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  • Aug, 2021

    Interest in Tokyo Olympics

    Q. [Aug’21] How much interest are you taking in the Olympic Games being held in Tokyo?

    Q. [Aug’16] How much interest are you taking in the Olympic Games being held in Rio?

    Q. [Aug’12] How much interest are you taking in the Olympic Games being held in London?

      2021 2016 2012
    A lot of interest 23% 19% 22%
    Some interest 30% 33% 36%
    A little interest 24% 30% 27%
    No interest 22% 17% 14%
    Unsure 2% 1% 1%
    TOTAL: A lot of interest + Some interest 53% 52% 58%
    TOTAL: A little interest + No interest 46% 48% 41%
    Base (n) 1,098 1,015 1,018
    • Just over half of people are taking an interest in the Olympics (53%), at the Rio games, 52% were interested.
    • 22% say they have no interest in the Games this year, more than in 2012 (14%).
      Total Gender Age Group Federal Voting Intention
    Male Female 18-34 35-54 55+ Labor TOTAL: Coalition Greens TOTAL: Other
    A lot of interest 23% 27% 19% 22% 21% 25% 20% 31% 25% 12%
    Some interest 30% 30% 30% 31% 32% 28% 33% 35% 25% 19%
    A little interest 24% 23% 25% 20% 22% 28% 25% 22% 26% 24%
    No interest 22% 19% 25% 23% 24% 19% 20% 11% 25% 43%
    Unsure 2% 2% 2% 4% 1% 0% 2% 1% 0% 2%
    TOTAL: A lot of interest + Some interest 53% 57% 49% 53% 53% 53% 53% 66% 49% 31%
    TOTAL: A little interest + No interest 46% 41% 49% 43% 46% 47% 45% 33% 51% 67%
    Base (n) 1,098 537 561 341 372 385 371 402 90 128
    • Interest in the 2021 Tokyo Games is highest among men (57%) and Coalition voters (66%).
  • Aug, 2021

    Importance of Australia winning gold medals at the Tokyo Olympics

    Q. [Aug’21] How important is it that Australia wins gold medals at the 2021 Olympics being held in Tokyo?

    Q. [Aug’16] How important is it that Australia wins gold medals at the 2016 Olympics being held in Rio?

    Q. [Aug’12] How important is it that Australia wins gold medals at the 2012 Olympics being held in London?

      2021 2016 2012
    Very important 18% 15% 12%
    Quite important 35% 36% 32%
    Not so important 24% 30% 36%
    Not at all important 17% 13% 17%
    Unsure 6% 6% 3%
    TOTAL: Important 53% 51% 44%
    TOTAL: Not important 41% 43% 54%
    Base (n) 1,098 1,015 1,018
    • 53% say it is important that Australia wins gold medals at the Olympics. More people consider this important than at the 2012 London Olympics (44%).
    Total Interest in the Olympics
    A lot of interest Some interest A little interest No interest
    Very important 18% 42% 18% 9% 5%
    Quite important 35% 39% 51% 32% 13%
    Not so important 24% 14% 22% 42% 20%
    Not at all important 17% 4% 7% 11% 52%
    Unsure 6% 0% 3% 6% 10%
    TOTAL: Important 53% 81% 69% 41% 18%
    TOTAL: Not important 41% 19% 29% 53% 72%
    Base (n) 1,098 250 323 262 242
    • Winning gold medals is most important for those taking a lot of interest in the games (81%).
    • Just 18% of those who have no interest in the games say it is important to win gold medals.
  • Aug, 2021

    Views towards Tokyo Olympics

    Q. The Tokyo Olympic Games were originally scheduled to be held in 2020, but were postponed by a year due to the Covid-19 pandemic. While the Games have started, Covid-19 cases in Japan continue to increase.

    Which of the following is closer to your view?

      Total Gender Age Group Federal Voting Intention
    Male Female 18-34 35-54 55+ Labor TOTAL: Coalition Greens TOTAL: Other
    It’s fine that the Tokyo Olympics went ahead as planned this year 28% 33% 23% 27% 26% 29% 26% 32% 26% 29%
    The Tokyo Olympics should have been further postponed until the Covid-19 outbreak in Japan is under control 33% 32% 33% 40% 34% 25% 37% 32% 37% 25%
    The Tokyo Olympics should have been cancelled altogether 28% 26% 30% 19% 30% 35% 27% 26% 26% 33%
    Unsure 11% 9% 14% 14% 10% 11% 10% 10% 11% 12%
    Base (n) 1,098 537 561 341 372 385 371 402 90 128

     

     

    • While 28% of people are in favour of the games going ahead as planned, a third (33%) think there should have been a further postponement and 28% think the Tokyo Olympics should have been cancelled altogether.
  • Jul, 2021

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    Federal voting intention

    Q. If a federal election was held tomorrow, to which party would you give your first preference vote in the House of Representatives (Lower House)?

