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  • Oct, 2012

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    Funding for the ABC

    Q. The Australian Broadcasting Corporation (ABC) currently receives about $950 million a year from government, including money for transmission. In terms of future funding, do you think the ABC should receive:

     

    %

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Total – More funding

    34%

    42%

    27%

    67%

    Total – Less funding

    17%

    13%

    23%

    6%

    A lot more funding

    11%

    15%

    6%

    24%

    Some more funding

    23%

    27%

    21%

    43%

    About the same funding as current levels

    32%

    31%

    37%

    21%

    A little less funding

    8%

    8%

    10%

    4%

    A lot less funding less funding

    9%

    5%

    13%

    2%

    Don’t know

    17%

    14%

    13%

    5%

    The largest portion of respondents believe that the ABC should receiving more funding (34%) followed very closely by those that believe funding at current levels should remain (32%).

    Seventeen per cent (17%) believe that the ABC should receive less funding.

    Looking at the results by voting intention, Greens voters are the most in favour of more funding for the ABC (67%), whilst Coalition voters are the most likely to take the view that the ABC should receive less funding (23%).

    Looking at the results by gender, male respondents are far more likely to support more funding for the ABC (44%) compared to female respondents (25%).

  • Aug, 2012

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    Funding of Australia’s Olympic Team

    Q. Direct Federal funding of Australia’s Olympic team over the past four years has been at least $589 million – which equates to about $39 million for each gold medal. Do you think this investment is too much, not enough or about right?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Very/quite important

    Not so/not at all important

    Too much

    58%

    60%

    55%

    71%

    47%

    68%

    Not enough

    9%

    8%

    11%

    6%

    14%

    5%

    About right

    19%

    21%

    20%

    14%

    25%

    14%

    Don’t know

    14%

    11%

    13%

    9%

    14%

    13%

    58% think that funding invested in the Australian Olympic team over the last 4 years has been too much, 9% think it is not enough and 19% think it is about right.

    Of those who think winning gold medals is very/quite important, 47% think that funding has been too much, 14% think it is not enough and 25% think it is about right.

  • Jul, 2012

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    Family Values Isn’t Free

    Family values. It’s something everyone wants to embrace. But, beyond making broad statements, the bottom line is…well, the bottom line. If you love families, you probably love children…but what happens when it gets to supporting early childhood education and care reforms?

    We noticed this concern raised this past Friday by Early Childhood Australia:

    Peak children’s body Early Childhood Australia (ECA) have expressed concern today about statements from Shadow Minister for Childcare and Early Childhood Learning, Sussan Ley that suggest the opposition is considering winding back early childhood education and care reforms.

    ECA today urged Shadow Minister Ley to consult more broadly on the reforms and hear from children’s advocates, experts and the many service operators already successfully implementing the reforms, about the long-term benefits of quality early education and care.

    “We need to see bipartisan support for improving the quality of early childhood education and care for the sake of the 1.5 million Australian children in these services,” said ECA chief executive Samantha Page.

    Seems like it should be a no-brainer for early childhood education to be a bi-partisan effort, enjoying broad support no matter who’s running the show.


    @jonathantasini

  • Oct, 2011

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    Income of Football clubs in Australia

    Q. Football clubs in Australia get their income in a variety of ways.  For each of the following, please indicate if you think it is good or bad source of income for football clubs?

    Total Good Total Bad Very Good Good Bad Very Bad Don’t know
    Merchandise sales 91% 4% 45% 46% 3% 1% 6%
    Corporate sponsorship 90% 3% 45% 45% 2% 1% 6%
    Raffles, auctions, competitions 89% 4% 38% 51% 3% 1% 6%
    TV broadcasting revenue 87% 5% 37% 50% 4% 1% 8%
    Philanthropic donations 76% 8% 29% 47% 6% 2% 16%
    Property investment 76% 11% 24% 52% 9% 2% 13%
    Poker machines in clubs 33% 57% 7% 26% 28% 29% 10%

    Merchandise sales (91%), corporate sponsorship (90%), raffles etc (89%) and TV broadcasting revenue (87%) are regarded to be the better sources of income for football clubs in Australia.

    By a difference of 11 points, philanthropic donations and property investment are also regarded as good sources of income by the vast majority of respondents (76%).

    Forty three (43) points behind those sources of income are poker machines in clubs, making them the least well regarded source of income for football clubs by a large margin.  Whilst only 33% of respondents regard them as a good source of income, 57% see them as a bad source of income.

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