Q. Which of the following issues are the 3 most important for the Federal Government to address over the next 12 months?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | Nov 2016 | Change | |||
| Improving our health system | 42% | 48% | 42% | 32% | 33% | 44% | -2 | ||
| Housing affordability | 36% | 36% | 31% | 36% | 36% | 31% | +5 | ||
| Reducing unemployment | 32% | 33% | 31% | 31% | 38% | 31% | -1 | ||
| National security and terrorism | 32% | 25% | 42% | 8% | 42% | 30% | +2 | ||
| Tax avoidance by big companies | 26% | 27% | 22% | 25% | 30% | 26% | – | ||
| Protecting workers wages and conditions | 22% | 28% | 12% | 25% | 25% | 20% | +2 | ||
| More funds for education | 19% | 22% | 19% | 16% | 13% | 17% | +2 | ||
| Reducing the budget deficit | 19% | 10% | 30% | 9% | 21% | 24% | -5 | ||
| Addressing climate change | 18% | 23% | 12% | 48% | 10% | 16% | +2 | ||
| Protecting our borders | 16% | 9% | 24% | 7% | 25% | 21% | -5 | ||
| Protecting the environment | 16% | 17% | 11% | 38% | 11% | 16% | – | ||
| Investing in public transport | 11% | 12% | 10% | 15% | 6% | 12% | -1 | ||
| Investing in roads | 9% | 9% | 11% | 5% | 7% | 7% | +2 | ||
| Free trade agreements | 3% | 2% | 4% | 6% | 2% | 6% | -3 |
The most important issues for the Federal Government to address over the next 12 months were improving our health system (42%), housing affordability (36%), reducing unemployment (32%) and national security and terrorism (32%).
Main changes since November were an increase in importance of housing affordability (up 5%) and declines in the importance of reducing the budget deficit (down 5%) and protecting our borders (down 5%).
For Labor voters the most important issues were improving our health system (48%), housing affordability (36%) and reducing unemployment (33%).
For Liberal/National voters the most important issues were improving our health system (42%), national security and terrorism (42%), housing affordability (31%) and reducing unemployment (31%).
For Greens voters the most important issues were addressing climate change (48%), protecting the environment (38%) and housing affordability (36%).