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  • Mar, 2020

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    Coronavirus concerns

    Q To what extent are you concerned about the threat of the Coronavirus in Australia?

      Mar’20 Feb’20 Difference
    Very concerned 27% 25% +2
    Quite concerned 36% 43% -7
    Not that concerned 28% 26% +2
    Not at all concerned 9% 6% +3
    Base (n) 1,096 1,057
    • Net concern about the threat of Coronavirus has decreased overall with 36% of participants now ‘quite concerned’, down from 43% in Feb’20.
    • 9% of participants are now ‘not at all concerned’ about Coronavirus, up from 6% last month.

    Likelihood of developing Coronavirus

    Q How likely do you think it is, that you will develop Coronavirus?

        Age group Federal Voting Intention
      Total 18-34 35-54 55+ Labor Coalition Greens NET: Other
    Very likely 7% 11% 9% 2% 6% 7% 6% 10%
    Somewhat likely 24% 25% 27% 21% 27% 26% 18% 21%
    Somewhat unlikely 43% 35% 42% 49% 40% 48% 37% 38%
    Very unlikely 26% 29% 22% 27% 27% 19% 38% 31%
    Base (n) 1,096 341 370 385 347 359 92 171
    • Overall, two-thirds (68%) of participants think it’s unlikely that they will develop Coronavirus.
    • Especially those over 55 years old (77%) tend to believe it’s unlikely they will develop Coronavirus.
    • Greens voters tend to believe it’s very unlikely they will develop Coronavirus (38%) compared to all other voters (24%).
  • Feb, 2020

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    Coronavirus concerns and government actions

    Q. To what extent are you concerned about the threat of the Coronavirus in Australia?

      Total
    Very concerned 25%
    Quite concerned 43%
    Not that concerned 26%
    Not at all concerned 6%
    Base (n) 1,056

     

    Q. Do you think the Government is doing enough to protect Australians from the threat of Coronavirus?

        Age Federal Voting Intention
    Total 18-34 35-54 55+ Labor Coalition Greens NET: Other
    Government is doing enough 49% 43% 45% 57% 43% 68% 34% 37%
    Government is not doing enough 30% 38% 35% 19% 38% 16% 38% 40%
    Don’t know 21% 19% 20% 24% 19% 15% 28% 23%
    Base (n) 1,056 341 366 349 354 320 113 155
    • 25% are very concerned about the threat of the Coronavirus to Australia and 43% are quite concerned. 26% are not at all concerned and 6% say they are not at all concerned.
    • 49% of participants believe the government is doing enough to protect Australians from Coronavirus; those over 55 years old (57%) and Coalition voters (68%) are most likely to say that the Government is doing enough.
    • Those aged 18-54 year old (37%), with dependent children (35%), Greens voters (38%) and other/independent party voters (40%) are more likely to believe that the government isn’t doing enough.

    Attitudes towards Coronavirus management

    Q. To what extent do you support or oppose the following measures to limit the spread of the Coronavirus to Australia?

      NET: Agree NET: Disagree Strongly agree Somewhat agree Somewhat disagree Strongly disagree Unsure
    Stopping all flights to and from China until more is known about the disease 85% 10% 59% 25% 8% 2% 5%
    Stopping anyone from entering the country who has who has been to China in the last 14 days 84% 11% 59% 25% 8% 3% 5%
    People entering Australia from affected areas in China will be quarantined on Christmas Island for 14 days 82% 12% 59% 23% 8% 4% 6%

     

    NET: Agree   Age Federal Voting Intention
    Total 18-34 35-54 55+ Labor Coalition Greens NET: Other
    Stopping all flights to and from China until more is known about the disease 85% 77% 83% 92% 84% 91% 72% 82%
    Stopping anyone from entering the country who has who has been to China in the last 14 days 84% 76% 84% 90% 84% 90% 71% 86%
    People entering Australia from affected areas in China will be quarantined on Christmas Island for 14 days 82% 73% 82% 90% 79% 92% 67% 83%
    Base (n) 1,056 341 366 349 354 320 113 155

     

    • More than four-fifths of participants agree with each of the three measures to limit to the spread of the Coronavirus; stopping all flights to and from China has 85% agreement, stopping anyone entering the country who has been to China in the last 14 days has 84% agreement, and 82% agree that people entering Australia from affected areas in China should be quarantined.
    • Participants over 55 years old and Coalition voters are more likely to agree with these measures, than participants 18-34 and Greens voters.
  • Feb, 2013

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    Most important factor in government regulation

    Q. What should be the most important factor Governments consider in relation to regulating each of these issues – protecting rights and freedom, protecting people’s health and safety or managing the cost to taxpayers (e.g. health costs of drug/alcohol/tobacco use)?