    [If don’t know] Well which party are you currently leaning towards?

    Q       This week

    19/07

    		 Two weeks ago

    05/07

    		 21/06 07/06 24/05 10/05 26/04 12/04 29/03 15/03 01/03 15/02
    Liberal / Liberal Nationals / Country Liberals 34% 35% 35% 35% 35% 36% 36% 34% 36% 35% 35% 36%
    Nationals 3% 2% 3% 3% 3% 2% 3% 3% 3% 3% 2% 3%
    Total: Coalition 37% 37% 38% 38% 37% 38% 39% 37% 39% 38% 37% 39%
    Labor 36% 36% 36% 35% 35% 36% 34% 36% 36% 34% 34% 35%
    Greens 10% 8% 10% 10% 10% 9% 10% 10% 8% 9% 9% 8%
    Pauline Hanson’s One Nation 4% 4% 4% 4% 3% 3% 4% 3% 3% 3% 4% 4%
    Other/Independent 6% 5% 5% 7% 6% 6% 6% 7% 7% 8% 8% 7%
    Undecided 8% 8% 7% 7% 8% 8% 7% 7% 7% 7% 7% 6%
     
    2 Party Preferred (2PP+)
    TOTAL: Coalition 45% 44% 45% 44% 44% 44% 46% 45% 46% 47% 45% 47%
    Labor 47% 48% 47% 48% 48% 48% 46% 48% 47% 47% 48% 47%
    Undecided 8% 8% 7% 7% 8% 8% 7% 7% 7% 7% 7% 6%

     

  • Jul, 2021

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    Leader attributes: Scott Morrison

    Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Prime Minister, Scott Morrison?

      Jul’21 Change from Mid Mar’21 Mid Mar’21 Early

    Mar’21

    		 May’20 Jan’20 Oct’19 Dec’18
    Plays politics 73% – – – – – – –
    Out of touch with ordinary people 59% +8% 51% 56% 47% 62% 56% 54%
    Avoids responsibility 54% +6% 48% 49% – – – –
    In control of their team 53% -9% 62% 56% – – – –
    Good in a crisis 49% -15% 64% 59% 66% 32% 51% 41%
    Trustworthy 47% -8% 55% 52% 56% 40% 43% 39%
    More honest than most politicians 45% -8% 53% 50% 51% 39% 44% 39%
    Visionary 39% -9% 48% 41% 48% 30% 42% 38%
    Base (n) 1,100 – 1,124 1,074 1,059 1,081 1,088 1,026 
    • The majority of Australians (73%) think Scott Morrison ‘plays politics’.
    • Compared to mid-March, more Australians now think Scott Morrison is ‘out of touch with ordinary people’ (up 8 percentage points to 59%). More also now think the PM ‘avoids responsibility’ (up 6 percentage points to 54%).
    • Just under half of people now think Scott Morrison is ‘good in a crisis’ (down 15 percentage points since mid-March to 49%).
    • Compared to mid-March, fewer people also now think the PM is ‘in control of their team’ and ‘visionary’ (down 9 percentage points to 53% and 39% respectively), and less than half now think he is ‘trustworthy’ and ‘more honest than most politicians’ (down 8 percentage points to 47% and 45% respectively).
  • Jul, 2021

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    Federal government response to Covid-19

    Q. Overall, how would you rate the federal government’s response to the Covid-19 outbreak?

      19/07 05/07 07/06 24/05 12/04 15/03 01/03 15/02 01/02 30/11 16/11 02/11 05/10
    Very poor 13% 12% 10% 6% 7% 5% 6% 5% 4% 6% 5% 5% 5%
    Quite poor 19% 17% 14% 12% 10% 7% 8% 7% 11% 8% 9% 10% 12%
    Neither good nor poor 23% 26% 22% 25% 21% 18% 24% 19% 19% 19% 18% 24% 22%
    Quite good 32% 33% 38% 40% 40% 39% 39% 42% 42% 41% 41% 39% 39%
    Very good 14% 11% 15% 18% 22% 31% 23% 27% 25% 26% 26% 22% 21%
    TOTAL: Poor 31% 30% 24% 18% 17% 12% 14% 12% 14% 13% 15% 15% 18%
    TOTAL: Good 46% 44% 53% 58% 62% 70% 62% 69% 67% 67% 67% 61% 60%
    Base (n) 1,100 1,099 1,104 1,100 1,368 1,124 1,074 1,109 1,092 1,034 1,010 1,063 1,066

     

