Q. Do you think people of the same sex should or should not be allowed to marry?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | Oct 2013 | Jun 2014 | Oct 2015 | Mar 2016 | Jul 2016 | Aug 2016 | Jun 2017 | ||
| Should be allowed to marry l | 63% | 75% | 52% | 86% | 51% | 57% | 60% | 59% | 64% | 58% | 62% | 60% | |
| Should not be allowed to marry | 25% | 15% | 35% | 11% | 36% | 31% | 28% | 30% | 26% | 28% | 27% | 26% | |
| Don’t know | 12% | 9% | 13% | 3% | 13% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 14% | 12% | 14% |
63% thought that people of the same sex should be able to marry (up 3% since June 6), and 25% thought that they should not (down 1%).
Women (70% support) were more likely than men (56%) to support same sex marriage.
74% of 18-24 year olds supported same sex marriage, compared to 48% of over 65 year olds.
This poll represents the highest level of support for same sex marriage in over a year – since 64% support was recorded in March 2016.
Q. Do you think the issue of same sex marriage should be decided by Parliament or should there be a national vote?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Sep 2015 | Mar 2016 | Jul 2016 | Aug 2016 | June 2017 | Vote “Yes” | Vote “No” | ||
| Should be decided by Parliament | 29% | 35% | 23% | 53% | 25% | 21% | 23% | 25% | 25% | 27% | 35% | 19% | |
| Should have a national vote | 59% | 54% | 68% | 43% | 68% | 67% | 66% | 60% | 59% | 61% | 57% | 74% | |
| Don’t know | 12% | 11% | 9% | 4% | 8% | 12% | 11% | 15% | 16% | 12% | 8% | 7% |
59% thought that same sex marriage should be decided by a national vote (down 2% since June 6), and 29% thought it should be decided by parliament (up 2%).
Those who do not support same sex marriage were much more likely to prefer a national vote (74% prefer, compared to 57% of same sex marriage supporters).
Men were more likely to prefer a vote in parliament (34% prefer) than women (24%).
Q. Do you think housing in your area is affordable or unaffordable for someone on an average income?
| Support by party preference | Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Capital Cities | Regional | NSW | VIC | June 2015 | |
| Affordable | 25% | 27% | 26% | 23% | 24% | 21% | 32% | 17% | 27% | 33% | |
| Unaffordable | 66% | 67% | 67% | 67% | 63% | 72% | 56% | 76% | 68% | 60% | |
| Don’t know | 9% | 6% | 7% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 12% | 7% | 5% | 7% |
25% thought that housing in their area is affordable for someone on an average income (down 8% since June 2015), and 66% thought it is unaffordable (up 6%).
Those most likely to think housing was unaffordable were those from NSW (76%), those aged 45-54 (75%) and 55-64 (73%), and those earning less than $31k per year (72%).
Those most likely to think housing is affordable were South Australians (36%) and Queenslanders (30%).
There was little difference between Labor, Liberal/National and Greens voters on this question.
Q. Do you think housing in your area has become more affordable or less affordable over the last few years?
| Support by party preference | Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Capital Cities | Regional | NSW | VIC | June 2015 | |
| Total more affordable | 12% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 10% | 11% | 13% | 7% | 7% | 11% | |
| Total less affordable | 72% | 74% | 73% | 74% | 70% | 76% | 66% | 82% | 81% | 75% | |
| A lot more affordable | 3% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 3% | 1% | |
| A little more affordable | 9% | 9% | 11% | 11% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 6% | 4% | 10% | |
| A little less affordable | 26% | 25% | 27% | 29% | 27% | 25% | 27% | 22% | 25% | 33% | |
| A lot less affordable | 46% | 49% | 46% | 45% | 43% | 51% | 39% | 60% | 56% | 42% | |
| No change | 9% | 7% | 9% | 6% | 16% | 7% | 12% | 5% | 6% | 10% | |
| Don’t know | 7% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 9% | 5% | 6% | 5% |
72% thought that housing in their area has become less affordable over the last few years (up 1% from June 2015) – including 46% who though it was a lot less affordable.
82% of residents of NSW and 81% of Victorians thought housing has become less affordable.
A majority of each demographic group thought that housing has become less affordable.
There was little difference between Labor, Liberal/National and Greens voters on this question.
