Q. How much trust did you have in the way the following media reported and commented on the Federal election campaign?
| Total a lot/some trust | Total not much/no trust | Net | A lot of trust | Some trust | Not much trust | No trust at all | Don’t know | Don’t use | ||
| ABC TV | 65% | 17% | +48 | 26% | 39% | 11% | 6% | 6% | 12% | |
| SBS TV | 61% | 15% | +46 | 21% | 40% | 11% | 4% | 7% | 18% | |
| ABC radio | 54% | 18% | +36 | 20% | 34% | 12% | 6% | 5% | 22% | |
| Sydney Morning Herald (NSW) | 45% | 25% | +20 | 11% | 34% | 19% | 6% | 7% | 22% | |
| The Australian | 37% | 25% | +12 | 8% | 29% | 18% | 7% | 6% | 30% | |
| The Age (Victoria) | 42% | 33% | +9 | 7% | 35% | 22% | 11% | 5% | 21% | |
| Courier Mail (Queensland) | 37% | 37% | – | 6% | 31% | 25% | 12% | 5% | 21% | |
| Commercial TV | 42% | 44% | -2 | 4% | 38% | 33% | 11% | 7% | 7% | |
| The Telegraph (NSW) | 35% | 39% | -4 | 10% | 25% | 25% | 14% | 7% | 20% | |
| Commercial radio | 35% | 41% | -6 | 4% | 31% | 30% | 11% | 7% | 17% | |
| Herald Sun (Victoria) | 35% | 43% | -8 | 5% | 30% | 27% | 16% | 5% | 16% |
The media most trusted for reporting and commentary on the election were ABC TV (65% trust), SBS TV (61%) and ABC radio (54%).
The most trusted newspapers were the Sydney Morning Herald (45%), The Australian (37%) and The Age (42%).
The least trusted media were the Herald Sun (43% not much or no trust), commercial TV (44%) and commercial radio (41%).
Q. Which of the following best describes how you voted in the recent Federal election?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| I voted for the party that I want to lead Australia | 74% | 83% | 86% | 74% | 49% | |
| I voted against the party I don’t want to lead Australia | 17% | 14% | 10% | 22% | 44% | |
| Don’t know | 9% | 3% | 4% | 5% | 7% |
74% said they voted for the party they wanted to lead Australia and 17% said they voted against the party they didn’t want to lead Australia.
44% of those who voted independent or for minor parties said they voted against the party they didn’t want to lead Australia.
Q. Do you think the following groups of people will become better off or worse off under the newly elected Coalition Government?
| Total better off | Total worse off | Net | A lot better off | A little better off | Stay the same | A little worse off | A lot worse off | Don’t know | ||
| Large corporations | 49% | 9% | +40 | 26% | 23% | 25% | 7% | 2% | 16% | |
| Banks and other financial institutions | 48% | 8% | +40 | 24% | 24% | 29% | 5% | 3% | 16% | |
| People and families on high incomes | 43% | 13% | +30 | 15% | 28% | 29% | 10% | 3% | 15% | |
| Families with children at private school | 28% | 14% | +14 | 7% | 21% | 40% | 9% | 5% | 17% | |
| Small businesses | 30% | 19% | +11 | 6% | 24% | 36% | 13% | 6% | 15% | |
| Recent immigrants to Australia | 18% | 29% | -11 | 6% | 12% | 35% | 16% | 13% | 19% | |
| People and families on middle incomes | 16% | 31% | -15 | 3% | 13% | 39% | 21% | 10% | 14% | |
| Farmers and other agricultural producers | 15% | 32% | -17 | 3% | 12% | 34% | 18% | 14% | 18% | |
| People with disabilities | 13% | 37% | -24 | 3% | 10% | 34% | 19% | 18% | 16% | |
| Families with children at public school | 11% | 35% | -24 | 2% | 9% | 38% | 23% | 12% | 16% | |
| Average working people | 11% | 38% | -27 | 3% | 8% | 37% | 24% | 14% | 14% | |
| Unemployed people | 12% | 40% | -28 | 2% | 10% | 31% | 20% | 20% | 17% | |
| Pensioners | 11% | 40% | -29 | 3% | 8% | 34% | 21% | 19% | 15% | |
| Single parents | 10% | 39% | -29 | 3% | 7% | 34% | 23% | 16% | 17% | |
| People and families on low incomes | 12% | 45% | -33 | 2% | 10% | 29% | 23% | 22% | 14% |
Respondents believed the following groups will be better off under the new Coalition Government – large corporations (49%), banks and other financial institutions (48%) and people and families on high incomes (43%).
The groups thought to be worse off were people on low incomes (45%), pensioners (40%), the unemployed (40%), single parents (39%), average working people (38%) and people with disabilities (37%).
Q. Former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd has asked the Federal Government to nominate him to be the next Secretary General of the United Nations. Do you think the Federal Government should or should not nominate Kevin Rudd for UN Secretary General?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Should nominate Kevin Rudd | 36% | 53% | 26% | 40% | 32% | |
| Should not nominate Kevin Rudd | 39% | 23% | 57% | 37% | 47% | |
| Don’t know | 25% | 24% | 18% | 23% | 20% |
36% think that the Federal Government should nominate Kevin Rudd for UN Secretary General and 39% think they should not.
