Q. Would you approve or disapprove of the Australian Government providing military support to US actions in Syria?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total approve | 31% | 34% | 36% | 14% | 30% | |
| Total disapprove | 50% | 50% | 43% | 74% | 55% | |
| Strongly approve | 8% | 8% | 12% | 1% | 7% | |
| Approve | 23% | 26% | 24% | 13% | 23% | |
| Disapprove | 26% | 26% | 27% | 33% | 19% | |
| Strongly disapprove | 24% | 24% | 16% | 41% | 36% | |
| Don’t know | 20% | 15% | 21% | 11% | 15% |
31% would approve of the Australian Government providing military support to US actions in Syria and 50% would disapprove.
Those most likely to approve were Liberal/National voters (36%) and men (37%).
Those most likely to disapprove were Greens voters (74%).
Q. Which of the following do you think is the biggest threat to global stability and world peace?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Terrorism | 49% | 48% | 59% | 22% | 55% | |
| US aggression | 15% | 18% | 8% | 32% | 14% | |
| Climate change | 11% | 13% | 7% | 33% | 5% | |
| Russian aggression | 8% | 7% | 11% | 7% | 10% | |
| China aggression | 5% | 4% | 7% | 1% | 9% | |
| Don’t know | 11% | 10% | 8% | 4% | 6% |
49% think that terrorism is the biggest threat to global stability and world peace, 15% think the biggest threat is US aggression and 11% climate change.
Terrorism was thought to be the biggest threat by a majority of Liberal/National voters (59%), other party voters (55%) and aged over 65 (60%).
US aggression was thought to be the biggest threat by 32% of Greens voters and 19% of those aged 18-34.
Climate change was thought to be the biggest threat by 33% of Greens voters and 15% of university educated.
Q. The leader of the National Party, Barnaby Joyce, has suggested that people who cannot afford housing in Sydney and Melbourne should consider moving and buying a home in a country town or rural area. Do you think this would be a good idea or a bad idea?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total good idea | 36% | 33% | 48% | 29% | 36% | |
| Total bad idea | 24% | 31% | 14% | 37% | 26% | |
| A very good idea | 12% | 9% | 18% | 10% | 13% | |
| A good idea | 24% | 24% | 30% | 19% | 23% | |
| Neither a good nor bad idea | 31% | 29% | 31% | 30% | 34% | |
| A bad idea | 12% | 13% | 10% | 23% | 11% | |
| A very bad idea | 12% | 18% | 4% | 14% | 15% | |
| Don’t know | 9% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 3% |
36% think it would be a good idea for people who cannot afford a house in Sydney or Melbourne to move to the country. 24% think it is a bad idea and 31% think it is neither.
Those most likely to think it is a good idea were Liberal/National voters (48%) and aged 65+ (46%).
Those most likely to think it is a bad idea were Greens voters (37%).
Q. Do you think people should be allowed to access their superannuation to buy a home or should superannuation be preserved for retirement?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | May 2015 | |||
| Should be allowed to use to buy a home | 38% | 43% | 34% | 28% | 44% | 41% | ||
| Should be preserved for retirement | 50% | 46% | 58% | 60% | 46% | 46% | ||
| Don’t know | 12% | 11% | 8% | 13% | 9% | 13% |
38% think that people should be allowed to access their superannuation to buy a home and 50% think superannuation should be preserved for retirement. This represents a shift in opinion toward preserving superannuation for retirement since this question was asked in May 2015.
Those most likely to think people should be allowed to access their superannuation to buy a home were Labor voters (43%, other party voters (44%) and aged 35-44 (46%).
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the performance of the following minor party and independent Senators?
| Total approve | Total dis-approve | Strongly approve | Approve | Dis-approve | Strongly dis-approve | Not sure | Don’t know enough about them | Net
Total voters |
Net other party voters | |||
| Nick Xenophon | 35% | 25% | 7% | 28% | 16% | 9% | 15% | 26% | +10 | +18 | ||
| Derryn Hinch | 35% | 27% | 6% | 29% | 17% | 10% | 17% | 21% | +8 | +30 | ||
| Jacquie Lambie | 32% | 30% | 8% | 24% | 17% | 13% | 15% | 23% | +2 | +25 | ||
| Pauline Hanson | 32% | 48% | 9% | 23% | 15% | 33% | 10% | 11% | -16 | +27 | ||
| David Leyonhjelm | 9% | 28% | 2% | 7% | 15% | 13% | 14% | 50% | -19 | -14 | ||
| Cory Bernardi | 10% | 34% | 2% | 8% | 15% | 19% | 15% | 41% | -24 | -15 |
Cross-bench Senators with positive approval ratings were Nick Xenophon 35% approve/25% disapprove), Derryn Hinch (35%/27%) and Jacquie Lambie (32%/30%). While Pauline Hanson had a similar level of approval (32%), nearly half (48%) disapproved.
