Q. What is your view about the following issues and whether they should be a priority for the Government to address?
| I support this and it should be a high priority | I support this but it is not a high priority | I don’t support this | Not sure | |
| Meeting the Close the Gap indigenous health targets | 43% | 32% | 14% | 12% |
| Establishing an indigenous ‘voice’ to advise the Parliament | 31% | 37% | 21% | 11% |
| Including aboriginal recognition in the constitution | 30% | 40% | 18% | 12% |
| A treaty with indigenous Australia | 27% | 32% | 26% | 14% |
| Australia becoming a republic | 21% | 25% | 35% | 20% |
| Changing the date of Australia Day | 11% | 16% | 60% | 13% |
43% think that meeting the Close the Gap indigenous health targets should be a high priority for the Government, 31% think establishing an indigenous ‘voice’ to advise the Parliament should be a high priority and 30% think that including aboriginal recognition in the constitution should be a high priority.
More than half the respondents supported each of the indigenous issues. They were split over becoming a republic (46% support/35% oppose) and only 27% supported changing the date of Australia Day.
Labor voters and Greens voters showed higher support for each issue and Liberal National voters and other voters lower support.
52% of men supported becoming a republic compared to 39% of women. 38% of those aged 25-44 supported changing the date of Australia Day compared to 17% those aged 55+.
| Total high priority | Vote Labor | Vote LNP | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Meeting the Close the Gap indigenous health targets | 43% | 51% | 34% | 62% | 38% | |
| Establishing an indigenous ‘voice’ to advise the Parliament | 31% | 41% | 22% | 53% | 23% | |
| Including aboriginal recognition in the constitution | 30% | 41% | 19% | 52% | 21% | |
| A treaty with indigenous Australia | 27% | 37% | 15% | 48% | 19% | |
| Australia becoming a republic | 21% | 27% | 16% | 31% | 18% | |
| Changing the date of Australia Day | 11% | 11% | 7% | 34% | 8% |
Q. Most Australians with private health insurance currently receive a subsidy from the Australian Government to help cover the cost of their premiums. Would you support or oppose abolishing the subsidy and using those funds to include dental care within Medicare?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote LNP | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total support | 48% | 55% | 39% | 65% | 49% | |
| Total oppose | 32% | 27% | 45% | 17% | 35% | |
| Strongly support | 22% | 28% | 13% | 31% | 28% | |
| Support | 26% | 27% | 26% | 34% | 21% | |
| Oppose | 13% | 11% | 18% | 6% | 16% | |
| Strongly oppose | 19% | 16% | 27% | 11% | 19% | |
| Don’t know | 20% | 17% | 16% | 18% | 16% |
48% supported abolishing the private health insurance subsidy and using those funds to include dental care within Medicare and 32% opposed.
Those most likely to support this idea were Greens voters (65%), Labor voters (55%) and aged 18-34 (57%)
Those most likely to oppose were Liberal National voters (45%) and aged 55+ (44%).
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 30/1/18 | 4 weeks ago 16/1/18 | Election 2 Jul 16 | |||
| Liberal | 33% | 32% | 34% | |||
| National | 3% | 3% | 3% | |||
| Total Liberal/National | 36% | 35% | 37% | 42.0% | ||
| Labor | 37% | 36% | 38% | 34.7% | ||
| Greens | 10% | 10% | 9% | 10.2% | ||
| Nick Xenophon Team | 4% | 3% | 3% | |||
| Pauline Hanson’s One Nation | 6% | 8% | 6% | |||
| Other/Independent | 7% | 8% | 7% | 13.1% | ||
| 2 party preferred | ||||||
| Liberal National | 46% | 46% | 47% | 50.4% | ||
| Labor | 54% | 54% | 53% | 49.6% |
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | Jan 2018 | Dec 2017 | Sep 2017 | June 2017 | Mar 2017 | Dec 2016 | June 2016 | Dec 2015 | |||
| Total Approve | 39% | 23% | 73% | 24% | 27% | 38% | 41% | 41% | 36% | 33% | 34% | 38% | 56% | ||
| Total Disapprove | 42% | 60% | 16% | 54% | 62% | 45% | 44% | 46% | 45% | 50% | 46% | 40% | 23% | ||
| Strongly approve | 7% | 4% | 16% | 3% | 3% | 7% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 13% | ||
| Approve | 32% | 19% | 57% | 21% | 24% | 31% | 33% | 34% | 31% | 28% | 29% | 32% | 43% | ||
| Disapprove | 26% | 33% | 14% | 32% | 37% | 25% | 27% | 28% | 28% | 30% | 30% | 24% | 16% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 16% | 27% | 2% | 22% | 25% | 20% | 17% | 18% | 17% | 20% | 16% | 16% | 7% | ||
| Don’t know | 19% | 18% | 12% | 22% | 11% | 18% | 15% | 14% | 19% | 18% | 20% | 21% | 21% |
39% approved of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister (up 1% from last month), and 42% disapproved (down 3%) – a change in net approval rating from -7 to -3.
73% (up 5%) of Liberal/National voters approved of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing, compared to 23% of ALP voters and 24% of Greens voters.
