Q. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements about health insurance?
| Total agree | Total dis-gree | Strongly agree | Agree | Dis-agree | Strongly dis-agree | Don’t know | Sep 2017 agree | Sep 2017 dis-agree | |||
| If the private health insurance industry wants to increase fees it should have limits to the profits it can make. | 83% | 8% | 44% | 39% | 6% | 2% | 10% | 84% | 8% | ||
| The government should do more to keep private health insurance affordable | 83% | 11% | 46% | 37% | 6% | 2% | 9% | 85% | 7% | ||
| The government should cap increases in private health insurance premiums at the level of inflation. | 79% | 9% | 43% | 36% | 7% | 2% | 13% | 82% | 7% | ||
| Health insurance isn’t worth the money you pay for it. | 60% | 27% | 29% | 31% | 21% | 6% | 13% | 60% | 27% | ||
| The private health industry provides value for money | 27% | 62% | 5% | 22% | 34% | 28% | 12% | 31% | 59% |
| Total agree | Total disagree | Have health insurance agree | Have health insurance disagree | Had health insurance agree | Had health insurance disagree | Never had health insurance agree | Never had health insurance disagree | ||
| If the private health insurance industry wants to increase fees it should have limits to the profits it can make. | 83% | 8% | 89% | 5% | 83% | 11% | 74% | 8% | |
| The government should do more to keep private health insurance affordable | 83% | 11% | 92% | 4% | 84% | 10% | 71% | 13% | |
| The government should cap increases in private health insurance premiums at the level of inflation. | 79% | 9% | 86% | 8% | 79% | 10% | 70% | 8% | |
| Health insurance isn’t worth the money you pay for it. | 60% | 27% | 52% | 38% | 83% | 12% | 67% | 13% | |
| The private health industry provides value for money | 27% | 62% | 36% | 58% | 21% | 73% | 12% | 65% |
There was very strong agreement with the statements that “The government should do more to keep private health insurance affordable “ (83%), “If the private health insurance industry wants to increase fees it should have limits to the profits it can make” (83%) and “The government should cap increases in private health insurance premiums at the level of inflation” (79%).
60% agreed that “Health insurance isn’t worth the money you pay for it “ and 62% disagreed that “The private health industry provides value for money”.
There has been little change in these results since the question was asked in September.
Q. How exciting or boring would you say each of the following sports are to watch?
| Total exciting | Total boring | Very exciting | Quite exciting | Neither exciting nor boring | Quite boring | Very boring | Don’t know | Net (exciting-boring) | |||
| Tennis | 45% | 32% | 15% | 30% | 21% | 13% | 19% | 1% | +13 | ||
| Swimming | 36% | 33% | 7% | 29% | 30% | 15% | 18% | 1% | +3 | ||
| AFL football | 40% | 38% | 20% | 20% | 21% | 14% | 24% | 2% | +2 | ||
| Gymnastics | 31% | 38% | 8% | 23% | 30% | 17% | 21% | 2% | -7 | ||
| Athletics | 29% | 36% | 5% | 24% | 33% | 16% | 20% | 2% | -7 | ||
| T20 cricket | 38% | 45% | 16% | 22% | 16% | 12% | 33% | 2% | -7 | ||
| Basketball | 30% | 41% | 8% | 22% | 27% | 17% | 24% | 2% | -11 | ||
| Rugby League | 31% | 46% | 12% | 19% | 21% | 15% | 31% | 2% | -15 | ||
| Soccer | 30% | 45% | 11% | 19% | 23% | 19% | 26% | 2% | -15 | ||
| Formula 1 car racing | 28% | 48% | 10% | 18% | 21% | 18% | 30% | 2% | -20 | ||
| Test cricket | 28% | 52% | 8% | 20% | 19% | 15% | 37% | 1% | -24 | ||
| Netball | 19% | 48% | 3% | 16% | 29% | 20% | 28% | 2% | -29 | ||
| Horse racing | 22% | 52% | 6% | 16% | 24% | 18% | 34% | 2% | -30 | ||
| Rugby Union | 21% | 53% | 6% | 15% | 24% | 19% | 34% | 2% | -32 | ||
| Boxing | 20% | 54% | 6% | 14% | 24% | 18% | 36% | 3% | -34 | ||
| Cycling | 16% | 58% | 3% | 13% | 23% | 22% | 36% | 2% | -42 | ||
| Golf | 13% | 67% | 3% | 10% | 19% | 20% | 47% | 2% | -54 |
Sports which were most likely to be considered exciting to watch were tennis (45%), AFL football (40%), T20 cricket (38%) and swimming (36%).
Sports which were most likely to be considered boring to watch were golf (67%), cycling (58%), boxing (54%), rugby union (53%), horse racing (52%) and test cricket (52%).
T20 cricket was the most polarising sport – that is, more people (83%) thought it was either exciting or boring and few (16%) had a neutral view.
There were some major differences between men and women.
Men were more likely to prefer watching test cricket (39% to 18% exciting), T20 cricket (48%/26%), F1 car racing (36%/22%), rugby league (38%/23%), soccer (38%/22%) and rugby union (28%/15%). 42% of women thought watching gymnastics was exciting compared to 21% of men.
