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 | Nov 2017 | Oct 2017 | Sep 2017 | June 2017 | Mar 2017 | Dec 2016 | June 2016 | Dec 2015 | |||
| Total Approve | 41% | 26% | 74% | 34% | 25% | 37% | 42% | 41% | 36% | 33% | 34% | 38% | 56% | ||
| Total Disapprove | 44% | 60% | 21% | 50% | 67% | 49% | 43% | 46% | 45% | 50% | 46% | 40% | 23% | ||
| Strongly approve | 8% | 3% | 20% | 1% | 2% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 13% | ||
| Approve | 33% | 23% | 54% | 33% | 22% | 31% | 32% | 34% | 31% | 28% | 29% | 32% | 43% | ||
| Disapprove | 27% | 34% | 17% | 30% | 44% | 30% | 28% | 28% | 28% | 30% | 30% | 24% | 16% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 17% | 26% | 4% | 20% | 23% | 19% | 15% | 18% | 17% | 20% | 16% | 16% | 7% | ||
| Don’t know | 15% | 14% | 6% | 16% | 8% | 14% | 15% | 14% | 19% | 18% | 20% | 21% | 21% |
41% approved of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister (up 4% from last month), and 44% disapproved (down 5%) – a change in net approval rating from -12 to -3.
74% (up 4%) of Liberal/National voters approved of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing, compared to 26% of ALP voters and 34% of Greens voters.
By gender, men were 47% approve/46% disapprove and women 36% approve/43% 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 | Nov 2017 | Oct 2017 | Sep 2017 | June 2017 | Mar 2017 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2014 | |||
| Total Approve | 36% | 64% | 21% | 47% | 19% | 35% | 37% | 36% | 34% | 30% | 35% | 27% | 35% | ||
| Total Disapprove | 45% | 19% | 69% | 32% | 69% | 48% | 44% | 47% | 43% | 49% | 38% | 47% | 39% | ||
| Strongly approve | 7% | 15% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 7% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 7% | ||
| Approve | 29% | 49% | 17% | 43% | 15% | 28% | 29% | 29% | 29% | 26% | 29% | 23% | 28% | ||
| Disapprove | 23% | 17% | 28% | 28% | 34% | 27% | 27% | 25% | 28% | 26% | 21% | 26% | 23% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 22% | 2% | 41% | 4% | 35% | 21% | 17% | 22% | 15% | 23% | 17% | 21% | 16% | ||
| Don’t know | 19% | 17% | 10% | 20% | 12% | 17% | 19% | 17% | 23% | 22% | 25% | 25% | 26% |
36% approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader (up 1% from last month), and 45% disapproved (down 3%) – a change in net approval rating from -13 to -9.
64% (no change) of ALP voters approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing, compared to 47% of Greens voters and 21% of Liberal/National voters.
By gender, men were 40% approve/49% disapprove and women 33% approve/40% 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 | Nov 2017 | Oct 2017 | Sep 2017 | June 2017 | Mar 2017 | Dec 2016 | Jun 2016 | Dec 2015 | |||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 42% | 19% | 80% | 29% | 35% | 40% | 42% | 43% | 39% | 38% | 39% | 40% | 54% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 28% | 55% | 5% | 51% | 20% | 28% | 28% | 29% | 26% | 26% | 28% | 29% | 15% | ||
| Don’t know | 31% | 27% | 15% | 21% | 45% | 33% | 31% | 28% | 34% | 36% | 33% | 32% | 31% |
42% thought that Malcolm Turnbull would make a better Prime Minister (up 2% from last month), and 28% 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 80% 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 (51%) to Turnbull (29%).
49% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 28% prefer Bill Shorten.
35% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 27% prefer Bill Shorten.
Q. Over the last few months there has been a lot of media attention on sexual harassment and sexual discrimination in the workplace, particularly in certain industries such as the media, film and television (both in Australia and internationally). Which of the following statements is closest to your view?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | |||
| It is important that these cases of harassment and discrimination are exposed and those involved take responsibility for their past behavior. | 71% | 76% | 70% | 81% | 60% | 69% | 73% | 75% | 68% | 71% | ||
| Exposing these cases could unfairly harm reputations for things that happened in the past and claims that may be exaggerated. | 17% | 14% | 20% | 11% | 30% | 19% | 15% | 14% | 17% | 21% | ||
| Not sure | 12% | 10% | 10% | 8% | 10% | 125 | 12% | 11% | 15% | 8% |
71% agree it is important to expose cases of sexual harassment and discrimination and 17% think exposing these cases could cause harm. There were not major differences by demographics. Greens voters (81%) were more likely to favour exposing these cases and other party voters less likely (60%).