    TOTAL: Good 19/07 05/07 07/06 24/05 12/04 15/03 01/03
    NSW 49% 44% 62% 56% 66% 69% 64%
    VIC 39% 40% 42% 57% 55% 65% 51%
    QLD 46% 48% 54% 56% 63% 69% 66%
    SA 51% 48% 58% 66% 62% 78% 68%
    WA 51% 42% 49% 56% 65% 75% 66%
    • 46% of people rate the federal government’s response to the Covid-19 outbreak as quite good or very good, with 31% rating it as poor.
    • Since peaking at 70% in March, positive rating of the federal government’s handling of Covid-19 has dropped off, falling to 44% earlier this month, the lowest rating recorded to date for this question which was first asked in March 2020.
    • Positive rating of the federal government’s handling of Covid-19 has improved in WA (up 9 percentage points to 51%), NSW (up 5 percentage points to 49%) and SA (up 3 percentage points to 48%).
    • In Victoria, positive rating is now at 39%, down from 65% in March. This positive rating also continues to drop in QLD, now 46% (from 69% in March).
  • Jul, 2021

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    State government response to Covid-19

    Q. How would you rate your state government’s response to the Covid-19 outbreak?

    TOTAL: Good 19/07 05/07 07/06 24/05 12/04 15/03 01/03 15/02 01/02 30/11 16/11 02/11 05/10
    NSW 54% 57% 69% 68% 73% 75% 72% 72% 71% 76% 75% 68% 65%
    VIC 49% 50% 48% 63% 58% 62% 49% 59% 61% 60% 59% 55% 45%
    QLD 62% 61% 65% 68% 72% 75% 73% 76% 78% 72% 71% 69% 69%
    SA 68% 67% 67% 71% 75% 85% 78% 79% 80% 70% 76% 77% 81%
    WA 77% 86% 75% 77% 84% 91% 85% 88% 80% 83% 82% 81% 83%
    • Amidst the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak and lockdown in NSW, positive rating of the state government’s response to Covid-19 continues to drop, now at 54% from 57% earlier this month and 69% in June.
    • With the current outbreak and lockdown in VIC, rating of the state government remains the lowest of all states at 49%, a similar level to earlier this month and last month (50% and 48% respectively).
    • While still the highest rating among all states, rating of the WA government has dropped to 77% from 86% earlier this month. This is similar to the level in June (75%).
    • Rating of the QLD and SA governments’ handling of Covid-19 remains high at 62% and 68% respectively (65% and 67% last month).
  • Jul, 2021

    Uptake of a Covid-19 vaccine

    Q. The Covid-19 vaccine rollout is underway in Australia.

    Once a vaccine becomes available to you, how long would you wait before taking it?

      19/07 05/07 07/06 10/05 26/04 15/03 01/03 18/01 14/12 10/08
    I’d get vaccinated as soon as possible / I’ve already been vaccinated / I’ve already had the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine / I’ve already had both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine 63% 51% 52% 44% 42% 49% 50% 42% 43% 56%
    I’d get vaccinated, but wouldn’t do it straight away 27% 33% 36% 42% 42% 40% 40% 47% 46% 35%
    I’d never get vaccinated 11% 16% 13% 14% 16% 12% 10% 11% 10% 8%
    Base (n) 1,100 1,099 1,104 1,092 1,090 1,124 1,074 1,084 1,071 1,008
    •  Most Australians (63%) now say they would get vaccinated as soon as possible, already have been vaccinated, or already have had the first dose or both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, an increase from earlier this month (51%). Less than a third of people now say they would get vaccinated but not straight away (27% from 33% earlier this month). This is the lowest proportion recorded since this question was first asked in August last year.
    • 11% now say they would never get vaccinated, fewer than earlier this month (16%).
    18-34 19/07 05/07 07/06 10/05
    I’d get vaccinated as soon as possible / I’ve already been vaccinated / I’ve already had the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine / I’ve already had both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine 50% 35% 45% 32%
    I’d get vaccinated, but wouldn’t do it straight away 35% 39% 41% 48%
    I’d never get vaccinated 15% 26% 15% 20%
    Base (n) 341 341 347 340
    NSW 19/07 05/07 07/06 10/05
    I’d get vaccinated as soon as possible / I’ve already been vaccinated / I’ve already had the first dose of a Covid-19 vaccine / I’ve already had both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine 65% 56% 56% 48%
    I’d get vaccinated, but wouldn’t do it straight away 24% 30% 34% 40%
    I’d never get vaccinated 11% 14% 10% 12%
    Base (n) 354 553 349 349
    • With the ongoing Covid-19 outbreak and lockdown in NSW, more people in NSW now say they would get vaccinated as soon as possible, already have been vaccinated, or already have had the first dose or both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine compared to earlier this month (65% to 56% respectively). This is the highest proportion recorded since this question was first asked in August last year.
    • Consequently, fewer of those in NSW now say they would get vaccinated but not straight away (24% from 30% earlier this month). Fewer also now say they would never get vaccinated (11% from 14% earlier this month).
    • Half (50%) of those aged 18-34 now say they would get vaccinated as soon as possible, already have been vaccinated, or already have had the first dose or both doses of a Covid-19 vaccine, a significant increase from earlier this month (35%).
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