By gender, men were 39% approve/48% disapprove and women 39% approve/36% 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 | Jan 2018 | Dec 2017 | Sep 2017 | June 2017 | Mar 2017 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2014 | |||
| Total Approve | 33% | 61% | 17% | 36% | 20% | 32% | 36% | 36% | 34% | 30% | 35% | 27% | 35% | ||
| Total Disapprove | 46% | 20% | 71% | 42% | 66% | 49% | 45% | 47% | 43% | 49% | 38% | 47% | 39% | ||
| Strongly approve | 7% | 16% | 2% | 6% | 1% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 7% | ||
| Approve | 26% | 45% | 15% | 30% | 19% | 25% | 29% | 29% | 29% | 26% | 29% | 23% | 28% | ||
| Disapprove | 25% | 16% | 31% | 31% | 37% | 26% | 23% | 25% | 28% | 26% | 21% | 26% | 23% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 21% | 4% | 40% | 11% | 29% | 23% | 22% | 22% | 15% | 23% | 17% | 21% | 16% | ||
| Don’t know | 21% | 20% | 13% | 22% | 13% | 20% | 19% | 17% | 23% | 22% | 25% | 25% | 26% |
33% approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader (up 1% from last month), and 46% disapproved (down 3%) – a change in net approval rating from -17 to -13.
61% (up 1%) of ALP voters approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing, compared to 36% of Greens voters and 17% of Liberal/National voters.
By gender, men were 36% approve/49% disapprove and women 32% approve/43% disapprove.
Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Jan 2018 | Dec 2017 | Sep 2017 | June 2017 | Mar 2017 | Dec 2016 | Jun 2016 | Dec 2015 | |||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 42% | 18% | 84% | 19% | 35% | 42% | 42% | 43% | 39% | 38% | 39% | 40% | 54% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 27% | 55% | 6% | 35% | 22% | 25% | 28% | 29% | 26% | 26% | 28% | 29% | 15% | ||
| Don’t know | 31% | 27% | 10% | 46% | 43% | 33% | 31% | 28% | 34% | 36% | 33% | 32% | 31% |
42% thought that Malcolm Turnbull would make the better Prime Minister (no change from last month), and 27% thought Bill Shorten would be better (up 2%). 31% did not know who would make a better Prime Minister.
The results were split by party, with 84% of Liberal/National voters saying that Malcolm Turnbull would be a better Prime Minister, and 55% of Labor voters saying Bill Shorten would.
Greens voters preferred Bill Shorten (35%) to Malcolm Turnbull (19%).
43% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 30% prefer Bill Shorten.
40% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 24% prefer Bill Shorten.
Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
| Total agree | Total dis-agree | Strongly agree | Agree | Dis-agree | Strongly dis-agree | Don’t know | ||
| A corporate tax cut will lead to higher wages | 30% | 42% | 8% | 22% | 28% | 14% | 29% | |
| Cutting penalty rates will encourage employers to hire more workers | 38% | 46% | 10% | 28% | 28% | 18% | 16% | |
| Increasing migration creates economic growth by building demand | 33% | 50% | 8% | 25% | 28% | 22% | 17% | |
| Free trade agreements benefit Australian workers | 45% | 28% | 10% | 35% | 19% | 9% | 28% | |
| Personal income tax cuts will generate economic growth | 65% | 16% | 16% | 49% | 12% | 4% | 19% | |
| Increasing workers’ wages will mean fewer jobs | 29% | 55% | 6% | 23% | 41% | 14% | 16% |
There was majority agreement (65%) that “Personal income tax cuts will generate economic growth” and majority disagreement that “Increasing workers’ wages will mean fewer jobs” (55% disagree) and “Increasing migration creates economic growth by building demand” (50%).
Respondents were more likely to disagree that “A corporate tax cut will lead to higher wages” (42% disagree) and “Cutting penalty rates will encourage employers to hire more workers” (46%).
Full-time workers were more likely to agree that “Personal income tax cuts will generate economic growth “ (71%) and part-time workers were more likely to disagree that “Cutting penalty rates will encourage employers to hire more workers” (52%).
| Total agree | Total dis-agree | Full-time worker agree | Full-time worker dis-agree | Part-time worker agree | Part-time worker dis-agree | ||
| A corporate tax cut will lead to higher wages | 30% | 42% | 35% | 43% | 26% | 44% | |
| Cutting penalty rates will encourage employers to hire more workers | 38% | 46% | 37% | 48% | 35% | 52% | |
| Increasing migration creates economic growth by building demand | 33% | 50% | 35% | 49% | 36% | 46% | |
| Free trade agreements benefit Australian workers | 45% | 28% | 45% | 32% | 41% | 27% | |
| Personal income tax cuts will generate economic growth | 65% | 16% | 71% | 15% | 60% | 18% | |
| Increasing workers’ wages will mean fewer jobs | 29% | 55% | 29% | 58% | 29% | 58% |
Q. Which of the following statements is closest to your view?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Cutting the company tax rate will bring Australia’s tax base into line with other nations, attract investment and create more jobs and higher wages | 32% | 24% | 53% | 19% | 28% | |
| Cutting the company tax rate will simply deliver business $50 billion more in profits – it won’t result in higher wages. | 38% | 48% | 24% | 52% | 49% | |
| Not sure | 30% | 28% | 23% | 29% | 22% |
Respondents were divided over these statements. 38% agreed more that “Cutting the company tax rate will simply deliver business $50 billion more in profits . . . “ and 32% agreed more that “Cutting the company tax rate will bring Australia’s tax base into line with other nations . . . “. 30% were not sure.
Those more likely to agree that “Cutting the company tax rate will simply deliver business $50 billion more in profits . . . “ were Labor voters (48%), Greens voters (52%) and other voters (49%).
Those more likely to agree that “Cutting the company tax rate will bring Australia’s tax base into line with other nations . . . “. were LNP voters (53%) and workers on incomes over $2,000pw. (41%).