Q. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
| Total agree | Total dis-agree | Strong-ly agree | Agree | Dis-agree | Strong-ly dis-agree | Don’t know | Men agree | Women agree | Mar 2016 agree | ||||
| Gender equality, meaning that men and women are equal, has come far enough already | 47% | 44% | 16% | 31% | 32% | 12% | 9% | 54% | 39% | 38% | |||
| Gender equality has already been mostly achieved | 47% | 46% | 13% | 34% | 35% | 11% | 7% | 56% | 38% | 41% | |||
| Work to achieve gender equality today benefits mostly well-to-do people | 45% | 36% | 14% | 31% | 27% | 9% | 19% | 49% | 41% | 39% | |||
| There should be laws that require equal salaries for men and women in the same position | 78% | 14% | 39% | 39% | 10% | 4% | 8% | 72% | 84% | 78% | |||
| Although there has been significant progress on gender equality there is still a long way to go | 66% | 25% | 23% | 43% | 18% | 7% | 10% | 60% | 71% | 71% |
There was very strong agreement with the statements “there should be laws that require equal salaries for men and women in the same position” (78%) and “Although there has been significant progress on gender equality there is still a long way to go” (66%).
More than half of the men agree that gender equality has mostly been achieved and that gender equality . . . has come far enough but more than half of women disagree.
Q. Which of the major parties would be best at representing the interests of the following groups?
| Liberal | Labor | No difference | Don’t know | |
| Women | 15% | 25% | 43% | 18% |
| Young people | 14% | 26% | 43% | 17% |
| People from non English speaking background | 12% | 26% | 43% | 20% |
| Older people | 21% | 24% | 37% | 18% |
| Men | 22% | 17% | 43% | 17% |
| Indigenous people | 10% | 24% | 46% | 20% |
| LGBTi | 10% | 23% | 39% | 28% |
| Young families | 14% | 28% | 38% | 19% |
| All Australians | 19% | 23% | 41% | 17% |
Around 2 in 5 think there is no difference between the major parties in terms of whose interests they represent.
The Labor Party is thought to best represent the interests of all groups listed except for men (22% Liberal/17% Labor).
The largest gaps between the parties are for representing the interests of people from non-English speaking backgrounds (Labor 26%/Liberal 12%), indigenous people (Labor 24%/Liberal 10%) and young families (Labor 28%/Liberal 14%).
Q. Would you support or oppose a new law enshrining religious freedoms?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | ||
| Total support | 37% | 34% | 48% | 37% | 34% | |
| Total oppose | 26% | 26% | 22% | 26% | 43% | |
| Strongly support | 13% | 9% | 18% | 10% | 18% | |
| Support | 24% | 25% | 30% | 27% | 16% | |
| Oppose | 15% | 16% | 13% | 12% | 22% | |
| Strongly oppose | 11% | 10% | 9% | 14% | 21% | |
| Don’t know | 37% | 39% | 30% | 37% | 23% |
37% support a new law enshrining religious freedoms and 26% oppose. 37% don’t know.
Strongest support came from LNP voters (48%).
Other party voters were more likely to be opposed (43%).
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
28/8/18 |
4 weeks ago 14/8/18 | Election 2 Jul 16 | |||
| Liberal | 32% | 32% | 36% | |||
| National | 3% | 3% | 3% | |||
| Total Liberal/National | 36% | 35% | 39% | 42.0% | ||
| Labor | 37% | 39% | 37% | 34.7% | ||
| Greens | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10.2% | ||
| Nick Xenophon Team | 2% | 2% | 1% | |||
| Pauline Hanson’s One Nation | 8% | 7% | 6% | |||
| Other/Independent | 7% | 7% | 7% | 13.1% | ||
| 2 party preferred | ||||||
| Liberal National | 46% | 45% | 48% | 50.4% | ||
| Labor | 54% | 55% | 52% | 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 | Turnbull Aug 2018 | |||
| Total approve | 37% | 23% | 63% | 20% | 35% | 42% | ||
| Total disapprove | 31% | 44% | 15% | 51% | 35% | 42% | ||
| Strongly approve | 9% | 5% | 17% | 3% | 7% | 9% | ||
| Approve | 28% | 18% | 46% | 17% | 28% | 33% | ||
| Disapprove | 17% | 22% | 10% | 24% | 19% | 23% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 14% | 22% | 5% | 27% | 16% | 19% | ||
| Don’t know | 33% | 33% | 21% | 30% | 30% | 16% |
37% approved of the job Scott Morrison is doing as Prime Minister (down 5% from Malcolm Turnbull figures last month), and 31% disapproved (down 11%) – a change in net approval rating from 0 to +6. 33% could not give an opinion.
