Q. Do you think there needs to be more or less Government regulation of the following, or is the current regulation about right?
| More regulation | Less regulation | Current regulation about right | Don’t know | |
| Air and water quality | 38% | 7% | 37% | 17% |
| Environmental protection laws | 44% | 12% | 30% | 14% |
| Public health standards | 44% | 10% | 34% | 12% |
| Educational regulations – eg teacher standards, | 47% | 11% | 28% | 14% |
| National security measures such as anti-terrorism laws | 47% | 10% | 29% | 14% |
| Child safety regulations | 45% | 9% | 32% | 13% |
| Traffic regulations | 22% | 23% | 43% | 12% |
| Alcohol regulations such as lock-out laws | 30% | 24% | 32% | 13% |
| Anti-discrimination regulations | 32% | 17% | 37% | 14% |
| Regulations on use of public space | 18% | 24% | 41% | 18% |
| Development regulation – eg zoning and DAs | 27% | 21% | 33% | 20% |
| Professional standards – eg electrician licensing | 33% | 10% | 41% | 16% |
| Laws prohibiting particular drugs | 42% | 21% | 24% | 14% |
| Consumer protection regulation | 42% | 8% | 35% | 16% |
Close to half the respondents think there needs to be more regulation of education (47%), national security (47%), child safety (45%), public health (44%) and the environment (44%).
They are more likely to think there is enough regulation of traffic (43%), use of public space (41%) and professional standards (41%).
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 31/2/17 | 2 weeks ago 24/1/17 | Election 2 Jul 16 | |||
| Liberal | 33% | 32% | 33% | |||
| National | 2% | 3% | 3% | |||
| Total Liberal/National | 36% | 35% | 35% | 42.0% | ||
| Labor | 37% | 37% | 37% | 34.7% | ||
| Greens | 8% | 9% | 10% | 10.2% | ||
| Nick Xenophon Team | 3% | 3% | 3% | |||
| Pauline Hanson’s One Nation | 10% | 10% | 9% | |||
| Other/Independent | 6% | 6% | 6% | 13.1% | ||
| 2 party preferred | ||||||
| Liberal National | 47% | 46% | 46% | 50.4% | ||
| Labor | 53% | 54% | 54% | 49.6% |
Q. The US President Donald Trump has temporarily banned people from 7 Muslim countries from entering the United States. Do you approve or disapprove of this ban?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total approve | 36% | 28% | 43% | 10% | 66% | |
| Total disapprove | 49% | 63% | 42% | 78% | 25% | |
| Strongly approve | 13% | 9% | 14% | 5% | 31% | |
| Approve | 23% | 19% | 29% | 5% | 35% | |
| Disapprove | 20% | 22% | 23% | 20% | 12% | |
| Strongly disapprove | 29% | 41% | 19% | 58% | 13% | |
| Don’t know | 14% | 9% | 15% | 13% | 10% |
36% approve of Donald Trump temporarily banning people from 7 Muslim countries from entering the United States and 49% disapprove.
Those most likely to approve were Liberal/National voters and other/independent voters (66%)
Those most likely to disapprove were Greens voters (78%), Labor voters (63%), aged 18-24 (63%) and university educated (60%).
Q. When asked his opinion of the US ban the Australian Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull, said it is not his job to comment on the domestic policies of other countries. Do you agree or disagree with this position taken by Malcolm Turnbull?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total agree | 53% | 37% | 73% | 31% | 62% | |
| Total disagree | 36% | 53% | 17% | 61% | 30% | |
| Strongly agree | 16% | 9% | 21% | 4% | 25% | |
| Agree | 37% | 28% | 52% | 27% | 37% | |
| Disagree | 19% | 26% | 13% | 26% | 17% | |
| Strongly disagree | 17% | 27% | 4% | 35% | 13% | |
| Don’t know | 12% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 9% |
53% agree with the position taken by Malcolm Turnbull when he said it was not his job to comment on the domestic policies of other countries and 36% disagree.
Those most likely to agree with Malcolm Turnbull were Liberal National voters (73%), other voters (62%) and agedn65+ (69%).
Those most likely to disagree with Malcolm Turnbull were Greens voters (61%) and Labor voters (53%).
Q. Would you support or oppose the Australian Government instituting a similar ban on people from Muslim countries from entering Australia?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total support | 41% | 31% | 48% | 15% | 66% | |
| Total oppose | 46% | 59% | 38% | 75% | 25% | |
| Strongly support | 19% | 13% | 20% | 4% | 41% | |
| Support | 22% | 18% | 28% | 11% | 25% | |
| Oppose | 19% | 22% | 21% | 14% | 14% | |
| Strongly oppose | 27% | 37% | 17% | 61% | 11% | |
| Don’t know | 14% | 115 | 14% | 9% | 9% |
41% said they would support Australian Government instituting a similar ban on people from Muslim countries from entering Australia and 46% would oppose.
