industry fund | Retail fund | Self-managed | Jul ’14 | ||||
| Total satisfied | 68% | 71% | 65% | 57% | 70% | 82% | 73% | 77% | 78% | 73% | |||
| Total dissatisfied | 14% | 15% | 14% | 15% | 14% | 13% | 13% | 14% | 16% | 10% | |||
| Very satisfied | 12% | 14% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 22% | 14% | 13% | 15% | 14% | |||
| Satisfied | 56% | 57% | 54% | 47% | 60% | 60% | 59% | 64% | 63% | 59% | |||
| Dissatisfied | 11% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 7% | |||
| Very dissatisfied | 3% | 4% | 3% | 4% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 3% | |||
| Don’t know | 18% | 15% | 22% | 28% | 16% | 6% | 14% | 9% | 6% | 16% |
68% (down 5% since July) of respondents say they are satisfied with the performance of their superannuation fund and 14% (up 4%) are dissatisfied.
78% of those with self-managed funds were satisfied compared with 77% for retail funds and 73% for industry funds.
28% of those aged 18-34 could not give an opinion.
Q. Would you support or oppose the following tax reforms to raise more funds for Government services and infrastructure?
| Total support | Total oppose | Strongly support | Support | Oppose | Strongly oppose | Don’t know | ||
| Force multinational companies to pay a minimum tax rate on Australian earnings | 76% | 8% | 43% | 33% | 5% | 3% | 15% | |
| Increase income tax rate for high earners | 65% | 23% | 27% | 38% | 17% | 6% | 12% | |
| Remove superannuation tax concessions for high earners | 55% | 25% | 26% | 29% | 17% | 8% | 20% | |
| Remove negative gearing | 33% | 30% | 12% | 21% | 18% | 12% | 37% | |
| Replace stamp duty with land tax | 24% | 34% | 4% | 20% | 19% | 15% | 43% | |
| Remove GST exemptions (e.g. food) | 36% | 51% | 15% | 21% | 25% | 26% | 13% | |
| Increase the GST | 19% | 70% | 4% | 15% | 33% | 37% | 11% | |
| Tax on inheritances from wills | 13% | 74% | 3% | 10% | 31% | 43% | 13% |
There was strong majority support for forcing multinational companies to pay a minimum tax rate on Australian earnings (76%), increasing income tax rate for high earners (65%) and removing superannuation tax concessions for high earners (55%).
There was strong majority opposition to a tax on inheritances from wills (74%) and increasing the GST (70%).
|
Election Mar 2011 |
|
Mar 2014 |
|
| Sample |
|
659 |
|
| First preference vote |
|
||
| Liberal/National |
51.1% |
44% |
|
| Labor |
25.6% |
36% |
|
| Greens |
10.3% |
9% |
|
| Other/Independent |
13.0% |
11% |
|
| 2PP | |||
| Liberal/National |
64.2% |
53% |
|
| Labor |
35.8% |
47% |
NB. Respondents who selected ‘don’t know’ are not included in the results. The two-party preferred estimate has been calculated by distributing the votes of the other parties based on an estimate of preference flows at previous elections.
Q. Which state party would you trust most to handle the following issues in New South Wales?
|
Liberal |
Labor |
Greens |
Don’t know |
|
Net score – Liberal minus Labor |
|
| Economic management |
45% |
25% |
4% |
27% |
+20 |
|
| Police and public safety |
42% |
28% |
3% |
28% |
+14 |
|
| Planning for the future |
40% |
26% |
7% |
28% |
+14 |
|
| Roads and freeways |
40% |
28% |
5% |
28% |
+12 |
|
| Support for regional NSW |
38% |
26% |
8% |
29% |
+12 |
|
| Public transport |
38% |
28% |
7% |
27% |
+11 |
|
| NSW’s future energy needs |
34% |
26% |
14% |
27% |
+8 |
|
| The environment |
27% |
20% |
29% |
25% |
+8 |
|
| Unemployment and jobs |
36% |
33% |
4% |
27% |
+3 |
|
| Education and schools |
34% |
37% |
6% |
26% |
-3 |
|
| Health and hospitals |
33% |
37% |
5% |
26% |
-4 |
Q. Regardless of which party you usually vote for, do you think you would personally be better off with a Labor or a Liberal State Government?
