Q. Under the 457 visa system, visa holders could be eligible for permanent residency after 2 years. Under the new visa system, those on 4-year visas with high level skills will be eligible for permanent residency after 3 years. Do you approve or disapprove of allowing workers on visas to apply for permanent residency?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total approve | 59% | 60% | 68% | 65% | 48% | |
| Total disapprove | 23% | 23% | 21% | 16% | 35% | |
| Strongly approve | 13% | 17% | 13% | 18% | 5% | |
| Approve | 46% | 43% | 55% | 47% | 43% | |
| Disapprove | 13% | 13% | 14% | 10% | 16% | |
| Strongly disapprove | 10% | 10% | 7% | 6% | 19% | |
| Don’t know | 18% | 16% | 11% | 20% | 17% |
59% approve of allowing workers on visas to apply for permanent residency, and 23% disapprove.
Those most likely to approve were Liberal/National voters (68%) and those aged 18-24 (66%).
Those most likely to disapprove were those aged 65+ (36%) other party/independent voters (35%).
Q. Do you agree or disagree that people applying for permanent residency in Australia should be first put on a probationary visa before being granted citizenship?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total agree | 78% | 79% | 84% | 62% | 87% | |
| Total disagree | 10% | 10% | 9% | 22% | 6% | |
| Strongly agree | 37% | 34% | 43% | 22% | 51% | |
| Agree | 41% | 45% | 41% | 40% | 36% | |
| Disagree | 6% | 7% | 7% | 11% | 1% | |
| Strongly disagree | 4% | 3% | 2% | 11% | 5% | |
| Don’t know | 12% | 11% | 8% | 16% | 7% |
78% agree with putting people applying for permanent residency on a probationary visa, and 10% disagree.
Those most likely to agree were those aged 65+ (89%), those voting other party/independent (87%) and those voting Liberal/National (84%).
Those most likely to disagree were those voting Greens (27%) and those aged 25-34 (17%).
Q. Do you think Tony Abbott should –
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Aug 2016 | |||
| Stay in Parliament on the backbench | 17% | 17% | 22% | 10% | 20% | 21% | ||
| Stay in Parliament and be given a Ministry | 17% | 8% | 27% | 14% | 21% | 25% | ||
| Resign from Parliament | 40% | 54% | 31% | 57% | 32% | 37% | ||
| Don’t know | 26% | 21% | 20% | 18% | 26% | 17% |
40% think that Tony Abbott should resign from parliament, a slight increase from 37% when this question was last asked in August 2016.
Those most likely to think that Tony Abbott should resign were those voting Greens (57%) and Labor (54%), and South Australians (54%).
49% of Liberal/National voters think that Tony Abbott should stay in parliament, whether in the ministry or on the backbench, while 31% think that he should resign.
Q. Which of the following should be mainly the responsibility of the Federal Government and which should be mainly the responsibility of the State Governments – or should they have equal responsibility?
| Mainly Federal | Mainly State | Both
equally |
Don’t know | |
| Constructing new roads and highways | 17% | 29% | 44% | 10% |
| Investing in public transport | 10% | 45% | 36% | 8% |
| Improving the health system | 36% | 11% | 47% | 7% |
| Improving the education system | 30% | 14% | 48% | 7% |
| Managing mining projects and mining profits | 35% | 19% | 34% | 11% |
| Investing in regional areas | 16% | 33% | 42% | 8% |
| Managing the environment | 28% | 11% | 53% | 8% |
| Managing our water resources | 21% | 18% | 52% | 8% |
| Addressing climate change | 35% | 6% | 48% | 11% |
| Industrial relations issues | 36% | 14% | 40% | 10% |
| Reliable and affordable electricity and gas supply | 27% | 17% | 48% | 8% |
| Housing affordability | 25% | 18% | 49% | 9% |
45% think that investing in public transport is mainly the responsibility of state governments, and 35% think that managing mining projects and mining profits is mainly the responsibility of the federal government. For all other responsibilities, the largest proportion think that responsibility should be shared equally between state and federal government.
