Q. It has been suggested that Australia should have a separate national day to recognise indigenous Australians. Do you –
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | ||
| Support a separate day alongside Australia Day | 36% | 41% | 37% | 31% | 32% | |
| Support a separate day instead of Australia Day | 14% | 14% | 13% | 34% | 11% | |
| Do not support a separate day | 37% | 32% | 44% | 23% | 52% | |
| Don’t know | 12% | 14% | 6% | 12% | 5% |
Half the respondents supported a national day to recognise indigenous Australians, with 36% supporting a separate day alongside Australia Day and 14% supporting a separate day instead of Australia Day. 37% did not support a separate day at all.
Q. Do you think dogs should be allowed in the following places?
| Yes | No | Don’t know | Yes
Vote Labor |
Yes Vote Lib/Nat | Yes Vote Greens | Yes Vote other | ||
| In public parks | 78% | 16% | 6% | 80% | 73% | 84% | 80% | |
| On public transport | 41% | 50% | 9% | 43% | 38% | 46% | 45% | |
| In cafes | 32% | 61% | 7% | 30% | 32% | 45% | 32% | |
| In pubs | 26% | 66% | 8% | 27% | 28% | 30% | 29% | |
| In offices and workplaces | 26% | 64% | 9% | 29% | 23% | 39% | 25% | |
| In schools | 26% | 65% | 9% | 29% | 24% | 36% | 23% |
While a strong majority support allowing dogs in public parks (78%), a majority do not support allowing dogs in other areas. Only 26% support allowing dogs in pubs, offices/workplaces and schools.
There somewhat more support (although not majority) for allowing dogs for allowing dogs on public transport (41%) and in cafes (32%).
Across all areas there tended to be higher support from Greens voters and lower support from LNP voters.
Q. If a Federal Election was held today to which party will you probably give your first preference vote? If not sure, which party are you currently leaning toward? If don’t know – Well which party are you currently leaning to?
| Total | 2 weeks ago
25/9/18 |
4 weeks ago 11/9/18 | Election 2 Jul 16 | |||
| Liberal | 34% | 34% | 32% | |||
| National | 4% | 3% | 3% | |||
| Total Liberal/National | 38% | 37% | 36% | 42.0% | ||
| Labor | 37% | 36% | 37% | 34.7% | ||
| Greens | 10% | 12% | 10% | 10.2% | ||
| Nick Xenophon Team | 1% | 1% | 2% | |||
| Pauline Hanson’s One Nation | 7% | 5% | 8% | |||
| Other/Independent | 8% | 9% | 7% | 13.1% | ||
| 2 party preferred | ||||||
| Liberal National | 47% | 47% | 46% | 50.4% | ||
| Labor | 53% | 53% | 54% | 49.6% |
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Scott Morrison is doing as Prime Minister?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | Sep 2018 | Turnbull Aug 2018 | |||
| Total approve | 43% | 24% | 77% | 29% | 41% | 37% | 42% | ||
| Total disapprove | 28% | 48% | 7% | 46% | 31% | 31% | 42% | ||
| Strongly approve | 10% | 4% | 22% | 1% | 9% | 9% | 9% | ||
| Approve | 33% | 20% | 55% | 28% | 32% | 28% | 33% | ||
| Disapprove | 17% | 31% | 5% | 21% | 19% | 17% | 23% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 11% | 17% | 2% | 25% | 12% | 14% | 19% | ||
| Don’t know | 28% | 28% | 17% | 24% | 27% | 33% | 16% |
43% approved of the job Scott Morrison is doing as Prime Minister (up 6% from last month) and 28% disapproved (down 3%) – a change in net approval rating from +6 to +15. 28% could not give an opinion.
77% (up 14%) of Liberal/National voters approved of the job Scott Morrison is doing, compared to 24% of ALP voters, 29% of Greens and 41% of other voters.
By gender, men were 49% approve/32% disapprove and women 38% approve/26% disapprove.
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Sep 2018 | Aug 2018 | Jul 2018 | Jun 2018 | Mar 2018 | Dec 2017 | Sep 2017 | June 2017 | Mar 2017 | |||
| Total Approve | 33% | 63% | 18% | 38% | 15% | 35% | 34% | 31% | 33% | 37% | 36% | 36% | 34% | 30% | ||
| Total Disapprove | 45% | 18% | 69% | 36% | 69% | 43% | 44% | 47% | 46% | 44% | 45% | 47% | 43% | 49% | ||
| Strongly approve | 8% | 20% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 4% | ||
| Approve | 25% | 43% | 15% | 36% | 14% | 27% | 27% | 26% | 27% | 29% | 29% | 29% | 29% | 26% | ||
| Disapprove | 23% | 16% | 30% | 30% | 26% | 21% | 22% | 25% | 23% | 23% | 23% | 25% | 28% | 26% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 22% | 2% | 39% | 6% | 43% | 22% | 22% | 22% | 23% | 21% | 22% | 22% | 15% | 23% | ||
| Don’t know | 23% | 19% | 14% | 25% | 17% | 22% | 22% | 21% | 21% | 19% | 19% | 17% | 23% | 22% |
33% approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader (down 2% from last month), and 45% disapproved (up 2%) – a change in net approval rating from -8 to -12.
