Q. How much sexism and discrimination against women do you think currently occurs in the following?
| A lot | Some | A little | None at all | Don’t know | A lot/ some Total | A lot/ some Men | A lot/ some Women | A lot/ some Oct 12 | A lot/ some Jun 13 | A lot/ some Jan 16 | |||
| In workplaces | 22% | 35% | 28% | 7% | 8% | 57% | 46% | 67% | 55% | 60% | 61% | ||
| In the media | 28% | 36% | 23% | 7% | 7% | 64% | 55% | 73% | 56% | 59% | 58% | ||
| In politics | 25% | 35% | 24% | 8% | 8% | 60% | 49% | 70% | 61% | 61% | 62% | ||
| In advertising | 28% | 32% | 22% | 9% | 10% | 60% | 50% | 69% | 59% | 60% | 61% | ||
| In sport | 22% | 34% | 25% | 10% | 8% | 56% | 47% | 66% | 58% | 57% | 60% | ||
| In schools | 15% | 33% | 28% | 13% | 11% | 48% | 43% | 54% | 43% | 40% | 40% |
A majority of respondents think there is a lot or some sexism in the media (64%), politics (60%), advertising (60%), workplaces (57%) and sport (56%).
Women were more likely than men to think there is a lot or some sexism in all areas – but especially in workplaces (women 67%, men 46%) and politics (70%/49%).
There has been some small changes in these figures since this question was asked in January last year – sexism in workplaces has dropped 4%, in the media up 6%, in sport down 4% and in schools up 8%. However, there has been more significant change in the differences between men and women on some issues. On sexism in the workplace the gap between perceptions of men and women has increased from 12% to 21%.
Q. If a politician elected to Parliament resigns from the Party they were a member of at the time of the election, should they be allowed to continue as a member of Parliament or should they be forced to resign?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Should be allowed to continue | 24% | 24% | 27% | 24% | 23% | |
| Should be forced to resign | 51% | 51% | 55% | 39% | 61% | |
| Don’t know | 25% | 25% | 18% | 36% | 17% |
A majority (51%) think that politicians who resign from their party should be forced to resign from Parliament and 24% think they should be allowed to continue in Parliament.
Q. Driverless cars are currently being developed, with predictions they will be in operation inside the next 10 years. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements about driverless cars?
| Total agree | Total disagree | Strongly agree | Agree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | Don’t know | ||
| I generally support the introduction of driverless cars | 49% | 38% | 13% | 36% | 23% | 15% | 14% | |
| I am concerned about the safety implications of driverless cars | 78% | 15% | 31% | 47% | 11% | 4% | 6% | |
| I am concerned about the impact of driverless cars on jobs | 58% | 32% | 23% | 35% | 24% | 8% | 9% | |
| Even if there are some deaths from driverless cars they will be safer than cars driven by humans | 40% | 36% | 12% | 28% | 21% | 15% | 23% | |
| We shouldn’t trust our safety to robots | 57% | 30% | 22% | 35% | 22% | 8% | 13% |
78% agree that they are concerned about the safety implications of driverless cars, 58% are concerned about the impact of driverless cars on jobs and 57% think we shouldn’t trust our safety to robots.
However about half (49%) support the introduction of driverless cars compared to 38% who don’t. Support for driverless cars was highest with men (59%), aged 18-34 (63%), incomes over $2K pw (64%) and university educated (58%).
Q. Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Liberal Party?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Jun 2014 | Aug 2015 | Mar 2016 | Nov 2016 | Mar 2017 | Aug 2017 | |||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 21% | 17% | 40% | 14% | 6% | 31% | 24% | 39% | 21% | 20% | 25% | ||
| Tony Abbott | 10% | 8% | 13% | 9% | 11% | 18% | 18% | 9% | 11% | 10% | 10% | ||
| Julie Bishop | 19% | 19% | 20% | 19% | 24% | 4% | 17% | 12% | 20% | 17% | 20% | ||
| Christopher Pyne | 2% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 2% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | ||
| Scott Morrison | 2% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 2% | ||
| Peter Dutton | 4% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 2% | 3% | ||||||
| Someone else | 15% | 21% | 4% | 23% | 25% | 19% | 13% | 15% | 18% | 18% | 13% | ||
| Don’t know | 27% | 29% | 14% | 28% | 25% | 21% | 22% | 21% | 25% | 28% | 25% |
21% (down 4% since August) think Malcolm Turnbull would make the best leader of the Liberal Party, 19% prefer Julie Bishop (down 1%) and 10% prefer Tony Abbott (no change). 15% (up 2%) prefer someone else.
Among Liberal/National voters, 40% (no change) prefer Malcolm Turnbull, 20% (up 1%) Julie Bishop and 13% (no change) prefer Tony Abbott.
Preferences of men were Malcolm Turnbull 24% (-5%), Julie Bishop 18% (-) and Tony Abbott 13% (+1%).
Preferences of women were Julie Bishop 20% (-1%), Malcolm Turnbull 18% (-2%) and Tony Abbott 8% (-).
Q. If the Liberal Party changed their leader before the next election, would this make you more likely or less likely to vote for the Liberal Party?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| More likely to vote for the Liberal Party | 18% | 12% | 29% | 14% | 16% | |
| Less likely to vote for the Liberal Party | 13% | 16% | 16% | 7% | 7% | |
| Make no difference | 54% | 60% | 46% | 68% | 64% | |
| Don’t know | 15% | 12% | 9% | 11% | 13% |
If the Liberal Party changed their leader before the next election, 18% say they would be more likely to vote for them, 13% less likely and 54% say it would make no difference.
Among Liberal/National voters, 29% say they would be more likely to vote for them, 16% less likely and 46% say it would make no difference.
Q. Do you think that the Liberal and National parties should continue to work together as a Coalition or should they separate and become more independent of each other?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Should continue in Coalition | 38% | 24% | 73% | 23% | 22% | |
| Should separate | 34% | 47% | 13% | 44% | 49% | |
| Don’t know | 28% | 29% | 14% | 33% | 29% |
38% think the Liberal and National parties should continue to work together as a coalition and 34% think they should separate and become more independent of each other.
Among Liberal/National voters, 73% think they should continue in Coalition and 13% think they should separate.
Q. Which of the following types of Government would you prefer?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| A Government where one party has an overall majority | 54% | 55% | 69% | 28% | 46% | |
| A Government with more minor parties where no single party has a majority | 25% | 28% | 18% | 48% | 29% | |
| Don’t know | 21% | 17% | 13% | 24% | 25% |
54% say they would prefer a Government where one party has an overall majority and 25% would prefer a Government with more minor parties where no single party has a majority.
69% of Liberal National voters prefer a majority Government while 48% of Greens voters prefer a Government where no single party has a majority.
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 21/11/17 | 2 weeks ago 14/11/17 | 4 weeks ago 31/10/17 | Election 2 Jul 16 | |||
| Liberal | 33% | 32% | 33% | 33% | |||
| National | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | |||
| Total Liberal/National | 36% | 35% | 36% | 36% | 42.0% | ||
| Labor | 38% | 38% | 38% | 37% | 34.7% | ||
| Greens | 9% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 10.2% | ||
| Nick Xenophon Team | 2% | 3% | 3% | 3% | |||
| Pauline Hanson’s One Nation | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | |||
| Other/Independent | 7% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 13.1% | ||
| 2 party preferred | |||||||
| Liberal National | 46% | 46% | 46% | 46% | 50.4% | ||
| Labor | 54% | 54% | 54% | 54% | 49.6% |