Q. Which of the following best describes how you feel about Christmas?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | 2015 | ||||
| I enjoy Christmas a lot | 34% | 32% | 43% | 23% | 34% | 30% | 37% | 42% | 31% | 29% | 36% | |||
| I enjoy some things about Christmas | 46% | 45% | 45% | 62% | 46% | 46% | 47% | 42% | 46% | 51% | 44% | |||
| I don’t enjoy Christmas at all | 7% | 8% | 5% | 8% | 7% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 9% | 6% | 6% | |||
| I don’t really care one way or the other about Christmas | 11% | 14% | 8% | 6% | 11% | 14% | 8% | 7% | 12% | 12% | 12% | |||
| Don’t know | 2% | 1% | – | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 1% |
34% say they enjoy Christmas a lot and 46% enjoy some things about Christmas. These results are similar to those when this question was asked 12 months ago.
Women were a little more likely to say they enjoy it a lot (37%) as were younger respondents (42% of aged 18-34).
24% of those on incomes under $1,000 pw say they enjoy it a lot compared to 39% of those earning over $2,000 pw.
40% of those with children say they enjoy it a lot compared to 29% of those without children.
Q. Do you or did you encourage your children to believe in Santa Claus/Father Christmas? (Based on those who have children)
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | 2015 | ||||
| Yes | 78% | 77% | 82% | 60% | 84% | 76% | 79% | 69% | 78% | 83% | 80% | |||
| No | 19% | 19% | 14% | 36% | 15% | 20% | 17% | 24% | 20% | 14% | 16% | |||
| Not sure | 4% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 1% | 4% | 4% | 7% | 2% | 3% | 4% |
78% of those who have or had children say they encouraged their children to believe in Santa Claus or Father Christmas. 19% said they did not.
These results are similar to those when this question was asked 12 months ago.
69% of those aged under 35 say they encouraged their children to believe in Santa Claus or Father Christmas compared to 83% of those aged 55+.
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
6/12/16 |
2 weeks ago
29/11/16 |
4 weeks ago
15/11/16 |
Election 2 Jul 16 | |||
| Liberal | 34% | 35% | 36% | 34% | |||
| National | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | |||
| Total Liberal/National | 37% | 38% | 39% | 37% | 42.0% | ||
| Labor | 37% | 36% | 36% | 37% | 34.7% | ||
| Greens | 9% | 9% | 9% | 11% | 10.2% | ||
| Nick Xenophon Team | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | |||
| Pauline Hanson’s One Nation | 7% | 8% | 7% | 6% | |||
| Other/Independent | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 13.1% | ||
| 2 party preferred | |||||||
| Liberal National | 47% | 48% | 49% | 47% | 50.4% | ||
| Labor | 53% | 52% | 51% | 53% | 49.6% |
NB. Sample = 1,796 The data in the above tables comprise 2-week averages derived from the first preference/leaning to voting questions. Respondents who select ‘don’t know’ are not included in the results. The two-party preferred estimate is calculated by distributing the votes of the other parties according to their preferences at the 2016 election.
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 | Oct 2016 | Nov 2016 | |||
| Total approve | 34% | 19% | 65% | 24% | 17% | 56% | 45% | 38% | 35% | 38% | 36% | ||
| Total disapprove | 46% | 66% | 20% | 62% | 63% | 23% | 35% | 40% | 43% | 41% | 44% | ||
| Strongly approve | 5% | 2% | 11% | 2% | 3% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 6% | ||
| Approve | 29% | 17% | 54% | 22% | 14% | 43% | 39% | 32% | 31% | 33% | 30% | ||
| Disapprove | 30% | 39% | 17% | 43% | 41% | 16% | 24% | 24% | 27% | 25% | 26% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 16% | 27% | 3% | 19% | 22% | 7% | 11% | 16% | 16% | 16% | 18% | ||
| Don’t know | 20% | 14% | 15% | 14% | 20% | 21% | 21% | 21% | 22% | 20% | 21% |
34% (down 2% from 5 weeks ago) of respondents approve of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister and 46% (up 2%) disapprove – a change in net approval rating from -8 to -12. This is Malcolm Turnbull’s lowest approval and net rating since becoming Prime Minister.