63% (down 1%) of ALP voters approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing, compared to 38% of Greens voters and 18% of Liberal/National voters.
By gender, men were 37% approve/49% disapprove and women 28% approve/41% disapprove.
Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Sep 2018 | Sep 2018 | Aug 2018
Turnbull |
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| Scott Morrison | 42% | 16% | 79% | 19% | 51% | 39% | 39% | 41% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 27% | 57% | 6% | 39% | 14% | 27% | 29% | 27% | ||
| Don’t know | 31% | 27% | 15% | 41% | 35% | 34% | 32% | 31% |
42% thought that Scott Morrison would make the better Prime Minister (up 3% from last month), and 27% thought Bill Shorten would be better (no change). 31% did not know who would make a better Prime Minister.
The results were split by party, with 79% of Liberal/National voters saying that Scott Morrison would be a better Prime Minister, and 57% of Labor voters saying Bill Shorten would.
Greens voters preferred Bill Shorten (39%) to Scott Morrison (19%).
46% of men prefer Scott Morrison and 31% prefer Bill Shorten.
39% of women prefer Scott Morrison and 22% prefer Bill Shorten.
Q. How much trust do you have in what you read or hear in the following media?
| Total a lot /some
trust |
A lot of trust | Some trust | Not much trust | No trust at all | Don’t know | Don’t use | % change | Total a lot /some
Oct 17 |
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| ABC TV news and current affairs | 62% | 19% | 43% | 14% | 9% | 5% | 10% | -1 | 63% | ||
| SBS TV news and current affairs | 61% | 18% | 43% | 14% | 6% | 5% | 15% | – | 61% | ||
| ABC radio news and current affairs | 57% | 17% | 40% | 17% | 8% | 4% | 14% | -1 | 58% | ||
| Commercial TV news and current affairs | 48% | 8% | 40% | 29% | 12% | 5% | 7% | +3 | 45% | ||
| News and opinion in local newspapers | 47% | 6% | 41% | 27% | 9% | 4% | 13% | +3 | 44% | ||
| ABC radio talkback programs | 44% | 8% | 36% | 22% | 10% | 5% | 20% | – | 44% | ||
| News and opinion in daily newspapers | 44% | 6% | 38% | 28% | 10% | 5% | 12% | +2 | 42% | ||
| Commercial radio news and current affairs | 44% | 5% | 39% | 28% | 11% | 5% | 13% | +3 | 41% | ||
| News and opinion websites | 39% | 4% | 35% | 32% | 11% | 5% | 13% | -1 | 40% | ||
| Commercial radio talkback programs | 35% | 4% | 31% | 29% | 14% | 5% | 18% | – | 35% | ||
| Internet blogs | 17% | 2% | 15% | 34% | 22% | 6% | 20% | -3 | 20% |
Overall, there has been little change in trust in media since this question was asked 12 months ago.
The most trusted media were ABC TV news and current affairs (62% a lot/some trust), SBS TV news and current affairs (61%) and ABC radio news and current affairs (57%).
The least trusted were internet blogs (17%) and commercial radio talkback programs (35%).
Q. How much trust do you have in what you read in the following newspapers and news websites?
| Total a lot /some
trust |
A lot of trust | Some trust | Not much trust | No trust at all | Don’t know | ||
| ABC news websites | 69% | 21% | 48% | 16% | 9% | 6% | |
| The Australian | 59% | 12% | 47% | 22% | 11% | 9% | |
| The Guardian Australia website | 55% | 10% | 45% | 23% | 11% | 12% | |
| News.com.au | 55% | 10% | 45% | 27% | 12% | 7% | |
| Sydney Morning Herald | 54% | 13% | 41% | 25% | 11% | 10% | |
| The Age | 53% | 9% | 44% | 24% | 13% | 11% | |
| Nine.com.au | 53% | 8% | 45% | 27% | 13% | 6% | |
| The Telegraph | 49% | 10% | 39% | 26% | 14% | 11% | |
| Herald Sun | 46% | 8% | 38% | 27% | 15% | 11% | |
| Yahoo 7 News website | 45% | 6% | 39% | 29% | 16% | 9% | |
| Courier Mail | 44% | 6% | 38% | 30% | 15% | 13% | |
| Daily Mail website | 39% | 6% | 33% | 31% | 21% | 10% |
* Note : Percentages based only on respondents who had read/used each newspaper/website
Overall, among those who have read or used them, the most trusted news sources were the ABC news websites (69%), The Australian (59%), The Guardian Australia (55%) and news.com.au (55%).
The least trusted were The Daily Mail (39%) and The Courier Mail (44%).