Q. Do you support the Government’s proposal to pay compensation to victims of child sex abuse or do you think the institutions like the churches should pay the compensation?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Support Government paying compensation | 14% | 18% | 15% | 13% | 9% | |
| Institutions should pay the compensation | 63% | 59% | 65% | 76% | 74% | |
| Neither should pay compensation | 7% | 6% | 9% | 5% | 8% | |
| Don’t know | 16% | 18% | 12% | 5% | 10% |
63% think that institutions should pay compensation to victims of child abuse and 14% support the Government’s proposal to pay compensation.
Those most likely to think the institutions should pay compensation were Greens voters (76%), other party voters (74%) and aged 55+ (80%).
Q. Thinking about the Health System where do you think the government’s top 3 funding priorities should lie?
| Total | Priority 1 | Priority 2 | Priority 3 | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Reducing emergency waiting lists | 57% | 27% | 18% | 12% | 55% | 60% | 52% | 56% | |
| Building new public hospitals | 32% | 11% | 10% | 11% | 38% | 32% | 20% | 33% | |
| Expanding access to free dental care | 32% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 34% | 29% | 35% | 31% | |
| Subsidising more medicines under the PBS | 32% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 31% | 32% | 23% | 38% | |
| Increasing the Medicare rebate | 30% | 10% | 11% | 9% | 30% | 34% | 22% | 22% | |
| More resources for mental health | 27% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 30% | 22% | 38% | 29% | |
| More investment in aged care facilities | 27% | 7% | 9% | 11% | 27% | 30% | 21% | 29% | |
| Training more specialists | 20% | 3% | 8% | 9% | 19% | 20% | 14% | 21% | |
| More public health campaigns to reduce demand | 13% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 9% | 14% | 26% | 12% | |
| More resources for indigenous health | 12% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 10% | 10% | 28% | 6% | |
| Expanding out of hours Medicare services (eg home visits) | 11% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 8% | |
| Investing in capacity to deliver health services online | 8% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 7% | 10% | 12% |
Top health priorities for the Government were reducing emergency waiting lists (57%), building new public hospitals (32%), expanding access to free dental care (32%) and subsidising more medicines under the PBS (32%).
Labor voters were more likely to prioritise building new public hospitals (38%).
Greens voters were more likely to prioritise more resources for mental health (38%), more resources for indigenous health (28%) and more public health campaigns to reduce demand (26%).
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
1/11/16 |
2 weeks ago
25/10/16 |
4 weeks ago
11/10/16 |
Election 2 Jul 16 | |||
| Liberal | 35% | 36% | 36% | 34% | |||
| National | 3% | 2% | 3% | 3% | |||
| Total Liberal/National | 38% | 38% | 38% | 38% | 42.0% | ||
| Labor | 37% | 37% | 37% | 36% | 34.7% | ||
| Greens | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10.2% | ||
| Nick Xenophon Team | 3% | 2% | 3% | 3% | |||
| Pauline Hanson’s One Nation | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | |||
| Other/Independent | 6% | 7% | 6% | 7% | 13.1% | ||
| 2 party preferred | |||||||
| Liberal National | 47% | 48% | 48% | 48% | 50.4% | ||
| Labor | 53% | 52% | 52% | 52% | 49.6% |
NB. Sample = 1,791 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 | Jul 2016 | Aug 2016 | Sep 2016 | Oct 2016 | |||
| Total approve | 36% | 23% | 68% | 18% | 17% | 56% | 45% | 38% | 37% | 38% | 35% | 38% | ||
| Total disapprove | 44% | 64% | 16% | 62% | 65% | 23% | 35% | 40% | 48% | 43% | 43% | 41% | ||
| Strongly approve | 6% | 6% | 10% | 1% | 1% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 8% | 6% | 4% | 5% | ||
| Approve | 30% | 17% | 58% | 17% | 16% | 43% | 39% | 32% | 29% | 32% | 31% | 33% | ||
| Disapprove | 26% | 34% | 12% | 43% | 37% | 16% | 24% | 24% | 27% | 26% | 27% | 25% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 18% | 30% | 4% | 19% | 28% | 7% | 11% | 16% | 21% | 17% | 16% | 16% | ||
| Don’t know | 21% | 13% | 16% | 20% | 18% | 21% | 21% | 21% | 16% | 19% | 22% | 20% |
36% (down 2% from 4 weeks ago) of respondents approve of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister and 44% (up 3%) disapprove – a change in net approval rating from -3 to -8.