65% (down 3%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance with 20% (up 4%) disapproving. 19% (down 4%) of Labor voters and 24% (up 6%) of Greens voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance.
By gender, men were 39% approve/49% disapprove and women 30% approve/42% 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 | Oct 2016 | Nov 2016 | |||
| Total approve | 35% | 62% | 21% | 46% | 22% | 31% | 35% | 27% | 27% | 34% | 36% | 37% | 34% | ||
| Total disapprove | 38% | 16% | 61% | 32% | 57% | 27% | 39% | 47% | 47% | 40% | 41% | 40% | 43% | ||
| Strongly approve | 6% | 15% | 2% | 7% | – | 5% | 7% | 4% | 3% | 7% | 6% | 5% | 6% | ||
| Approve | 29% | 47% | 19% | 39% | 22% | 26% | 28% | 23% | 24% | 27% | 30% | 32% | 28% | ||
| Disapprove | 21% | 13% | 30% | 23% | 26% | 17% | 23% | 26% | 29% | 22% | 24% | 23% | 26% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 17% | 3% | 31% | 9% | 31% | 10% | 16% | 21% | 18% | 18% | 17% | 17% | 17% | ||
| Don’t know | 25% | 22% | 18% | 22% | 20% | 43% | 26% | 25% | 26% | 25% | 22% | 22% | 23% |
35% (up 1% in last 5 weeks) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 38% (down 5%) disapprove – a change in his net rating from -9 to -3.
62% (up 1%) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 16% (down 5%) disapprove.
41% of men and 30% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 43% of men and 34% 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 | |||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 39% | 15% | 76% | 25% | 34% | 53% | 54% | 48% | 40% | 41% | 41% | 40% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 28% | 56% | 7% | 44% | 19% | 17% | 15% | 19% | 29% | 26% | 28% | 28% | ||
| Don’t know | 33% | 29% | 17% | 31% | 47% | 30% | 31% | 33% | 32% | 33% | 31% | 32% |
39% (down 1% in last 5 weeks) of respondents think Malcolm Turnbull would make the better Prime Minister and 28% (no change) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.
43% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 31% prefer Bill Shorten.
35% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 25% prefer Bill Shorten.
Q. Do you think the Liberal Party is becoming more progressive or more conservative?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Dec 2015 | |||
| More progressive | 14% | 8% | 26% | 9% | 13% | 27% | ||
| More conservative | 37% | 48% | 29% | 63% | 32% | 24% | ||
| Neither | 30% | 28% | 34% | 19% | 40% | 27% | ||
| Don’t know | 18% | 16% | 11% | 10% | 14% | 22% |
37% think the Liberal Party is becoming more conservative and 14% think it is becoming more progressive. 30% think it is neither.
Among Liberal/National voters, 29% think it is becoming more conservative and 26% more progressive.
43% of those aged 55+ think the Liberal Party is becoming more conservative compared to 30% of those aged 18-34.
Compared to 12 months ago, there has been an increase in those thinking the Liberal Party is becoming more conservative (up 13%)
Q. Do you think the Labor Party is becoming more progressive or more conservative?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Dec 2015 | |||
| More progressive | 21% | 38% | 11% | 19% | 19% | 14% | ||
| More conservative | 21% | 16% | 27% | 42% | 19% | 24% | ||
| Neither | 37% | 31% | 46% | 25% | 46% | 39% | ||
| Don’t know | 21% | 15% | 16% | 14% | 16% | 24% |
21% think the Labor Party is becoming more conservative and 21% think it is becoming more progressive. 37% think it is neither.
Among Labor voters, 16% think it is becoming more conservative and 38% more progressive.
52% of those aged 55+ think the Labor Party is becoming neither more conservative nor more conservative.
Compared to 12 months ago, there has been an increase in those thinking the Labor Party is becoming more progressive (up 7%)