Q. How important do you feel home ownership is to a person’s financial security?
| Support by party preference | Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | |
| Total important | 89% | 90% | 92% | 87% | 91% | |
| Total not important | 8% | 6% | 7% | 10% | 6% | |
| Very important | 51% | 55% | 51% | 44% | 53% | |
| Somewhat important | 38% | 35% | 41% | 43% | 38% | |
| Not very important | 6% | 6% | 5% | 9% | 4% | |
| Not important at all | 2% | – | 2% | 1% | 2% | |
| Don’t know | 4% | 4% | 1% | 4% | 3% |
89% think that home ownership is important to a person’s financial security, including 51% who think it is very important.
Over 80% of each demographic group think home ownership is important to a person’s financial security
Q. If house prices were to rise in the future, do you think the following groups would be better or worse off?
| Total better off | Total worse off | Much better off | Better off | No change | Worse off | Much worse off | Don’t know | |
| Current home owners | 41% | 22% | 12% | 29% | 31% | 13% | 9% | 7% |
| People living in regional areas | 12% | 50% | 2% | 10% | 30% | 30% | 20% | 9% |
| People living in the inner city | 11% | 56% | 2% | 9% | 22% | 29% | 27% | 10% |
| People living in the outer suburbs | 11% | 57% | 2% | 9% | 23% | 36% | 21% | 10% |
| People receiving the age pension | 5% | 71% | 1% | 4% | 18% | 26% | 45% | 6% |
| Renters | 4% | 77% | 1% | 3% | 14% | 41% | 36% | 5% |
| Young people | 4% | 83% | 1% | 3% | 10% | 35% | 48% | 4% |
| People on low incomes | 2% | 85% | 1% | 1% | 8% | 26% | 59% | 3% |
The only group who respondents thought would be better off if house prices were to rise in the future were those who currently own homes (41% better off). For all other groups, a majority thought they will be worse off.
Over 80% thought that young people and people on low incomes would be worse off if house prices were to rise.
Q. Do you support or oppose the following measures to increase housing affordability?
| Total support | Total oppose | Strongly support | Support | Neither support nor oppose | Oppose | Strongly oppose | Don’t know | |
| Increasing restrictions on foreign nationals purchasing existing residential property | 74% | 6% | 51% | 23% | 13% | 3% | 3% | 7% |
| Providing tax incentives for older residents to sell their family home and “downsize” | 56% | 11% | 19% | 37% | 24% | 6% | 5% | 9% |
| Make more land on city fringes available for housing development | 53% | 14% | 19% | 34% | 23% | 8% | 6% | 11% |
| A ban on “interest only” loans for property investors | 44% | 17% | 21% | 23% | 23% | 10% | 7% | 16% |
| Allowing first home buyers to withdraw a portion of their superannuation for a house deposit | 44% | 30% | 14% | 30% | 17% | 16% | 14% | 9% |
| Remove negative gearing tax concessions for property investors | 43% | 23% | 21% | 22% | 18% | 12% | 11% | 15% |
Each measure receive greater support than opposition, with three receiving majority support – increasing restrictions of foreign nationals purchasing property (74% support), providing tax incentives for downsizers (56%), and making more land available for development on city fringes (53%).
The most polarising measure was allowing first home buyers to use their superannuation for a house deposit, which received 44% support and 30% opposition.
Q. Do you think Tony Abbott should:
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Aug 2016 | April 2017 | ||
| Stay in parliament on the backbench | 14% | 13% | 19% | 10% | 15% | 21% | 17% | |
| Stay in parliament and be given a ministry | 18% | 12% | 25% | 9% | 34% | 25% | 17% | |
| Resign from parliament | 43% | 54% | 35% | 68% | 36% | 37% | 40% | |
| Don’t know | 24% | 21% | 22% | 13% | 15% | 17% | 26% |
43% think Tony Abbott should resign from parliament (up 3% from April), while 32% think he should stay in parliament in some capacity (down 2%).
Liberal/National voters were more likely to think Tony Abbott should stay in parliament (44%) than Labor voters (25%) and Greens voters (19%).
Other party/independent voters were most likely to think he should stay in parliament (49%).
Since this questions was first asked in August 2016, the proportion of those who think Tony Abbott should stay in parliament has fallen from 46% to 32%.