Those most likely to support were Liberal National voters (48%), other voters (66%), and aged 65+ (52%).
Those most likely to oppose were Greens voters (75%), Labor voters (59%), university educated (59%) and aged 18-24 (64%).
Q. Thinking about how you use your smartphone (or IPhone), do you agree or disagree with the following statements? (Based on the 936 respondents who own smartphones)
| Total agree | Strongly agree | Agree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | Don’t know | Agree Jan 2016 | |||
| I check my phone while driving | 20% | 3% | 17% | 25% | 53% | 2% | 20% | ||
| I am anxious when I can’t check messages | 22% | 4% | 18% | 36% | 40% | 2% | 28% | ||
| I sometimes send messages/emails before thinking them through | 30% | 5% | 25% | 37% | 31% | 2% | 28% | ||
| I ignore actual conversations to check my phone | 20% | 4% | 16% | 38% | 40% | 2% | 18% | ||
| I check my phone before I get out of bed | 46% | 11% | 35% | 21% | 30% | 2% | 45% |
| Total agree | Men | Women | Aged
18-34 |
Aged
35-54 |
Aged 55+ | ||
| I check my phone while driving | 20% | 22% | 18% | 34% | 18% | 5% | |
| I am anxious when I can’t check messages | 22% | 25% | 20% | 32% | 11% | 9% | |
| I sometimes send messages/emails before thinking them through | 30% | 32% | 28% | 48% | 28% | 8% | |
| I ignore actual conversations to check my phone | 20% | 22% | 16% | 34% | 16% | 4% | |
| I check my phone before I get out of bed | 46% | 45% | 48% | 75% | 42% | 16% |
46% check their smartphone before they get out of bed, 22% say they are anxious when they can’t check messages and 30% sometimes send messages/emails before thinking.
Younger people are much more likely to do these things than older people. 75% of those aged 18-34 check their phone before they get out of bed and 48% send messages/emails without thinking.
There has been little change since this question was asked in 2015, apart from a drop in the proportion who say they are anxious when they can’t check messages (down 6% to 22%).
Q. Overall, do you think that technological change is making people’s lives better or worse?
| Total agree | Men | Women | Aged
18-34 |
Aged
35-54 |
Aged 55+ | Nov 2015 | |||
| Total better | 50% | 53% | 47% | 55% | 50% | 45% | 56% | ||
| Total worse | 25% | 20% | 29% | 18% | 26% | 32% | 22% | ||
| A lot better | 15% | 15% | 15% | 17% | 15% | 14% | 22% | ||
| A little better | 35% | 38% | 32% | 38% | 35% | 31% | 34% | ||
| Neither better nor worse | 22% | 24% | 20% | 22% | 22% | 21% | 18% | ||
| A little worse | 17% | 14% | 20% | 12% | 19% | 21% | 16% | ||
| A lot worse | 8% | 6% | 9% | 6% | 7% | 11% | 6% | ||
| Don’t know | 3% | 3% | 3% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 4% |
50% think that technological change is making people’s lives better and 25% think it is making people’s lives worse. 22% think it has made no difference. This is a shift to a slightly more negative view of technology since this question was asked in 2015.
Those most likely to think technology is making people’s lives better were aged 18-24 (57%), Labor voters (58%) and university educated (59%).
Q. Do you think developments in technology – that is, the increase in online, smartphones and social media – have been good or bad for the following?
| Total good | Total bad | Very good | Good | Neither good nor bad | Bad | Very bad | Don’t know | ||
| Accessing cultural products (music, video etc) | 76% | 4% | 28% | 48% | 17% | 3% | 1% | 3% | |
| Purchasing consumer goods | 75% | 3% | 31% | 44% | 19% | 2% | 1% | 2% | |
| The news media | 67% | 10% | 23% | 44% | 20% | 7% | 3% | 3% | |
| Quality of education | 52% | 21% | 13% | 39% | 235 | 15% | 6% | 4% | |
| Maintaining relationships | 40% | 29% | 7% | 33% | 26% | 20% | 9% | 3% | |
| Public safety (e.g. road safety) | 34% | 31% | 9% | 25% | 30% | 17% | 14% | 4% | |
| Parenting and child safety | 33% | 30% | 8% | 25% | 31% | 22% | 8% | 5% |
76% think that new developments in technology have been good for accessing cultural products, 75% think they have been good for purchasing consumer gods and 67% good for news media.
They were less certain they had been good for public safety (34%) and parenting and child safety (33%).