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 | 4 weeks ago 19/12/17 | Election 2 Jul 16 | |||
| Liberal | 34% | 34% | |||
| National | 3% | 3% | |||
| Total Liberal/National | 37% | 37% | 42.0% | ||
| Labor | 38% | 38% | 34.7% | ||
| Greens | 9% | 9% | 10.2% | ||
| Nick Xenophon Team | 3% | 2% | |||
| Pauline Hanson’s One Nation | 6% | 7% | |||
| Other/Independent | 7% | 7% | 13.1% | ||
| 2 party preferred | |||||
| Liberal National | 47% | 47% | 50.4% | ||
| Labor | 53% | 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 | Dec 2017 | Sep 2017 | June 2017 | Mar 2017 | Dec 2016 | June 2016 | Dec 2015 | |||
| Total Approve | 38% | 23% | 68% | 18% | 25% | 41% | 41% | 36% | 33% | 34% | 38% | 56% | ||
| Total Disapprove | 45% | 62% | 20% | 68% | 65% | 44% | 46% | 45% | 50% | 46% | 40% | 23% | ||
| Strongly approve | 7% | 3% | 14% | 3% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 13% | ||
| Approve | 31% | 20% | 54% | 15% | 20% | 33% | 34% | 31% | 28% | 29% | 32% | 43% | ||
| Disapprove | 25% | 31% | 15% | 34% | 37% | 27% | 28% | 28% | 30% | 30% | 24% | 16% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 20% | 31% | 5% | 34% | 28% | 17% | 18% | 17% | 20% | 16% | 16% | 7% | ||
| Don’t know | 18% | 16% | 13% | 14% | 9% | 15% | 14% | 19% | 18% | 20% | 21% | 21% |
38% approved of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister (down 3% from last month), and 45% disapproved (up 1%) – a change in net approval rating from -3 to -7.
68% (down 6%) of Liberal/National voters approved of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing, compared to 23% of ALP voters and 18% of Greens voters.
By gender, men were 42% approve/48% disapprove and women 34% approve/42% 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 | Dec 2017 | Sep 2017 | June 2017 | Mar 2017 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2014 | |||
| Total Approve | 32% | 60% | 15% | 39% | 18% | 36% | 36% | 34% | 30% | 35% | 27% | 35% | ||
| Total Disapprove | 49% | 20% | 75% | 38% | 71% | 45% | 47% | 43% | 49% | 38% | 47% | 39% | ||
| Strongly approve | 7% | 14% | 3% | 5% | 2% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 7% | ||
| Approve | 25% | 46% | 12% | 34% | 16% | 29% | 29% | 29% | 26% | 29% | 23% | 28% | ||
| Disapprove | 26% | 17% | 32% | 26% | 39% | 23% | 25% | 28% | 26% | 21% | 26% | 23% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 23% | 3% | 43% | 12% | 32% | 22% | 22% | 15% | 23% | 17% | 21% | 16% | ||
| Don’t know | 20% | 20% | 11% | 23% | 12% | 19% | 17% | 23% | 22% | 25% | 25% | 26% |
32% approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader (down 4% from last month), and 49% disapproved (up 4%) – a change in net approval rating from -9 to -17.
60% (down 4%) of ALP voters approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing, compared to 39% of Greens voters and 15% of Liberal/National voters.
By gender, men were 38% approve/51% disapprove and women 27% approve/46% 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 | Dec 2017 | Sep 2017 | June 2017 | Mar 2017 | Dec 2016 | Jun 2016 | Dec 2015 | |||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 42% | 19% | 80% | 20% | 38% | 42% | 43% | 39% | 38% | 39% | 40% | 54% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 25% | 52% | 3% | 39% | 21% | 28% | 29% | 26% | 26% | 28% | 29% | 15% | ||
| Don’t know | 33% | 30% | 17% | 41% | 41% | 31% | 28% | 34% | 36% | 33% | 32% | 31% |
42% thought that Malcolm Turnbull would make a better Prime Minister (no change from last month), and 25% thought Bill Shorten would be better (down 3%). 33% did not know who would make a better Prime Minister.
The results were split by party, with 80% of Liberal/National voters saying that Malcolm Turnbull would be a better Prime Minister, and 52% of Labor voters saying Bill Shorten would.
Greens voters preferred Bill Shorten (39%) to Malcolm Turnbull (20%).
45% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 30% prefer Bill Shorten.
38% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 20% prefer Bill Shorten.
Q. Would you support or oppose Australia becoming a republic with an Australian head of state?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Jan 2017 | |||
| Total support | 44% | 54% | 45% | 56% | 32% | 44% | ||
| Total oppose | 29% | 19% | 37% | 21% | 46% | 30% | ||
| Strongly support | 18% | 27% | 13% | 25% | 14% | 21% | ||
| Support | 26% | 27% | 32% | 31% | 18% | 23% | ||
| Oppose | 14% | 9% | 18% | 11% | 23% | 18% | ||
| Strongly oppose | 15% | 10% | 19% | 10% | 23% | 12% | ||
| No opinion | 26% | 27% | 18% | 23% | 22% | 26% |
44% support Australia becoming a republic with an Australian head of state and 29% oppose. 26% have no opinion. These results are almost identical to when this question was asked 12 months ago.
Those most likely to support were Labor voters (54%), Greens voters (56%), men (51%) and university educated (52%).
Those most likely to oppose were Liberal/National voters (37%), other party voters (46%) and aged 65+ (44%).
Q. Would you support or oppose a tax on sugar-sweetened drinks?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total support | 53% | 54% | 57% | 60% | 48% | |
| Total oppose | 38% | 37% | 37% | 27% | 46% | |
| Strongly support | 21% | 19% | 25% | 29% | 19% | |
| Support | 32% | 35% | 32% | 31% | 29% | |
| Oppose | 21% | 19% | 23% | 14% | 24% | |
| Strongly oppose | 17% | 18% | 14% | 13% | 22% | |
| No opinion | 10% | 8% | 5% | 14% | 7% |
53% support a tax on sugar-sweetened drinks and 38% oppose.
Those most likely to support the tax were Greens voters (60%) and those with university education (64%).
Those most likely to oppose the tax were other party voters (46%).