Aged Care, levy, royal commission
Q. Last week the Royal Commission into the aged care system released its findings and recommendations.
A major recommendation was the introduction of a levy on all taxpayers to pay for the costs of aged care, similar to the Medicare levy.
To what extent do you support or oppose the introduction of an aged care levy?
| Total | Gender | Age Group | Federal Voting Intention | |||||||||
| Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Labor | TOTAL: Coalition | Greens | TOTAL: Other | ||||
| Strongly support | 12% | 14% | 11% | 6% | 15% | 16% | 11% | 13% | 14% | 14% | ||
| Somewhat support | 26% | 27% | 25% | 23% | 23% | 32% | 30% | 26% | 29% | 19% | ||
| Neither support nor oppose | 31% | 29% | 33% | 46% | 27% | 23% | 32% | 27% | 26% | 32% | ||
| Somewhat oppose | 14% | 12% | 15% | 13% | 15% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 12% | 15% | ||
| Strongly oppose | 17% | 18% | 15% | 12% | 21% | 16% | 13% | 19% | 19% | 20% | ||
| TOTAL: Support | 38% | 41% | 36% | 29% | 38% | 48% | 41% | 40% | 43% | 33% | ||
| TOTAL: Oppose | 30% | 30% | 30% | 25% | 36% | 30% | 27% | 33% | 31% | 35% | ||
| Base (n) | 1,124 | 553 | 571 | 337 | 383 | 404 | 375 | 410 | 98 | 142 | ||
Aged Care, loan, royal commission
Q. The Royal Commission into Aged Care Quality and Assurance is investigating the current funding system for residential support and aged care. One suggestion for improvement is to introduce a loan scheme to pay for a person’s care in retirement. The personal loan is paid off using the person’s assets only after they die, with any outstanding loan amount covered by the government.
To what extent would you support or oppose this loan system for aged care if it were introduced?
| Total | Gender | Age Group | Federal Voting Intention | |||||||
| Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Labor | Liberal + National | Greens | TOTAL: Other | ||
| Strongly oppose | 12% | 12% | 12% | 7% | 12% | 17% | 10% | 9% | 18% | 23% |
| Somewhat oppose | 18% | 20% | 16% | 19% | 18% | 18% | 22% | 17% | 22% | 16% |
| Somewhat support | 37% | 40% | 34% | 43% | 35% | 33% | 39% | 41% | 32% | 27% |
| Strongly support | 11% | 13% | 10% | 13% | 13% | 8% | 10% | 16% | 9% | 5% |
| Unsure | 22% | 15% | 28% | 18% | 23% | 24% | 19% | 16% | 19% | 30% |
| TOTAL: Oppose | 30% | 32% | 29% | 25% | 29% | 35% | 32% | 27% | 41% | 38% |
| TOTAL: Support | 48% | 53% | 44% | 56% | 47% | 41% | 49% | 57% | 41% | 32% |
| Base (n) | 1,081 | 539 | 542 | 338 | 374 | 369 | 298 | 460 | 115 | 104 |
royal commission, Trade Unions
Q. Dyson Heydon, the head of the Royal Commission into trade unions has ruled that he will continue as the head of the Royal Commission after being accused of bias for agreeing to appear at a Liberal Party fund-raiser. Do you think Dyson Heydon should continue as Royal Commissioner or should he stand down?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Should continue | 32% | 14% | 62% | 17% | 23% | |
| Should stand down | 42% | 64% | 16% | 66% | 50% | |
| Don’t know | 27% | 22% | 22% | 17% | 27% |
The largest proportion of Australian’s believes that Dyson Heydon should stand down (42%), however 32% think he should continue. 27% can give no opinion.
Amongst Liberal/National voters the majority (62%) think he should continue, while amongst Labor (64%), Greens (66%) and Other voters (50%) the majority think he should stand down.
Note: by way of comparison the question below was published in the Essential Report on the 25th August 2015.
Q. Reports that the Trade Union Royal Commissioner, Dyson Heydon, had accepted an invitation to speak at Liberal Party event has led to allegations of conflict of interest. Which of the following statements is closest to your view?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| There is a conflict of interest and he should step down as Royal Commissioner | 38% | 56% | 18% | 55% | 45% | |
| There is no conflict of interest and he should continue as Royal Commissioner | 25% | 9% | 50% | 6% | 21% | |
| Don’t know | 37% | 35% | 32% | 39% | 34% |
royal commission, Trade Unions
Q. Do you believe the Royal Commission into Trade Unions is biased against unions and the Labor Party?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Yes – biased against unions | 5% | 6% | 4% | 2% | 7% | |
| Yes – biased against Labor Party | 7% | 9% | 7% | 16% | 6% | |
| Yes – based against both unions and Labor | 24% | 43% | 4% | 43% | 26% | |
| No – not biased at all | 29% | 11% | 60% | 6% | 21% | |
| Don’t know | 35% | 31% | 26% | 33% | 40% |
29% of Australians – the largest proportion who gave an answer – believe that the Royal Commission into Trade Unions is not biased.
However, 35% could not give an opinion.
