Q. Which of the following issues are the most important for the Federal Government to address over the next 12 months?
| Total | Most import-ant | 2nd most import-ant | 3rd most import-ant | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | Dec 2014 | Change | ||||
| Improving our health system | 45% | 16% | 17% | 12% | 51% | 40% | 39% | 47% | 47% | -2 | |||
| National security and terrorism | 37% | 15% | 12% | 10% | 27% | 50% | 17% | 41% | 23% | +14 | |||
| Reducing unemployment | 31% | 11% | 9% | 11% | 34% | 28% | 10% | 33% | 37% | -6 | |||
| Tax avoidance by big companies | 31% | 10% | 11% | 10% | 38% | 26% | 28% | 36% | 27% | +4 | |||
| Housing affordability | 31% | 11% | 9% | 11% | 37% | 24% | 35% | 25% | 22% | +9 | |||
| Reducing the budget deficit | 30% | 12% | 9% | 9% | 23% | 44% | 12% | 36% | 32% | -2 | |||
| More funds for education | 20% | 4% | 7% | 9% | 23% | 17% | 27% | 16% | 23% | -3 | |||
| Protecting workers wages and conditions | 18% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 23% | 12% | 15% | 21% | 24% | -6 | |||
| Addressing climate change | 18% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 20% | 10% | 55% | 13% | 20% | -2 | |||
| Investing in public transport | 14% | 3% | 4% | 7% | 10% | 17% | 12% | 16% | 14% | – | |||
| Protecting the environment | 14% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 15% | 7% | 40% | 15% | 13% | +1 | |||
| Investing in roads | 7% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 5% | 10% | 2% | 11% | 10% | -3 | |||
| Free trade agreements | 5% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 7% | 4% | 4% | 6% | -1 |
The most important issues for the Federal Government to address over the next 12 months were improving our health system (45%), national security and terrorism (37%), reducing unemployment (31%), tax avoidance by big companies (31 and housing affordability (31%).
For Labor voters the most important issues were improving our health system (51%), tax avoidance by big companies (38%) and housing affordability (37%).
For Liberal/National voters the most important issues were national security and terrorism (50%), reducing the budget deficit (44%) and improving our health system (40%).
For Greens voters the most important issues were addressing climate change (55%), protecting the environment (40%) and improving our health system (39%).
Since this question was asked in December 2014, there have been increases for national security and terrorism (up 14%) and housing affordability (up 9%) and decreases for reducing unemployment (down 6%) and protecting workers wages and conditions (down 6%).