Q. Do you think people who are required to work outside of normal hours – like night shifts, weekends or public holidays – should receive a higher hourly rate of pay?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Work full time | Work part time | May 2013 | Jan 2015 | Jul 2015 | ||||
| Yes | 82% | 87% | 79% | 84% | 83% | 81% | 88% | 81% | 81% | 81% | |||
| No | 12% | 8% | 18% | 7% | 13% | 12% | 5% | 12% | 13% | 13% | |||
| Don’t know | 6% | 5% | 3% | 8% | 4% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 6% | 7% |
82% think that people who are required to work outside of normal hours should receive a higher hourly rate of pay and 12% think they should not. There has been little change of opinion on this issue since this question was first asked in May 2013.
A large majority of all demographic and voter groups agree that worker should receive higher rates for working outside normal hours – although Labor voters (87%) are more likely to support this than Liberal/National voters (79%). 88% of part-time workers agree compared to 81% of full-time workers.
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 7/2/17 | 2 weeks ago 31/1/17 | Election 2 Jul 16 | |||
| Liberal | 34% | 33% | 32% | |||
| National | 3% | 2% | 3% | |||
| Total Liberal/National | 36% | 36% | 35% | 42.0% | ||
| Labor | 35% | 37% | 37% | 34.7% | ||
| Greens | 9% | 8% | 9% | 10.2% | ||
| Nick Xenophon Team | 3% | 3% | 3% | |||
| Pauline Hanson’s One Nation | 10% | 10% | 10% | |||
| Other/Independent | 6% | 6% | 6% | 13.1% | ||
| 2 party preferred | ||||||
| Liberal National | 48% | 47% | 46% | 50.4% | ||
| Labor | 52% | 53% | 54% | 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 | Sep 2016 | Dec 2016 | Jan 2017 | |||
| Total approve | 34% | 15% | 70% | 19% | 19% | 56% | 45% | 38% | 35% | 34% | 37% | ||
| Total disapprove | 49% | 70% | 19% | 69% | 70% | 23% | 35% | 40% | 43% | 46% | 48% | ||
| Strongly approve | 5% | 4% | 9% | 1% | 2% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 6% | ||
| Approve | 29% | 11% | 61% | 18% | 17% | 43% | 39% | 32% | 31% | 29% | 31% | ||
| Disapprove | 28% | 35% | 15% | 36% | 38% | 16% | 24% | 24% | 27% | 30% | 30% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 21% | 35% | 4% | 33% | 32% | 7% | 11% | 16% | 16% | 16% | 18% | ||
| Don’t know | 16% | 14% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 21% | 21% | 21% | 22% | 20% | 16% |
34% (down 3% from 4 weeks ago) of respondents approve of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister and 49% (up 1%) disapprove – a change in net approval rating from -11 to -15. This is Malcolm Turnbull’s worst net rating as Prime Minister.
70% (down 6%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance with 19% (up 2%) disapproving. 15% (down 5%) of Labor voters and 19% (up 6%) of Greens voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance.
By gender, men were 38% approve/52% disapprove and women 31% approve/47% 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 | Mar 2016 | Jun 2016 | Sep 2016 | Dec 2016 | Jan 2017 | |||
| Total approve | 30% | 63% | 18% | 37% | 12% | 31% | 35% | 27% | 27% | 34% | 36% | 35% | 37% | ||
| Total disapprove | 47% | 16% | 66% | 47% | 72% | 27% | 39% | 47% | 47% | 40% | 41% | 38% | 44% | ||
| Strongly approve | 5% | 16% | 1% | 4% | <1% | 5% | 7% | 4% | 3% | 7% | 6% | 6% | 7% | ||
| Approve | 25% | 47% | 17% | 33% | 12% | 26% | 28% | 23% | 24% | 27% | 30% | 29% | 30% | ||
| Disapprove | 27% | 13% | 32% | 38% | 36% | 17% | 23% | 26% | 29% | 22% | 24% | 21% | 25% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 20% | 3% | 34% | 9% | 36% | 10% | 16% | 21% | 18% | 18% | 17% | 17% | 19% | ||
| Don’t know | 22% | 21% | 15% | 15% | 16% | 43% | 26% | 25% | 26% | 25% | 22% | 25% | 20% |
30% (down 7% in last 4 weeks) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 47% (up 3%) disapprove – a change in his net rating from -7 to -17. This is Bill Shorten’s worst net rating since March 2016.
