Q. How would you describe your choice?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | ||
| Very firm and unlikely to change | 44% | 50% | 46% | 42% | 28% | |
| Firm but it might change | 37% | 33% | 39% | 42% | 36% | |
| Not that firm at all and you might well consider another choice as things develop | 17% | 15% | 13% | 13% | 32% | |
| Don’t Know | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 4% |
44% of those who gave a voting preference say their vote is firm and unlikely to change, 37% firm but might change and 17% not that firm. Other party voters are the least firm.
53% of those aged 45+ say their vote is firm compared to 36% of those aged under 45.
Q. How would you rate the Liberal Government’s team of Ministers?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | ||
| Total good | 28% | 13% | 56% | 15% | 14% | |
| Total poor | 35% | 55% | 6% | 51% | 53% | |
| Very good | 5% | 3% | 8% | 1% | 3% | |
| Good | 23% | 10% | 48% | 14% | 11% | |
| Neither good nor poor | 31% | 29% | 34% | 28% | 29% | |
| Poor | 15% | 22% | 4% | 17% | 25% | |
| Very poor | 20% | 33% | 2% | 34% | 28% | |
| Don’t know | 7% | 3% | 3% | 6% | 3% |
28% rate the Liberal Government’s team of Ministers good and 35% poor. 56% of Liberal/National voters rate them as good.
Q. And how would you rate the Labor Opposition’s team of shadow ministers?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | ||
| Total good | 28% | 55% | 18% | 31% | 10% | |
| Total poor | 33% | 6% | 48% | 24% | 62% | |
| Very good | 7% | 16% | 4% | 4% | 1% | |
| Good | 21% | 39% | 14% | 27% | 9% | |
| Neither good nor poor | 32% | 35% | 30% | 37% | 24% | |
| Poor | 16% | 5% | 25% | 19% | 20% | |
| Very poor | 17% | 1% | 23% | 5% | 42% | |
| Don’t know | 8% | 5% | 4% | 8% | 4% |
28% rate the Labor Opposition’s team of shadow ministers good and 33% poor. 55% of Labor voters rate them as good.
Q. And which party’s team do you think would do the best job of governing Australia?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | ||
| The Liberal Party team | 35% | 2% | 84% | 9% | 37% | |
| The Labor Party team | 36% | 83% | 8% | 56% | 12% | |
| Don’t know | 29% | 15% | 9% | 34% | 51% |
35% think the Liberal Party team would do the best job of governing Australia and 36% think the Labor team would do the best job.
Q. Is the Federal Government doing enough, not doing enough or doing too much on the following issues?
| Doing enough | Not doing enough | Doing too much | Don’t know | |
| Addressing the challenges of an ageing population | 17% | 67% | 4% | 12% |
| Transitioning to renewable energy | 14% | 64% | 9% | 13% |
| Ensuring people have access to affordable housing | 16% | 64% | 6% | 14% |
| Ensuring the economy delivers benefit to all Australians | 20% | 62% | 4% | 14% |
| Ensuring a dependable water supply | 25% | 56% | 4% | 16% |
| Supporting regional communities | 21% | 55% | 5% | 19% |
| Rolling out the NBN | 26% | 54% | 5% | 16% |
| Funding schools | 30% | 49% | 6% | 15% |
| Developing the new National Disability Insurance Scheme | 25% | 46% | 7% | 21% |
Around two-thirds think the Government is not doing enough about addressing the challenges of an ageing population, transitioning to renewable energy and ensuring people have access to affordable housing.
Q. Which 3 of these are the most important for the Government to address?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | ||
| Ensuring the economy delivers benefit to all Australians | 45% | 42% | 50% | 27% | 50% | |
| Transitioning to renewable energy | 43% | 46% | 38% | 66% | 44% | |
| Addressing the challenges of an ageing population | 38% | 37% | 41% | 34% | 45% | |
| Ensuring people have access to affordable housing | 38% | 40% | 37% | 41% | 34% | |
| Ensuring a dependable water supply | 31% | 28% | 32% | 32% | 42% | |
| Funding schools | 24% | 30% | 23% | 18% | 20% | |
| Supporting regional communities | 16% | 15% | 19% | 4% | 21% | |
| Developing the new National Disability Insurance Scheme | 13% | 17% | 13% | 17% | 9% | |
| Rolling out the NBN | 12% | 14% | 13% | 215 | 9% | |
| Don’t know | 5% | 4% | 2% | 5% | 2% |
When asked to choose the three most important issues to address, respondents were most likely to nominate ensuring the economy delivers benefit to all Australians, transitioning to renewable energy, addressing the challenges of an ageing population and ensuring people have access to affordable housing.