53% of Labor voters think the Government should nominate Kevin Rudd and 57% of Liberal/National voters think they should not.
Note – the majority of respondents completed this survey before the Government had announced it would not nominate Kevin Rudd.
Q. Do you think Tony Abbott should –
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Stay in Parliament on the backbench | 21% | 22% | 26% | 18% | 19% | |
| Stay in Parliament and be given a Ministry | 25% | 11% | 43% | 13% | 29% | |
| Resign from Parliament | 37% | 51% | 18% | 63% | 38% | |
| Don’t know | 17% | 16% | 12% | 6% | 14% |
37% think that Tony Abbott should resign from Parliament, 25% think he should stay in Parliament and be given a ministry and 21% think he should stay in Parliament on the backbench.
51% of Labor voters and 63% of Greens voters think he should resign while 43% of Liberal/National voters think he should remain and be given a ministry.
A similar question asked in March found that 47% thought Tony Abbott should resign immediately or at the next election, 18% thought he should stay and be given a ministry and 15% thought he should stay on the backbench.
Q. The Federal Government is proposing to introduce a lifetime $500,000 ceiling on after-tax super contributions backdated to 2007. Do you approve or disapprove of capping after-tax contributions to superannuation at $500,000?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Less than $600 pw | $600-$1000 pw | $1000-$2000 pw | $2000+ pw | |||
| Total approve | 29% | 25% | 38% | 37% | 22% | 16% | 34% | 36% | 28% | ||
| Total disapprove | 34% | 34% | 33% | 31% | 46% | 34% | 19% | 31% | 45% | ||
| Strongly approve | 9% | 8% | 11% | 17% | 6% | 7% | 10% | 12% | 8% | ||
| Approve | 20% | 17% | 27% | 20% | 16% | 9% | 24% | 24% | 20% | ||
| Disapprove | 20% | 22% | 18% | 21% | 22% | 26% | 10% | 18% | 25% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 14% | 12% | 15% | 10% | 24% | 8% | 9% | 13% | 20% | ||
| Don’t know | 37% | 41% | 27% | 32% | 32% | 50% | 46% | 33% | 27% |
29% approve of the proposed $500,000 cap on after-tax superannuation contributions and 34% disapprove. 37% have no opinion.
45% of those earning more than $2,000pw disapproved.
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
19/7/16 |
2 weeks ago
12/7/16 |
4 weeks ago
28/6/16 |
Election 7 Sep 13 | |||
| Liberal | 35% | 35% | 37% | 37% | |||
| National | 4% | 4% | 4% | 3% | |||
| Total Liberal/National | 39% | 39% | 41% | 39% | 45.6% | ||
| Labor | 37% | 36% | 36% | 37% | 33.4% | ||
| Greens | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 8.6% | ||
| Nick Xenophon Team | 4% | 4% | 3% | 4% | – | ||
| Other/Independent | 11% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 12.4% | ||
| 2 party preferred | |||||||
| Liberal National | 48% | 49% | 49% | 49% | 53.5% | ||
| Labor | 52% | 51% | 51% | 51% | 46.5% |
Q. What do you think should be the main priorities for the new Government? (can select up to 3)
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Invest more in hospitals and health services | 55% | 66% | 49% | 43% | 55% | |
| Invest more in education | 31% | 40% | 22% | 29% | 33% | |
| Ensuring big businesses pay their fair share of tax | 29% | 24% | 29% | 34% | 45% | |
| Cut spending to reduce the deficit | 27% | 12% | 48% | 5% | 22% | |
| Do more to address unemployment | 25% | 28% | 25% | 21% | 19% | |
| Invest more in infrastructure e.g. rail and roads | 19% | 15% | 24% | 12% | 21% | |
| Invest more in renewable energy | 17% | 14% | 14% | 40% | 23% | |
| Vote on same sex marriage | 15% | 21% | 7% | 27% | 11% | |
| Do more to address climate change | 13% | 16% | 5% | 45% | 10% | |
| Build the NBN | 13% | 18% | 10% | 13% | 12% | |
| Do more to assist first home buyers | 12% | 13% | 10% | 12% | 9% | |
| More support for local industries | 11% | 9% | 13% | 3% | 15% | |
| Cut company tax | 4% | 2% | 7% | 1% | 2% | |
| Make changes to superannuation | 4% | 5% | 4% | <1% | 2% |
55% thought the one of the Government’s main priorities was to invest more in hospitals and health services. Other important priorities were investing more in education (31%), Ensuring big businesses pay their fair share of tax (29%), cut spending to reduce the deficit (27%) and do more to address unemployment (25%). Cutting company tax and making changes to superannuation were the least important issues (both 4%).
For Labor voters the main priorities were investing in hospitals and health (66%), investing more in education (40%) and doing more to address unemployment (28%).
For Liberal/National voters the main priorities were investing in hospitals and health (49%), cutting spending to reduce the deficit (48%) and ensuring big businesses pay their fair share of tax (29%).
For Greens voters the main priorities were doing more to address climate change (45%), investing in hospitals and health (43%) and investing more in renewable energy (40%).