24% believe the Royal Commission is biased against both unions and the Labor Party, while a further 5% believe it to be biased against just unions and 7% biased just against the Labor party.
royal commission, Trade Unions
Q. Do you think the Royal Commission into Trade Unions is a legitimate investigation into union practices or is it a political attack on unions and the Labor Party?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
||
|
A political attack on Labor and the unions |
27% |
52% |
6% |
42% |
25% |
|
|
A legitimate investigation of union practices |
39% |
17% |
70% |
14% |
41% |
|
|
Don’t know |
34% |
31% |
24% |
44% |
34% |
39% think the that the Trade Union Royal Commission is a legitimate investigation of union practices and 27% think that it is a political attack on Labor and the unions. 34% did not know.
Views were related to voting intention – 70% of Liberal/National voters think it is a legitimate investigation of union practices while 52% of Labor voters think it is a political attack on Labor and the unions.
40% of full-time workers and 35% of part-time workers think it is a legitimate investigation of union practices.
Banking and finance, banks, Commonwealth Bank, financial planning, royal commission
Q. Following reports of fraud, forgery and a cover-up in the financial planning division of the Commonwealth Bank, there have been calls for a Royal Commission. Would you agree or disagree that there needs to be a Royal Commission into banks and financial planning?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
Received financial advice |
|
| Total agree |
73% |
76% |
70% |
75% |
71% |
80% |
||
| Total disagree |
11% |
6% |
16% |
4% |
14% |
12% |
||
| Strongly agree |
34% |
35% |
29% |
37% |
42% |
33% |
||
| Agree |
39% |
41% |
41% |
38% |
29% |
47% |
||
| Disagree |
8% |
5% |
11% |
4% |
9% |
10% |
||
| Strongly disagree |
3% |
1% |
5% |
– |
5% |
2% |
||
| Don’t know |
17% |
17% |
15% |
20% |
14% |
8% |
73% agree and only 11% disagree that there needs to be a Royal Commission into banks and financial planning.
At least 70% of all voter groups agree and 80% of people who have used a planner or received a financial advice also agree.
child sexual abuse, institutions, royal commission
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the Government’s decision to hold a Royal Commission into child sexual abuse in institutions?
|
Total |
Vote ALP |
Vote Libs |
Vote Greens |
Cath- |
Ang- |
Other Protest- |
Other religion |
No religion |
|
| Total approve |
88% |
92% |
87% |
95% |
83% |
88% |
93% |
86% |
91% |
| Total disapprove |
4% |
2% |
6% |
3% |
6% |
6% |
2% |
3% |
3% |
| Strongly approve |
60% |
66% |
55% |
72% |
48% |
61% |
68% |
56% |
65% |
| Approve |
28% |
26% |
32% |
23% |
35% |
27% |
25% |
30% |
26% |
| Disapprove |
3% |
2% |
5% |
2% |
4% |
5% |
2% |
3% |
2% |
| Strongly disapprove |
1% |
* |
1% |
1% |
2% |
1% |
– |
– |
1% |
| Don’t know |
8% |
5% |
8% |
1% |
11% |
6% |
5% |
11% |
6% |
88% approve of the Government’s decision to hold a Royal Commission into child sexual abuse in institutions and 4% disapprove.
The groups most likely to “strongly approve” were aged 65+ (71%), Greens voters (72%), Labor voters (66%), other protestants (68%) and those on incomes less than $1,000 pw (70%).
19 November 2012, 191112, child sexual abuse, compensation for victims, royal commission
Q. What are the most important things that should come out of the Royal Commission? (select up to 3)
|
Total |
Vote ALP |
Vote Libs |
Vote Greens |
Cath- |
Ang- |
Other Protest- |
Other relig- |
No relig- |
|
| Preventing future child sexual abuse |
63% |
63% |
63% |
74% |
65% |
59% |
62% |
57% |
65% |
| Prosecution of offenders |
60% |
55% |
67% |
48% |
58% |
67% |
68% |
53% |
59% |
| Removing those in positions of authority who allowed the abuse to occur |
39% |
39% |
35% |
58% |
27% |
42% |
33% |
37% |
48% |
| Giving victims the opportunity to tell their story |
27% |
31% |
24% |
28% |
28% |
28% |
30% |
27% |
25% |
| Exposing previously unreported or unresolved allegations |
27% |
26% |
30% |
24% |
28% |
23% |
27% |
26% |
29% |
| Exposing institutional cover-ups |
24% |
23% |
23% |
32% |
22% |
23% |
27% |
18% |
26% |
| Compensation for victims |
16% |
18% |
12% |
15% |
19% |
19% |
13% |
18% |
13% |
| Restoring public confidence in institutions |
11% |
13% |
13% |
4% |
16% |
13% |
15% |
11% |
6% |
| Establishing a public record of fact regarding child sexual abuse in institutions |
9% |
10% |
7% |
8% |
8% |
9% |
7% |
10% |
9% |
| Don’t know |
4% |
3% |
4% |
1% |
5% |
2% |
3% |
7% |
4% |
| Prefer not to answer |
1% |
* |
* |
– |
1% |
– |
– |
1% |
1% |
Respondents think that the most important things that should come out of the Royal Commission are preventing future child abuse (63%) and prosecution of offenders (60%). 39% think that removing those in positions of authority who allowed the abuse to occur is also important.
These were clearly the top three issues for all groups except Catholics who placed somewhat less importance on removing those in positions of authority who allowed the abuse to occur (27%). Greens voters considered removing those in positions of authority who allowed the abuse to occur (58%) to be more important than prosecution of offenders (48%). Liberal/National voters thought the most important outcome should be prosecution of offenders (67%). Women were a little more likely to nominate preventing future child abuse (69%) and removing those in positions of authority who allowed the abuse to occur (43%).