David Leyonhjelm (net -19) and Cory Bernardi (-24) had substantial negative ratings.
Among other party voters, those with most positive ratings were Derryn Hinch (50% approve/20% disapprove), Pauline Hanson (58%/31%) and Jacquie Lambie (48%/23%).
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 4/4/17 | 2 weeks ago 28/3/17 | 4 weeks ago 14/3/17 | Election 2 Jul 16 | |||
| Liberal | 35% | 35% | 32% | 32% | |||
| National | 3% | 2% | 3% | 3% | |||
| Total Liberal/National | 37% | 37% | 35% | 35% | 42.0% | ||
| Labor | 36% | 36% | 37% | 36% | 34.7% | ||
| Greens | 10% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 10.2% | ||
| Nick Xenophon Team | 3% | 3% | 4% | 3% | |||
| Pauline Hanson’s One Nation | 8% | 8% | 8% | 11% | |||
| Other/Independent | 6% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 13.1% | ||
| 2 party preferred | |||||||
| Liberal National | 47% | 47% | 46% | 47% | 50.4% | ||
| Labor | 53% | 53% | 54% | 53% | 49.6% |
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Dec 2015 | Mar 2016 | Jun 2016 | Dec 2016 | Jan 2017 | Feb 2017 | Mar 2017 | |||
| Total approve | 35% | 20% | 74% | 15% | 19% | 56% | 45% | 38% | 34% | 37% | 34% | 33% | ||
| Total disapprove | 47% | 65% | 18% | 75% | 68% | 23% | 35% | 40% | 46% | 48% | 49% | 50% | ||
| Strongly approve | 5% | 4% | 11% | – | 1% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 5% | ||
| Approve | 30% | 16% | 63% | 15% | 18% | 43% | 39% | 32% | 29% | 31% | 29% | 28% | ||
| Disapprove | 29% | 36% | 16% | 41% | 41% | 16% | 24% | 24% | 30% | 30% | 28% | 30% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 18% | 29% | 2% | 34% | 27% | 7% | 11% | 16% | 16% | 18% | 21% | 20% | ||
| Don’t know | 17% | 15% | 7% | 9% | 13% | 21% | 21% | 21% | 20% | 16% | 16% | 18% |
35% (up 2% from 4 weeks ago) of respondents approve of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister and 47% (down 3%) disapprove – a change in net approval rating from -17 to -12.
74% (up 7%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance with 18% (down 3%) disapproving. 20% (down 4%) of Labor voters and 15% (down 2%) of Greens voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance.
By gender, men were 40% approve/51% disapprove and women 32% approve/44% disapprove.
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Nov 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2016 | Jan 2017 | Feb 2017 | Mar 2017 | |||
| Total approve | 33% | 64% | 20% | 31% | 14% | 31% | 35% | 27% | 35% | 37% | 30% | 30% | ||
| Total disapprove | 46% | 17% | 67% | 54% | 68% | 27% | 39% | 47% | 38% | 44% | 47% | 49% | ||
| Strongly approve | 5% | 13% | 2% | 1% | – | 5% | 7% | 4% | 6% | 7% | 5% | 4% | ||
| Approve | 28% | 51% | 18% | 30% | 14% | 26% | 28% | 23% | 29% | 30% | 25% | 26% | ||
| Disapprove | 26% | 13% | 32% | 51% | 31% | 17% | 23% | 26% | 21% | 25% | 27% | 26% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 20% | 4% | 35% | 3% | 37% | 10% | 16% | 21% | 17% | 19% | 20% | 23% | ||
| Don’t know | 22% | 19% | 13% | 14% | 18% | 43% | 26% | 25% | 25% | 20% | 22% | 22% |
33% (up 3% in last 4 weeks) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 46% (down 3%) disapprove – a change in his net rating from -19 to -13.
64% (up 4%) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 17% (down 6%) disapprove.
33% of men and 33% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 53% of men and 39% of women disapprove.