Q. And which of the following statements is closest to your view?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | |||
| The current media attention on sexual harassment and discrimination will bring about lasting change to the Australian workplace. | 55% | 57% | 58% | 67% | 44% | 53% | 56% | 55% | 53% | 57% | ||
| The current media attention on sexual harassment and discrimination will soon be forgotten and bring little change to the Australian workplace | 30% | 26% | 32% | 23% | 44% | 32% | 27% | 30% | 30% | 29% | ||
| Not sure | 16% | 16% | 10% | 10% | 12% | 14% | 17% | 16% | 17% | 14% |
55% think that the current attention on sexual harassment and discrimination will bring about lasting change and 30% think it will soon be forgotten.
There were not major differences by demographics. Greens voters (67%) were more likely think it will bring lasting change and other party voters less likely (44%).
Q. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
| Total agree | Total disagree | Strongly agree | Agree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | Don’t know | Men agree | Women agree | |||
| Men and women are generally treated equally in the workplace these days | 45% | 47% | 9% | 36% | 35% | 12% | 8% | 62% | 28% | ||
| Workplace hiring policies often favour men over women | 53% | 32% | 14% | 39% | 25% | 7% | 15% | 46% | 61% | ||
| Sexual harassment is widespread in the Australian workplace. | 46% | 32% | 12% | 34% | 25% | 7% | 22% | 37% | 55% | ||
| Women often exaggerate stories about sexual harassment in the workplace. | 31% | 45% | 8% | 23% | 30% | 15% | 24% | 40% | 21% | ||
| Sexual harassment in the workplace limits women’s career opportunities. | 60% | 24% | 13% | 47% | 20% | 4% | 15% | 53% | 66% | ||
| Discrimination against women is no longer a serious problem in Australian workplaces. | 27% | 58% | 6% | 21% | 39% | 19% | 15% | 38% | 17% | ||
| Because company boards and upper management positions are often dominated men, sexual harassment is not addressed or covered up. | 49% | 27% | 13% | 38% | 21% | 6% | 21% | 46% | 57% | ||
| Compared to previous generations women have little to complain about in the workplace. | 41% | 44% | 8% | 33% | 33% | 11% | 14% | 51% | 32% |
There was majority agreement with the statements that sexual harassment in the workplace limits women’s career opportunities (60%) and workplace hiring policies often favour men over women (53%).
A majority (58%) disagreed that discrimination against women is no longer a serious problem in Australian workplaces.
There were substantial differences between the answers of men and women on most of these measures, in particular –
Q. When considering the outcomes of government energy policy, which out of cost, reliability and emissions reduction do you think should be prioritised?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Jun 2017 | |||
| Keeping the cost of energy down should be prioritised | 37% | 40% | 39% | 16% | 40% | 28% | ||
| Maintaining the reliability of energy supply should be prioritised | 18% | 12% | 30% | 11% | 20% | 21% | ||
| Reducing carbon emissions should be prioritised | 15% | 18% | 12% | 38% | 7% | 19% | ||
| We do not need to prioritise – all can be achieved | 22% | 23% | 14% | 31% | 27% | 21% | ||
| Don’t know | 7% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 12% |
37% thought that keeping the costs of energy down should be prioritised over reducing emissions and maintaining network reliability. This was the most popular option for Liberal/National voters (39%), ALP voters (40%) and other party voters (40%). The most popular option among Greens voters was to prioritise the reduction of carbon emissions (38%).
Since this question was asked in June, there has been a substantial increase in those favouring keeping the cost of energy down – up from 28% to 37%.
There were not significant differences across states.
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 | Last week 28/11/17 | 2 weeks ago 21/11/17 | 4 weeks ago 7/11/17 | Election 2 Jul 16 | |||
| Liberal | 32% | 33% | 32% | 34% | |||
| National | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | |||
| Total Liberal/National | 35% | 36% | 35% | 37% | 42.0% | ||
| Labor | 38% | 38% | 38% | 37% | 34.7% | ||
| Greens | 9% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 10.2% | ||
| Nick Xenophon Team | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% | |||
| Pauline Hanson’s One Nation | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | |||
| Other/Independent | 8% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 13.1% | ||
| 2 party preferred | |||||||
| Liberal National | 45% | 46% | 46% | 47% | 50.4% | ||
| Labor | 55% | 54% | 54% | 53% | 49.6% |