Q. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
| Total agree | Total disagree | Strongly agree | Agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | ||
| Political parties in Australia are too ideological | 42% | 13% | 13% | 29% | 45% | 10% | 3% | |
| I would consider voting for an independent in the next Federal election | 42% | 24% | 13% | 29% | 34% | 14% | 10% | |
| There is no substantial difference between the policies of the Labor and Liberal Parties | 38% | 29% | 12% | 26% | 32% | 22% | 7% | |
| We don’t need any new political parties – the Labor, Liberal and minor parties represent the interests of most Australians. | 42% | 23% | 12% | 30% | 35% | 16% | 7% | |
| There should be more independents and minor parties in Parliament. | 38% | 24% | 13% | 25% | 38% | 16% | 8% | |
| Neither Labor nor the Liberals have a long term plan for Australia. | 51% | 15% | 17% | 34% | 34% | 12% | 3% | |
| I have become less interested in politics over the last few years. | 47% | 24% | 18% | 29% | 29% | 17% | 7% |
| Total agree | Firm vote | Firm but might change | Not firm | ||
| Political parties in Australia are too ideological | 42% | 39% | 49% | 50% | |
| I would consider voting for an independent in the next Federal election | 42% | 30% | 50% | 73% | |
| There is no substantial difference between the policies of the Labor and Liberal Parties | 38% | 33% | 44% | 51% | |
| We don’t need any new political parties – the Labor, Liberal and minor parties represent the interests of most Australians. | 42% | 55% | 44% | 31% | |
| There should be more independents and minor parties in Parliament. | 38% | 34% | 48% | 44% | |
| Neither Labor nor the Liberals have a long term plan for Australia. | 51% | 46% | 56% | 67% | |
| I have become less interested in politics over the last few years. | 47% | 45% | 50% | 46% |
This table shows the relationships between the statements about politics and the firmness of voting intention.
Those who might change their vote are much more likely to consider voting for an independent in the next Federal election (50%of firm might change/73% of not firm), think that there is no substantial difference between the policies of the Labor and Liberal Parties (44%/51%) and think neither Labor nor the Liberals have a long term plan for Australia (56%/67%).
There is no significant relationship between firmness of vote and interest in politics.
However, those who would consider voting for an independent were much more likely to agree that political parties in Australia are too ideological (56%), there is no substantial difference between the policies of the Labor and Liberal Parties (56%), there should be more independents and minor parties in Parliament (66%) and neither Labor nor the Liberals have a long term plan for Australia (73%). But they were only a little more likely than average to say they had become less interested in politics over the last few years (55% cf 47%).
Q. Overall, do you think technological advances in recent years have been positive for:
| Total agree | Total disagree | Strongly agree | Agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | Don’t know | Total agree Jul 2017 | Total disagree Jul 2017 | |||
| National security | 48% | 19% | 12% | 36% | 27% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 53% | 16% | ||
| Culture/entertainment | 46% | 13% | 10% | 36% | 33% | 10% | 3% | 8% | 57% | 9% | ||
| Provision of private services | 44% | 12% | 7% | 37% | 35% | 8% | 4% | 9% | 45% | 11% | ||
| Provision of government services | 41% | 17% | 6% | 35% | 35% | 12% | 5% | 8% | 50% | 14% | ||
| Personal safety | 39% | 22% | 8% | 31% | 34% | 16% | 6% | 6% | 49% | 16% | ||
| Personal relationships | 26% | 27% | 5% | 21% | 40% | 18% | 9% | 8% | 31% | 30% | ||
| Job security | 23% | 35% | 4% | 19% | 35% | 25% | 10% | 7% | 27% | 34% |
Nearly half the respondents think that technological advances have been positive for national security (48%) and culture/entertainment (46%), However, they were divided over job security (23% agree/35% disagree) and personal relationships (26%/27%).
Since this question was asked last year, there has been a drop in agreement that advances have been positive across all items.