Q. Thinking about your own personal situation, do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
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Total agree | Total disagree | Strongly agree | Agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | |
| I am happy in my personal/family life | 79% | 7% | 29% | 50% | 14% | 5% | 2% | |
| I am happy in my life overall | 74% | 9% | 22% | 52% | 17% | 6% | 3% | |
| I am happy in my social life | 71% | 10% | 22% | 49% | 19% | 8% | 2% | |
| I am happy in my spiritual life | 62% | 7% | 17% | 45% | 31% | 4% | 3% | |
| I am happy in my work life | 52% | 15% | 14% | 38% | 32% | 11% | 4% |
Each statement received majority agreement.
The area in which happiness was the highest was personal/family life, in which 79% were happy. Those most likely to be happy in this area were those aged 65+ (89%), Queenslanders (85%), Liberal/National voters (84%) and those who work full-time (84%). Happiness was by far the lowest in this area amongst those earning less than $31k per year (65%).
The area in which happiness was lowest overall was work life, in which 52% were happy. Those most likely to be happy with their work life were those who are employed (69% of full-time workers, and 67% of part-time workers), as well as those aged 25-34 (58%) and Liberal/National voters (57%).
Additional table
This table provides a cross-tabulation of the proportion who “very strongly” agreed with each statement across a number of demographics.
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Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Green | Vote Other | Male | Female | Earn <$78k | Earn >78k | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ |
| I am happy in my personal/family life | 29% | 22% | 36% | 27% | 36% | 27% | 31% | 27% | 31% | 27% | 25% | 38% |
| I am happy in my social life | 22% | 17% | 26% | 17% | 27% | 20% | 23% | 19% | 23% | 20% | 18% | 28% |
| I am happy in my work life | 14% | 16% | 15% | 9% | 17% | 14% | 14% | 11% | 17% | 16% | 13% | 15% |
| I am happy in my spiritual life | 17% | 15% | 18% | 12% | 25% | 17% | 17% | 17% | 16% | 13% | 15% | 24% |
| I am happy in my life overall | 22% | 20% | 24% | 18% | 26% | 20% | 23% | 17% | 26% | 21% | 17% | 30% |
Q. An “emissions intensity scheme” and a “low emissions target” are two policy options which aim to reduce Australia’s carbon emissions.=
An emissions intensity scheme is designed to increase the cost of electricity production from high-emitting sources (like coal and gas) while decreasing the cost of less polluting sources (like renewables).
A low emissions target would expand the current Renewable Energy Target to include non-renewable electricity sources with emissions intensities below a certain limit. Depending on the emissions limit, this could include certain types of coal and gas technologies.
Which of the proposals would you prefer?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | ||
| Emissions intensity scheme (EIS) | 20% | 24% | 14% | 46% | 12% | |
| Low emissions target (LET) | 45% | 46% | 51% | 31% | 48% | |
| Don’t know | 36% | 29% | 35% | 23% | 40% |
45% preferred an LET, 20% preferred an EIS, and 36% did not know which proposal they preferred.
Those most likely to prefer an LET were those aged 65+ (51%), Liberal/National voters (51%) and those earning over $104k per year (50%).
Greens voters were the only demographic group which preferred an EIS to a LET, with 46% preferring an EIS.
Q. Do you think that coal generation with 100% “capture and storage”, where carbon emissions from burning coal are captured and stored underground, should be considered a “low emission” energy source under a low emissions target?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | ||
| Yes | 27% | 25% | 36% | 16% | 28% | |
| No | 29% | 35% | 19% | 55% | 28% | |
| Don’t know | 44% | 39% | 45% | 29% | 44% |
27% thought carbon capture and storage technology (CCS) should be considered as a “low emission” energy source under a low emissions target, and 29% did not.
Those most likely to think CCS should be considered a low emission energy source were Liberal/National voters (36%), men (33%) and those aged 65+ (33%).
Those most likely to think CCS should not be considered a low emission energy source were Greens voters (55%), 18-24 year olds (37%), and South Australians (35%).
The largest proportion (44%) did not know if CCS should be considered a low emission source.