|
Total |
|
| Better off with a Liberal Government |
33% |
| Better off with a Labor Government |
33% |
| Makes no difference |
26% |
| Don’t know |
9% |
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 = 1,782 respondents
| First preference/leaning to |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
|
4 weeks ago 24/2/15 |
2 weeks ago 10/3/15 |
Last week 17/3/15 |
This week 24/3/15 |
| Liberal |
|
38% |
37% |
37% |
37% |
|
| National |
3% |
3% |
3% |
3% |
||
| Total Liberal/National |
45.6% |
40% |
40% |
40% |
40% |
|
| Labor |
33.4% |
41% |
40% |
39% |
41% |
|
| Greens |
8.6% |
9% |
9% |
9% |
10% |
|
| Palmer United Party |
5.5% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
1% |
|
| Other/Independent |
6.9% |
8% |
9% |
9% |
8% |
| 2 Party Preferred |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
|
4 weeks ago 24/2/15 |
2 weeks ago 10/3/15 |
Last week 17/3/15 |
This week 24/3/15 |
| Liberal National |
53.5% |
47% |
47% |
48% |
46% |
|
| Labor |
46.5% |
53% |
53% |
52% |
54% |
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. Do you believe that there is fairly conclusive evidence that climate change is happening and caused by human activity or do you believe that the evidence is still not in and we may just be witnessing a normal fluctuation in the earth’s climate which happens from time to time?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
Nov 09 |
Dec 10 |
Jun 11 |
Oct 12 |
Oct 13 |
Dec 14 |
|
| Climate change is happening and is caused by human activity |
54% |
67% |
37% |
84% |
38% |
53% |
45% |
50% |
48% |
52% |
57% |
||
| We are just witnessing a normal fluctuation in the earth’s climate |
31% |
22% |
49% |
11% |
45% |
34% |
36% |
39% |
39% |
36% |
29% |
||
| Don’t know |
15% |
11% |
14% |
5% |
17% |
13% |
19% |
12% |
13% |
12% |
14% |
54% (down 3% since December) agree that climate change is happening and is caused by human activity and 31% (up 2%) believe that we may just be witnessing a normal fluctuation in the earth’s climate. Although this is a fall in belief in climate change since December, it is still the second highest recorded over the last 6 years.
By age groups, those aged under 35 split 62%/20% and those aged 55+ split 39%/51%. People with higher education were more likely to think climate change is happening and is caused by human activity – those with university degrees split 62%/25%.
Q. Over the last 2 years, have you become more concerned or less concerned about the environmental effects of global warming or do you feel about the same as you did 2 years ago?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
Sep 14 |
Dec 14 |
|
| Total more concerned |
52% |
63% |
41% |
76% |
36% |
52% |
51% |
||
| Total less concerned |
8% |
6% |
11% |
7% |
11% |
9% |
9% |
||
| Much more concerned |
19% |
24% |
10% |
46% |
13% |
22% |
21% |
||
| A little more concerned |
33% |
39% |
31% |
30% |
23% |
30% |
30% |
||
| About the same |
37% |
30% |
45% |
17% |
49% |
35% |
35% |
||
| A little less concerned |
5% |
4% |
7% |
3% |
4% |
6% |
6% |
||
| Much less concerned |
3% |
2% |
4% |
4% |
7% |
3% |
3% |
||
| Don’t know |
5% |
2% |
3% |
– |
4% |
4% |
5% |
52% say they have become more concerned about the environmental effects of global warming over the last two years and 8% have become less concerned – 37% feel about the same.
These results are very similar to those when this question was asked in December.
Those most likely to have become more concerned were Labor voters (63%), Greens voters (76%) and people with university degrees (58%).