Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the Government giving $50 billion in tax cuts to medium and large businesses?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total approve | 30% | 19% | 51% | 19% | 22% | |
| Total disapprove | 50% | 62% | 32% | 66% | 62% | |
| Strongly approve | 8% | 7% | 14% | 5% | 3% | |
| Approve | 22% | 12% | 37% | 14% | 19% | |
| Disapprove | 28% | 30% | 25% | 32% | 35% | |
| Strongly disapprove | 22% | 32% | 7% | 34% | 27% | |
| Don’t know | 20% | 18% | 17% | 15% | 17% |
30% approve of the Government giving $50 billion in tax cuts to medium and large businesses and 50% disapprove. Half of Liberal National voters approve, while over 60% of Labor, Greens and other voters disapprove.
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 and attract the investment we need to create more jobs. | 31% | 18% | 55% | 17% | 26% | |
| Cutting the company tax rate will simply deliver business $50 billion more in profits – money that should be invested in schools, hospitals and other vital services. | 46% | 57% | 30% | 65% | 52% | |
| Not sure | 23% | 25% | 14% | 18% | 22% |
31% agree more that “Cutting the company tax rate will bring Australia’s tax base into line with other nations and attract the investment we need to create more jobs” and 46% agree more that “Cutting the company tax rate will simply deliver business $50 billion more in profits”. While 55% of Liberal National voters support the first statement, more than half all other voters support the second.
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 17/10/17 | 2 weeks ago 10/10/17 | 4 weeks ago 26/9/17 | Election 2 Jul 16 | |||
| Liberal | 34% | 34% | 33% | 33% | |||
| National | 3% | 3% | 3% | 4% | |||
| Total Liberal/National | 37% | 37% | 36% | 37% | 42.0% | ||
| Labor | 36% | 36% | 38% | 37% | 34.7% | ||
| Greens | 9% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 10.2% | ||
| Nick Xenophon Team | 3% | 3% | 2% | 3% | |||
| Pauline Hanson’s One Nation | 8% | 8% | 7% | 7% | |||
| Other/Independent | 7% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 13.1% | ||
| 2 party preferred | |||||||
| Liberal National | 48% | 48% | 46% | 47% | 50.4% | ||
| Labor | 52% | 52% | 54% | 53% | 49.6% |
Q. How likely are you to vote in the national postal vote on same-sex marriage or have you already voted?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | 5 Sep | 19 Sep | 26 Sep | 3 Oct | |||
| I have already voted | 75% | 78% | 80% | 75% | 81% | – | 9% | 36% | 47% | ||
| Will definitely vote | 8% | 9% | 7% | 13% | 4% | 62% | 62% | 45% | 33% | ||
| Will probably vote | 4% | 55 | 5% | 7% | 1% | 16% | 12% | 8% | 6% | ||
| Will probably not vote | 3% | 2% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 2% | 1% | 3% | ||
| Will definitely not vote | 3% | 3% | 2% | – | 5% | 3% | 3% | 2% | 3% | ||
| Not sure | 4% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 10% | 8% | 5% | 5% | ||
| I am not enrolled to vote at my current address | 4% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 3% |
| Total | Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | ||
| I have already voted | 75% | 71% | 79% | 60% | 75% | 91% | |
| Will definitely vote | 8% | 10% | 6% | 13% | 8% | 1% | |
| Will probably vote | 4% | 5% | 4% | 9% | 3% | 1% | |
| Will probably not vote | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | |
| Will definitely not vote | 3% | 4% | 2% | 4% | 3% | 2% | |
| Not sure | 4% | 4% | 3% | 6% | 4% | 1% | |
| I am not enrolled to vote at my current address | 4% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 2% |
75% say they have already voted in the same sex marriage survey and 8% say they will definitely vote. This compares to 47% and 33% respectively 3 weeks ago.
91% of those aged 55+ have already voted compared to 60% of those aged under 35.
Q. Did you answer yes or no to the question “Should the law be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry? (Based on those who have already voted)
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | 3 Oct | |||
| Yes | 60% | 78% | 44% | 90% | 46% | 64% | ||
| No | 34% | 19% | 51% | 6% | 46% | 30% | ||
| Don’t know/Prefer not to say | 5% | 4% | 5% | 4% | 7% | 6% |
| Total | Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | ||
| Yes | 60% | 54% | 66% | 73% | 61% | 49% | |
| No | 34% | 40% | 29% | 24% | 34% | 43% | |
| Don’t know/Prefer not to say | 5% | 6% | 5% | 3% | 5% | 8% |
Of those who have already voted, 60% say they voted yes (down 4% from 3 weeks ago) and 34% no (up 4%).
Those most likely to have voted yes are Greens voters (90%), Labor voters (78%), aged 18-34 (73%) and women (66%).
Q. The question in the national postal vote on same-sex marriage is “Should the law be changed to allow same-sex couples to marry? Do you intend to vote yes or no? (Based on those who have not yet voted)
| Total | Men | Women | Will
def-initely vote |
Will prob-ably vote | Will not vote | 3 Oct | ||||
| Intend to vote yes | 39% | 38% | 40% | 64% | 48% | 17% | 50% | |||
| Intend to vote no | 33% | 35% | 31% | 31% | 39% | 36% | 36% | |||
| Don’t know | 28% | 28% | 28% | 5% | 13% | 47% | 14% |
Of those who have not voted, 39% say they will vote yes and 33% no. However, of those who will definitely vote, 64% will vote yes and 31% no.
Q. This week, the Federal Government announced a new national energy plan. From what you have read or heard about it, do you approve or disapprove of the Government’s new plan for energy?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total approve | 35% | 33% | 53% | 20% | 17% | |
| Total disapprove | 18% | 22% | 9% | 29% | 26% | |
| Strongly approve | 10% | 10% | 16% | 3% | 1% | |
| Approve | 25% | 23% | 37% | 17% | 16% | |
| Disapprove | 11% | 13% | 7% | 14% | 15% | |
| Strongly disapprove | 7% | 9% | 2% | 15% | 11% | |
| Don’t know | 47% | 45% | 39% | 51% | 56% |
Nearly half (47%) could not give an opinion of the Federal Government’s new national energy plan.
35% approved of the plan and 18% disapproved.
Those more likely to approve were Liberal National voters (53%).
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the Government’s decision not to include a Clean Energy Target (CET) in the new national energy plan?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total approve | 35% | 28% | 48% | 20% | 23% | |
| Total disapprove | 32% | 42% | 17% | 61% | 45% | |
| Strongly approve | 11% | 8% | 13% | 6% | 8% | |
| Approve | 24% | 20% | 35% | 14% | 15% | |
| Disapprove | 20% | 24% | 13% | 29% | 31% | |
| Strongly disapprove | 12% | 18% | 4% | 32% | 14% | |
| Don’t know | 33% | 30% | 36% | 20% | 32% |
35% approved of the Government’s decision not to include a Clean Energy Target in the new national energy plan and 32% disapproved.
Those more likely to approve were Liberal National voters (48%) and men (43%).
61% of Greens voters and 45% of other voters disapproved.