Q. Thinking about your voting in Federal and State elections, which of the following parties have you voted for over the last 10 years?
| Total | Liberal Nation-al | Labor | Greens | One Nation | PUP | Nick Xeno-phon Team | Family First | Other party | Indep-endent | ||
| Liberal or National Party | 48% | 100% | 27% | 26% | 52% | 61% | 53% | 44% | 37% | 47% | |
| Labor Party | 47% | 26% | 100% | 58% | 43% | 52% | 55% | 49% | 60% | 57% | |
| The Greens | 18% | 10% | 22% | 100% | 16% | 21% | 30% | 43% | 33% | 32% | |
| Pauline Hanson’s One Nation | 8% | 9% | 8% | 7% | 100% | 47% | 6% | 13% | 20% | 14% | |
| Palmer United Party | 1% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 7% | 100% | 4% | 9% | 6% | 3% | |
| Nick Xenophon Team | 5% | 5% | 5% | 8% | 3% | 15% | 100% | 27% | 5% | 10% | |
| Family First | 3% | 3% | 3% | 8% | 5% | 22% | 19% | 100% | 7% | 7% | |
| Some other minor party | 3% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 8% | 17% | 4% | 7% | 100% | 12% | |
| An independent | 11% | 11% | 13% | 19% | 19% | 22% | 24% | 23% | 39% | 100% | |
| Not sure | 7% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
48% of voters said they had voted Liberal/National in the past 10 years, 47% have voted Labor and 18% for the Greens.
13% of voters have voted for both Labor and Liberal/National in last 10 years.
29% have only voted Liberal/National, 23% have only voted Labor and 5% have only voted Greens
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 11/4/17 | 2 weeks ago 4/4/17 | 4 weeks ago 21/3/17 | Election 2 Jul 16 | |||
| Liberal | 33% | 35% | 35% | 31% | |||
| National | 3% | 3% | 2% | 3% | |||
| Total Liberal/National | 36% | 37% | 37% | 34% | 42.0% | ||
| Labor | 37% | 36% | 36% | 37% | 34.7% | ||
| Greens | 10% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 10.2% | ||
| Nick Xenophon Team | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | |||
| Pauline Hanson’s One Nation | 8% | 8% | 8% | 10% | |||
| Other/Independent | 7% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 13.1% | ||
| 2 party preferred | |||||||
| Liberal National | 46% | 47% | 47% | 45% | 50.4% | ||
| Labor | 54% | 53% | 53% | 55% | 49.6% |
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the US bombing of Syria in response to the Syrian Governments reported use of chemical weapons which killed civilians?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total approve | 41% | 41% | 55% | 16% | 41% | |
| Total disapprove | 36% | 38% | 26% | 63% | 39% | |
| Strongly approve | 14% | 14% | 20% | 1% | 15% | |
| Approve | 27% | 27% | 35% | 15% | 26% | |
| Disapprove | 21% | 22% | 16% | 36% | 21% | |
| Strongly disapprove | 15% | 16% | 10% | 27% | 18% | |
| Don’t know | 23% | 21% | 20% | 20% | 19% |
41% approve of the US bombing of Syria and 36% disapprove.
Those most likely to approve were Liberal/National voters (55%), men (50%) and aged 65+ (58%).
Those most likely to disapprove were Greens voters (63%) and aged 18-34 (43%).
Q. Would you approve or disapprove of the US sending ground troops into Syria?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total approve | 37% | 41% | 45% | 14% | 36% | |
| Total disapprove | 39% | 38% | 31% | 69% | 44% | |
| Strongly approve | 11% | 14% | 13% | – | 10% | |
| Approve | 26% | 27% | 32% | 14% | 26% | |
| Disapprove | 25% | 25% | 20% | 40% | 27% | |
| Strongly disapprove | 14% | 13% | 11% | 29% | 17% | |
| Don’t know | 24% | 21% | 24% | 16% | 20% |
37% would approve of the US sending ground troops into Syria and 39% would disapprove.
Those most likely to approve were Liberal/National voters (45%) and men (42%).
Those most likely to disapprove were Greens voters (63%) and university educated (45%).