Q. In the next two years, do you expect your job to be more secure, less secure or about the same?
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Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Work full time | Work part time | Oct 2014 | Feb 2015 | Sep 2015 | Apr 2016 | ||||
| More Secure | 14% | 16% | 17% | 11% | 7% | 17% | 11% | 14% | 9% | 7% | 14% | |||
| Less secure | 27% | 31% | 19% | 21% | 32% | 26% | 24% | 31% | 29% | 28% | 31% | |||
| Much more secure | 5% | 4% | 7% | 3% | 1% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 2% | 5% | |||
| Somewhat more secure | 9% | 12% | 10% | 8% | 6% | 11% | 7% | 9% | 6% | 5% | 9% | |||
| About the same | 53% | 49% | 60% | 67% | 51% | 52% | 58% | 50% | 58% | 50% | 49% | |||
| Somewhat less secure | 16% | 20% | 11% | 10% | 16% | 16% | 15% | 17% | 17% | 16% | 19% | |||
| Much less secure | 11% | 11% | 8% | 11% | 16% | 10% | 9% | 14% | 12% | 12% | 12% | |||
| Don’t know | 6% | 4% | 3% | 1% | 10% | 5% | 7% | 4% | 4% | 15% | 7% |
14% of respondents (no change since April) feel that their job will become more secure over the next two years. 27% (down 4%) feel it will become less secure while the largest proportion (53%) feel it will stay about the same. Liberal/National voters (60%) and Greens voters (67%) were more likely to say their job security would be about the same.
Q. Do you expect to be working for your current employer in 5 years time?
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Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Work full time | Work part time | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | |||
| Yes | 33% | 37% | 39% | 23% | 28% | 44% | 27% | 33% | 37% | 24% | ||
| No | 35% | 36% | 32% | 45% | 38% | 30% | 32% | 38% | 27% | 53% | ||
| Not sure | 32% | 28% | 29% | 33% | 33% | 26% | 41% | 29% | 36% | 24% |
33% expect to still be working for their current employer in 5 years time and 35% think they will not. 32% were not sure.
44% of fulltime workers, 42% of those earning more than $1,500 pw and 37% of those aged 35-54 think they will be working for the same employer.
41% of part-time workers were not sure compared to 26% of full-time workers.
Q. What do you think is the biggest threat to job security in Australia?
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Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Work full time | Work part time | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | |||
| Free trade deals that allow foreign workers into the Australian labour market | 31% | 33% | 24% | 26% | 37% | 28% | 24% | 20% | 32% | 42% | ||
| Companies using labour hire and contracting out | 23% | 24% | 24% | 32% | 21% | 27% | 22% | 27% | 23% | 17% | ||
| The impact of technological change | 18% | 18% | 19% | 22% | 19% | 21% | 21% | 23% | 16% | 13% | ||
| High wages | 11% | 8% | 18% | 7% | 7% | 11% | 8% | 10% | 8% | 16% | ||
| Not sure | 18% | 17% | 15% | 13% | 16% | 13% | 25% | 20% | 20% | 12% |
The major threats to job security were free trade allowing in more foreign workers (31%) and companies using labour hire and contracting (23%). Only 11% think high wages are most responsible.
Q. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
| Total agree
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Total disagree | Strongly agree | Agree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | Don’t know | Full time work agree | Part time work agree | |||
| Fairness is a core Australian value | 81% | 11% | 28% | 53% | 8% | 3% | 8% | 80% | 81% | ||
| My workplace treats people fairly (based on those working) | 74% | 11% | 25% | 49% | 15% | 6% | 5% | 72% | 76% | ||
| Social and economic inequality in Australia is getter worse | 68% | 18% | 21% | 47% | 16% | 2% | 13% | 68% | 65% | ||
| The Australian labour market is a fair place | 40% | 38% | 6% | 34% | 29% | 9% | 21% | 45% | 43% |
81% agree that “fairness is a core Australian value but 68% agree that social and economic inequality is getting worse.