     

    Protecting rights and freedom 

    Protecting people’s health and safety

    Managing the cost to taxpayers

    Don’t know

    Wearing seatbelts in cars

    5%

    89%

    3%

    3%

    Wearing bike helmets

    6%

    88%

    3%

    3%

    Personal use of recreational drugs

    14%

    64%

    13%

    10%

    Smoking in public places

    16%

    70%

    8%

    6%

    Buying and consuming alcohol

    18%

    64%

    11%

    7%

    Shopping hours

    48%

    13%

    16%

    23%

    Cigarette packaging

    15%

    65%

    10%

    10%

    Junk food advertising

    13%

    70%

    8%

    9%

    Gambling, poker machines

    22%

    46%

    20%

    12%

    Films (i.e. censorship)

    51%

    21%

    8%

    19%

    The internet

    56%

    21%

    7%

    16%

    Making public statements which other people might find offensive

    54%

    18%

    5%

    23%

    For most of the areas listed above, the majority of respondents thought the most important factor for Governments to consider was ‘protecting people’s health and safety’.

    The areas where respondents thought that is was more important to consider ‘protecting rights and freedoms’ were the internet (56%), making statements which other people might find offensive (54%), films (51%) and shopping hours (48%). ‘Managing the cost to tax payers’ was not considered to be an important factor by most respondents.

  • Apr, 2012

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    Most Important Factor in Government Regulation

    Q. What should be the most important factor Governments consider in relation to regulating each of these issues – protecting rights and freedom, protecting people’s health and safety or managing the cost to taxpayers (e.g. health costs of drug/alcohol/tobacco use)?

     

    Protecting rights and freedom 

    Protecting people’s health and safety

    Managing the cost to taxpayers

    Don’t know

    Wearing seatbelts in cars

    5%

    91%

    3%

    2%

    Wearing bike helmets

    6%

    89%

    3%

    2%

    Personal use of recreational drugs

    18%

    61%

    12%

    9%

    Smoking in public places

    19%

    67%

    9%

    5%

    Buying and consuming alcohol

    25%

    58%

    11%

    6%

    Shopping hours

    55%

    11%

    16%

    19%

    Cigarette packaging

    16%

    61%

    14%

    8%

    Junk food advertising

    16%

    66%

    11%

    8%

    Films (i.e. censorship)

    59%

    19%

    7%

    15%

    The internet

    62%

    18%

    6%

    15%

     

    For most of the areas listed above, the majority of respondents thought the most important factor for Governments to consider was ‘protecting people’s health and safety’.

     

    The three areas where respondents thought that is was more important to consider ‘protecting rights and freedoms’ were ‘the internet’ (62%), ‘films’ (59%) and ‘shopping hours’ (55%).

     

    ‘Managing the cost to tax payers’ was not considered to be an important factor by most respondents.

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  • Nov, 2011

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    Workplace Issues

    Q. How much say should employees have in the following issues in their workplace?

    Total a lot/

    some say

    A lot of say Some say A little say No say at all Don’t know
    Health and safety 90% 63% 27% 7% 2% 1%
    Working conditions 88% 55% 33% 8% 2% 1%
    When they can take annual leave 86% 42% 44% 11% 2% 2%
    Hours of work and rostering 77% 26% 51% 19% 3% 2%
    Wages 76% 24% 52% 18% 4% 2%
    Offshoring jobs (i.e. transferring jobs to another country) 66% 37% 29% 18% 12% 4%
    Redundancies 65% 24% 41% 21% 11% 3%
    CEO salary and bonuses 59% 29% 30% 18% 20% 3%
    Board decisions 44% 16% 28% 29% 22% 4%

    A majority of respondents think employees should have a lot or some say in all workplace issues listed except for board decisions.

    63% think employees should have a lot of say in health and safety, 55% in working conditions, 42% in annual leave and 37% in offshoring jobs.

    Those on lower incomes (under $1,000pw) were more likely to think employees should have a lot of say in off-shoring jobs (45%) and CEO salary and bonuses (35%).

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