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 30/5/17 | 2 weeks ago 23/5/17 | 4 weeks ago 9/5/17 | Election 2 Jul 16 | |||
| Liberal | 36% | 35% | 34% | 35% | |||
| National | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% | |||
| Total Liberal/National | 39% | 38% | 37% | 37% | 42.0% | ||
| Labor | 37% | 36% | 37% | 38% | 34.7% | ||
| Greens | 10% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 10.2% | ||
| Nick Xenophon Team | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | |||
| Pauline Hanson’s One Nation | 6% | 5% | 6% | 6% | |||
| Other/Independent | 6% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 13.1% | ||
| 2 party preferred | |||||||
| Liberal National | 48% | 47% | 46% | 46% | 50.4% | ||
| Labor | 52% | 53% | 54% | 54% | 49.6% |
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 | ||
| Should be allowed to marry l | 60% | 69% | 51% | 87% | 50% | 57% | 60% | 59% | 64% | 58% | 62% | |
| Should not be allowed to marry | 26% | 18% | 36% | 6% | 38% | 31% | 28% | 30% | 26% | 28% | 27% | |
| Don’t know | 14% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 12% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 14% | 12% |
60% thought that people of the same sex should be able to marry (down 2% since August 2016), and 26% thought that they should not (down 1%).
Women (67% support) were more likely than men (53%) to support same sex marriage.
72% of 18-24 year olds supported same sex marriage, compared to 42% of over 65 year olds.
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 | Vote “Yes” | Vote “No” | ||
| Should be decided by Parliament | 27% | 33% | 27% | 36% | 24% | 21% | 23% | 25% | 25% | 31% | 22% | |
| Should have a national vote | 61% | 57% | 67% | 45% | 67% | 67% | 66% | 60% | 59% | 62% | 68% | |
| Don’t know | 12% | 10% | 6% | 19% | 10% | 12% | 11% | 15% | 16% | 7% | 10% |
61% thought that same sex marriage should be decided by a national vote, up 2% since August 2016, and 27% thought it should be decided by parliament, up 2% since August 2016.
62% of those who supported same sex marriage would prefer a national vote, as would 68% percent of those who did not support same sex marriage.
Men were more likely to prefer a vote in parliament (32% prefer) than women (21%).
Q. If a political party or candidate supported same-sex marriage would you be more likely to vote for them, less likely to vote for them or does it make no difference to your vote?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Jun 2015 | ||
| Total more likely | 34% | 43% | 26% | 62% | 25% | 34% | |
| Total less likely | 19% | 13% | 29% | 10% | 30% | 22% | |
| Much more likely | 19% | 25% | 13% | 36% | 14% | 17% | |
| A little more likely | 15% | 18% | 13% | 26% | 11% | 17% | |
| A little less likely | 7% | 5% | 11% | 8% | 9% | 7% | |
| Much less likely | 12% | 8% | 18% | 2% | 21% | 15% | |
| Makes no difference | 40% | 39% | 43% | 25% | 42% | 40% | |
| Don’t know | 6% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 4% |
34% said they would be more likely to vote for a party or candidate that supported same sex marriage (unchanged since June 2015), and 19% said they would be less likely (down 3%).
40% said a party or candidate’s support for same sex marriage would not make a difference to how likely they were to vote for them.
57% of 18-24 year olds said support for same sex marriage would make them more likely to vote for a party or candidate, and 35% of over 65s said it would make them less likely to vote for a candidate.
Q. As far as you know, about how much of the Federal budget is spent on foreign aid?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Jun 2015 | Jul 2011 | ||
| Less than 1% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 20% | 10% | 13% | 7% | |
| About 1% | 9% | 8% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 11% | 8% | |
| About 2% | 15% | 15% | 21% | 13% | 8% | 14% | 17% | |
| About 5% | 10% | 10% | 12% | 5% | 12% | 10% | 11% | |
| More than 5% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 8% | 26% | 9% | 16% | |
| Don’t know | 44% | 44% | 37% | 41% | 37% | 43% | 41% |
Only 10% identified the correct amount of aid spending (less than 1% of the budget), a 3% decrease since June 2015. Those most likely to identify the correct amount were Greens voters (20%), those with a University degree (15%) and those earning over $104k per year (14%).
Overall, 82% of those who provided an answer other than ‘don’t know’ overestimated the amount spent on foreign aid.