63% (down 20%) of Liberal/National voters approved of the job Scott Morrison is doing, compared to 23% of ALP voters, 20% of Greens and 35% of other voters.
By gender, men were 42% approve/31% disapprove and women 31% approve/29% 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 | Aug 2018 | Jul 2018 | Jun 2018 | Mar 2018 | Dec 2017 | Sep 2017 | June 2017 | Mar 2017 | |||
| Total Approve | 35% | 64% | 17% | 50% | 21% | 34% | 31% | 33% | 37% | 36% | 36% | 34% | 30% | ||
| Total Disapprove | 43% | 17% | 70% | 31% | 67% | 44% | 47% | 46% | 44% | 45% | 47% | 43% | 49% | ||
| Strongly approve | 8% | 18% | 3% | 6% | 2% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 4% | ||
| Approve | 27% | 46% | 14% | 44% | 19% | 27% | 26% | 27% | 29% | 29% | 29% | 29% | 26% | ||
| Disapprove | 21% | 15% | 28% | 24% | 25% | 22% | 25% | 23% | 23% | 23% | 25% | 28% | 26% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 22% | 2% | 42% | 7% | 42% | 22% | 22% | 23% | 21% | 22% | 22% | 15% | 23% | ||
| Don’t know | 22% | 19% | 13% | 19% | 12% | 22% | 21% | 21% | 19% | 19% | 17% | 23% | 22% |
35% approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader (up 1% from last month), and 43% disapproved (down 1%) – a change in net approval rating from -10 to -8.
64% (down 1%) of ALP voters approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing, compared to 50% of Greens voters and 17% of Liberal/National voters.
By gender, men were 38% approve/47% disapprove and women 30% approve/40% 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 Morrison | Aug 2018
Turnbull |
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| Scott Morrison | 39% | 14% | 74% | 15% | 47% | 39% | 41% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 27% | 56% | 7% | 49% | 15% | 29% | 27% | ||
| Don’t know | 34% | 30% | 19% | 36% | 38% | 32% | 31% |
39% thought that Scott Morrison would make the better Prime Minister (no change in last fortnight), and 27% thought Bill Shorten would be better (down 2%). 34% did not know who would make a better Prime Minister.
The results were split by party, with 74% of Liberal/National voters saying that Scott Morrison would be a better Prime Minister, and 56% of Labor voters saying Bill Shorten would.
Greens voters preferred Bill Shorten (49%) to Scott Morrison (15%).
43% of men prefer Scott Morrison and 30% prefer Bill Shorten.
35% of women prefer Scott Morrison and 24% prefer Bill Shorten.
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of Scott Morrison replacing Malcolm Turnbull as leader of the Liberal Party?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | 2 weeks ago | |||
| Total approve | 35% | 29% | 47% | 24% | 40% | 35% | ||
| Total disapprove | 47% | 56% | 38% | 64% | 51% | 40% | ||
| Strongly approve | 9% | 7% | 13% | 7% | 12% | 10% | ||
| Approve | 26% | 22% | 34% | 17% | 28% | 25% | ||
| Disapprove | 25% | 28% | 21% | 38% | 26% | 22% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 22% | 28% | 17% | 26% | 25% | 18% | ||
| Don’t know | 19% | 16% | 14% | 13% | 9% | 25% |
35% approved of Scott Morrison replacing Malcolm Turnbull as leader of the Liberal Party (same as 2 weeks ago) and 47% disapproved (up 7%).
467% of Liberal National voters approved and 38% disapproved. 56% of Labor voters and 64% of Greens voters disapproved.