Respondents were divided over whether the Australian labour market is a fair place (40% agree/38% disagree).
55% of those earning more than $2,000 pw think the Australian labour market is a fair place compared to 31% of those earning less than $1,000 pw.
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?
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6/9/16 |
2 weeks ago
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4 weeks ago
16/8/16 |
Election 2 Jul 16 | |||
| Liberal | 35% | 36% | 37% | 36% | |||
| National | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | |||
| Total Liberal/National | 38% | 39% | 40% | 39% | 42.0% | ||
| Labor | 37% | 37% | 37% | 37% | 34.7% | ||
| Greens | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10.2% | ||
| Nick Xenophon Team | 4% | 3% | 4% | 4% | |||
| Pauline Hanson’s One Nation | 5% | 5% | |||||
| Other/Independent | 7% | 6% | 10% | 11% | 13.1% | ||
| 2 party preferred | |||||||
| Liberal National | 48% | 48% | 49% | 48% | 50.4% | ||
| Labor | 52% | 52% | 51% | 52% | 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 | Jul 2016 | Aug 2016 | |||
| Total approve | 35% | 16% | 71% | 23% | 22% | 56% | 45% | 38% | 37% | 38% | ||
| Total disapprove | 43% | 65% | 17% | 51% | 59% | 23% | 35% | 40% | 48% | 43% | ||
| Strongly approve | 4% | 1% | 10% | 3% | 1% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 8% | 6% | ||
| Approve | 31% | 15% | 61% | 20% | 21% | 43% | 39% | 32% | 29% | 32% | ||
| Disapprove | 27% | 37% | 15% | 31% | 35% | 16% | 24% | 24% | 27% | 26% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 16% | 28% | 2% | 20% | 24% | 7% | 11% | 16% | 21% | 17% | ||
| Don’t know | 22% | 18% | 11% | 26% | 20% | 21% | 21% | 21% | 16% | 19% |
35% (down 3% from 4 weeks ago) of respondents approve of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister and 43% (no change disapprove – a change in net approval rating from -5 to -8.
71% (down 6%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance with 17% (up 3%) disapproving. 16% (up 1%) of Labor voters and 23% (up 5%) of Greens voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance.
By gender, men were 42% approve/43% disapprove and women 30% approve/43% 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 | |||
| Total approve | 36% | 62% | 25% | 33% | 25% | 31% | 35% | 27% | 27% | 34% | 39% | 37% | ||
| Total disapprove | 41% | 19% | 61% | 35% | 58% | 27% | 39% | 47% | 47% | 40% | 41% | 41% | ||
| Strongly approve | 6% | 14% | 1% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 4% | 3% | 7% | 11% | 7% | ||
| Approve | 30% | 48% | 24% | 27% | 22% | 26% | 28% | 23% | 24% | 27% | 28% | 30% | ||
| Disapprove | 24% | 17% | 29% | 33% | 28% | 17% | 23% | 26% | 29% | 22% | 21% | 23% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 17% | 2% | 32% | 2% | 30% | 10% | 16% | 21% | 18% | 18% | 20% | 18% | ||
| Don’t know | 22% | 19% | 14% | 33% | 18% | 43% | 26% | 25% | 26% | 25% | 20% | 22% |
36% (down 1% in last 4 weeks) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 41% (no change) disapprove – a change in his net rating from -4 to -5.
62% (down 5%) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 19% (up 4%) disapprove.
39% of men and 33% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 44% 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 | |||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 41% | 14% | 85% | 24% | 31% | 53% | 54% | 48% | 40% | 39% | 40% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 26% | 59% | 2% | 35% | 16% | 17% | 15% | 19% | 29% | 31% | 30% | ||
| Don’t know | 33% | 27% | 13% | 42% | 53% | 30% | 31% | 33% | 32% | 30% | 31% |
41% (up 1% in last 4 weeks) of respondents think Malcolm Turnbull would make the better Prime Minister and 26% (down 4%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.
48% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 27% prefer Bill Shorten.
34% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 25% prefer Bill Shorten.