68% (down 6%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance with 16% (up 1%) disapproving. 23% (up 2%) of Labor voters and 18% (down 10%) of Greens voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance.
By gender, men were 44% approve/43% disapprove and women 28% 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 | Mar 2016 | Jun 2016 | Jul 2016 | Aug 2016 | Sep 2016 | Oct 2016 | |||
| Total approve | 34% | 61% | 23% | 29% | 23% | 31% | 35% | 27% | 27% | 34% | 39% | 37% | 36% | 37% | ||
| Total disapprove | 43% | 21% | 59% | 43% | 62% | 27% | 39% | 47% | 47% | 40% | 41% | 41% | 41% | 40% | ||
| Strongly approve | 6% | 15% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 7% | 4% | 3% | 7% | 11% | 7% | 6% | 5% | ||
| Approve | 28% | 46% | 21% | 28% | 22% | 26% | 28% | 23% | 24% | 27% | 28% | 30% | 30% | 32% | ||
| Disapprove | 26% | 18% | 29% | 37% | 30% | 17% | 23% | 26% | 29% | 22% | 21% | 23% | 24% | 23% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 17% | 3% | 30% | 6% | 32% | 10% | 16% | 21% | 18% | 18% | 20% | 18% | 17% | 17% | ||
| Don’t know | 23% | 17% | 18% | 27% | 15% | 43% | 26% | 25% | 26% | 25% | 20% | 22% | 22% | 22% |
34% (down 3% in last 4 weeks) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 43% (up 3%) disapprove – a change in his net rating from -3 to -9.
61% (down 4%) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 21% (up 3%) disapprove.
38% of men and 31% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 46% of men and 39% 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 | Jul 2016 | Aug 2016 | Sep 2016 | Oct 2016 | |||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 40% | 18% | 79% | 20% | 31% | 53% | 54% | 48% | 40% | 39% | 40% | 41% | 41% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 28% | 58% | 6% | 37% | 23% | 17% | 15% | 19% | 29% | 31% | 30% | 26% | 28% | ||
| Don’t know | 32% | 24% | 15% | 43% | 47% | 30% | 31% | 33% | 32% | 30% | 31% | 33% | 31% |
40% (down 1% in last 4 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.
46% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 28% prefer Bill Shorten.
34% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 28% prefer Bill Shorten.
Q. Do you think the Federal Liberal/National Government is too tough or too soft on asylum seekers or is it taking the right approach?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Oct 2010 | Jul 2012 | Jan 2014 | Jul 2014 | Apr 2015 | Nov 2015 | Aug 2016 | |||
| Too tough | 23% | 37% | 9% | 54% | 13% | 7% | 12% | 22% | 27% | 22% | 25% | 21% | ||
| Too soft | 24% | 23% | 22% | 14% | 43% | 63% | 60% | 25% | 18% | 27% | 29% | 29% | ||
| Taking the right approach | 37% | 28% | 59% | 19% | 34% | 18% | 11% | 35% | 36% | 34% | 31% | 31% | ||
| Don’t know | 15% | 12% | 10% | 14% | 10% | 12% | 17% | 18% | 18% | 17% | 15% | 19% |
24% (down 5% since August) think the Government is too soft on asylum seekers, 23% (up 2%) think they are too tough and 37% (up 6%) think they are taking the right approach.
Those most likely to think they are taking the right approach were Liberal/National voters (59%) and aged 65+ (48%).
Those most likely to think they are too tough were Greens voters (54%), Labor voters (37%) and aged 18-24 (34%).
Q. The Federal Government has proposed introducing legislation to ban asylum seekers who arrive by boat from ever being allowed into Australia. This legislation would apply to any adult who had arrived by boat since July 2013, and would exclude them from ever being granted a visa (including tourist or spousal visas). Do you approve or disapprove of this legislation?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total approve | 56% | 52% | 76% | 24% | 64% | |
| Total disapprove | 29% | 38% | 14% | 57% | 25% | |
| Strongly approve | 31% | 28% | 42% | 5% | 46% | |
| Approve | 25% | 24% | 34% | 19% | 18% | |
| Disapprove | 16% | 18% | 9% | 21% | 18% | |
| Strongly disapprove | 13% | 20% | 5% | 36% | 7% | |
| Not sure | 15% | 11% | 10% | 18% | 12% |
56% approve of legislation to ban asylum seekers who arrive by boat from ever being allowed into Australia and 29% disapprove. 57% of Greens voters disapprove while a majority of all other voter groups approve. Apart from those aged 18-24 (43% disapprove) – all demographic groups were more likely approve of the legislation.