63% (down 3%) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 16% (down 3%) disapprove.
36% of men and 26% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 51% of men and 44% of women disapprove.
Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Sep 2015 | Dec 2015 | Mar 2016 | Jun 2016 | Sep 2016 | Oct 2016 | Nov 2016 | Dec 2016 | Jan 2017 | |||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 39% | 11% | 81% | 17% | 33% | 53% | 54% | 48% | 40% | 41% | 41% | 40% | 39% | 39% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 25% | 62% | 4% | 38% | 10% | 17% | 15% | 19% | 29% | 26% | 28% | 28% | 28% | 28% | ||
| Don’t know | 36% | 27% | 16% | 45% | 56% | 30% | 31% | 33% | 32% | 33% | 31% | 32% | 33% | 33% |
39% (no change in last 4weeks) of respondents think Malcolm Turnbull would make the better Prime Minister and 25% (down 3%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.
43% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 26% prefer Bill Shorten.
35% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 24% prefer Bill Shorten.
Q. The Liberal Party Senator, Cory Bernardi, has announced he will leave the Liberal Party and remain in Parliament as a member of a new party, the Australian Conservatives. Do you think Senator Bernardi leaving the Liberals is good or bad for the Liberal Party?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Good for the Liberal Party | 17% | 19% | 23% | 23% | 11% | |
| Bad for the Liberal Party | 26% | 30% | 28% | 24% | 29% | |
| Neither | 29% | 28% | 31% | 26% | 33% | |
| Don’t know | 28% | 23% | 18% | 27% | 27% |
26% think that Cory Bernardi laving the Liberal party is bad for the Liberal Party and 17% think it is good for the Liberal Party. 29% think it is b=neither and 28% don’t know.
Among Liberal/National voters 28% think it is bad for the party and 23% good.
Q. How likely would you be to vote for this new party, the Australian Conservatives – in a future Federal election?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total likely | 14% | 13% | 18% | 9% | 16% | |
| Total not likely | 62% | 66% | 63% | 82% | 60% | |
| Very likely | 3% | 4% | 4% | 1% | 3% | |
| Somewhat likely | 11% | 9% | 14% | 8% | 13% | |
| Not very likely | 16% | 14% | 21% | 9% | 18% | |
| Not at all likely | 46% | 52% | 42% | 73% | 42% | |
| Don’t know | 25% | 21% | 19% | 9% | 24% |
14% say they would be likely to vote for the Australian Conservatives and 62% say they would be unlikely to vote for them.
Among Liberal/National voters 18% say they would be likely to vote for the Australian Conservatives.
A similar question (asked in December last year) about a new conservative party which included Tony Abbott produced a voting intention of 23% likely (including 41% of Liberal/National voters), 58% not likely.
Q. Overall, do you think Australia has too much or not enough Government regulation?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Has too much regulation | 33% | 33% | 31% | 20% | 52% | |
| Has not enough regulation | 19% | 19% | 22% | 26% | 18% | |
| Has about the right amount of regulation | 27% | 28% | 33% | 28% | 15% | |
| Don’t know | 22% | 20% | 15% | 26% | 15% |
33% think that Australia has too much Government regulation and 19% think there is not enough regulation. 27% think there is the right amount and 22% don’t know.
There is little difference between the views of Liberal/National and Labor voters. However, 52% of other voters think there is too much regulation while Greens voters (20%) are less inclined to think there is too much.