Q. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements about government?
| Total agree | Total disagree | Strongly agree | Agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | Don’t know | ||
| I wish out political leaders would look for more common solutions, rather than just fighting each other | 85% | 2% | 47% | 38% | 9% | 1% | 1% | 4% | |
| I’m sick of slogan from politicians – I want real answers on how government can operate better | 82% | 3% | 44% | 38% | 11% | 2% | 1% | 5% | |
| Our government needs to find ways of working with the rest of the world, and not turning our backs on the world | 59% | 11% | 19% | 40% | 24% | 8% | 3% | 6% | |
| It is harder than ever for governments to control the influence of multinational corporations | 55% | 14% | 17% | 38% | 21% | 11% | 3% | 9% | |
| People have unrealistic expectations of the government’s ability to sort everything out | 45% | 26% | 11% | 34% | 23% | 18% | 8% | 5% | |
| Most politicians are motivated by good intentions rather than self interest | 22% | 47% | 4% | 18% | 25% | 26% | 21% | 6% |
The statement most likely to be agreed with was “I wish our political leaders would look for more common solutions, rather than just fighting each other”, of which 85% agreed. Those most likely to agree with this statement were those aged 65+ (96% agree), other party/independent voters (94%) and those aged 55-64 (93%). No more than 5% of any demographic group disagreed with this statement.
The statement most likely to be disagreed with was “Most politicians are motivated by good intentions rather than self interest”, of which 47% disagreed. Those most likely to disagree with this were other party/independent voters (71% disagree), Greens voters (65%) and those aged 55-64 (57%). Those most likely to agree were Liberal/National voters (32%), those who work full time (26%) and those with a university degree (25%). This was also the only statement which a greater proportion disagreed than agreed with.