Q. Would you support or oppose phasing out live exports to reduce animal cruelty and protect Australian jobs?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total support | 63% | 71% | 57% | 84% | 59% | |
| Total oppose | 18% | 13% | 27% | 5% | 24% | |
| Strongly support | 34% | 40% | 25% | 56% | 37% | |
| Support | 29% | 31% | 32% | 28% | 22% | |
| Oppose | 12% | 8% | 19% | 3% | 15% | |
| Strongly oppose | 6% | 5% | 8% | 2% | 9% | |
| Don’t know | 18% | 16% | 15% | 11% | 17% |
63% say they support phasing out live exports to reduce animal cruelty and protect Australian jobs and 18% oppose. A majority of all demographic and voter groups supported phasing out live exports.
Those most likely to support were women (68%), Labor voters (71%) and Greens voters (84%),
Q. Which party do you expect will win the Federal election?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Liberal National Coalition | 39% | 18% | 75% | 29% | 23% | |
| Labor Party | 24% | 58% | 4% | 23% | 11% | |
| Neither – there will be a hung Parliament | 16% | 12% | 9% | 35% | 43% | |
| Don’t know | 21% | 12% | 12% | 14% | 23% |
39% think that the Coalition will win the election, 24% think the Labor Party will win and 16% think there will be a hung Parliament.
75% of Liberal National voters think the Coalition will win and 58% of Labor voters think the Labor Party will win.
35% of Greens voters and 43% of other voters think there will be a hung Parliament.
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
14/6/16 |
2 weeks ago
7/6/16 |
4 weeks ago
24/5/16 |
Election 7 Sep 13 | |||
| Liberal | 37% | 37% | 37% | 38% | |||
| National | 3% | 4% | 4% | 3% | |||
| Total Liberal/National | 40% | 41% | 41% | 41% | 45.6% | ||
| Labor | 37% | 37% | 36% | 37% | 33.4% | ||
| Greens | 10% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 8.6% | ||
| Nick Xenophon Team | 4% | 4% | 4% | 3% | – | ||
| Other/Independent | 9% | 9% | 10% | 9% | 12.4% | ||
| 2 party preferred | |||||||
| Liberal National | 49% | 49% | 50% | 49% | 53.5% | ||
| Labor | 51% | 51% | 50% | 51% | 46.5% |
NB. Sample = 1,789. 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 2013 election.
Q. Do you think the following groups of people would be better off under a Liberal Government or a Labor Government?
| Better off under a Liberal Govern-ment | Better off under a Labor Govern-ment | Makes no differ-ence | Don’t know | Difference
(Liberal minus Labor) |
Difference
April 2016 |
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| Large corporations | 55% | 7% | 21% | 16% | +48 | +39 | |
| People and families on high incomes | 55% | 9% | 21% | 15% | +46 | +37 | |
| Banks and other financial institutions | 51% | 8% | 24% | 17% | +43 | +36 | |
| Families with children at private school | 45% | 12% | 25% | 18% | +33 | +24 | |
| Small businesses | 36% | 21% | 26% | 17% | +15 | +5 | |
| Farmers and other agricultural producers | 24% | 22% | 32% | 22% | +2 | -1 | |
| People and families on middle incomes | 26% | 29% | 29% | 16% | -3 | -6 | |
| Average working people | 20% | 34% | 30% | 16% | -14 | -21 | |
| Recent immigrants to Australia | 14% | 30% | 34% | 21% | -16 | -21 | |
| Pensioners | 15% | 34% | 34% | 18% | -19 | -20 | |
| People with disabilities | 13% | 35% | 33% | 19% | -22 | -21 | |
| Unemployed people | 14% | 36% | 33% | 17% | -22 | -26 | |
| Single parents | 12% | 36% | 32% | 20% | -24 | -31 | |
| Families with children at public school | 15% | 40% | 28% | 17% | -25 | -23 | |
| People and families on low incomes | 13% | 42% | 27% | 17% | -29 | -33 |
Respondents were substantially more likely to think the following groups would be better off under a Labor Government – low income families, families with children at public school, single parents, the unemployed, average working people, people with disabilities, recent migrants to Australia and pensioners.
They were substantially more likely to think the following groups would be better off under a Liberal Government – large corporations, high income families, banks and financial institutions, families with children at private schools and small businesses.
Since this question was asked in April the Liberal Party is a more likely to be perceived as better for large corporations (up 9 points), high income families (up 9), banks and financial institutions (up 7), families with children at private schools (up 9) and small businesses (up 10).
The Labor Party is perceived to be a relatively worse for average working people (down 7 points) and single parents (down 7).
Q. And which party seems to be making the most spending cuts?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Labor | 9% | 18% | 6% | 6% | 7% | |
| Liberal | 34% | 31% | 48% | 41% | 26% | |
| No difference | 32% | 30% | 28% | 32% | 48% | |
| Don’t know | 24% | 22% | 17% | 22% | 19% |
9% think that Labor has made the most spending cuts during the election campaign and 34% think the Liberals have made the most.
48% of Liberal voters think the Liberal Party have made the most spending cutes while 18% of Labor voters think the Labor Party has made the most.
Q. If elected, which party would be most likely to reduce Australia’s deficit?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Labor | 14% | 35% | 2% | 18% | 3% | |
| Liberal | 37% | 9% | 79% | 12% | 39% | |
| No difference | 30% | 39% | 11% | 49% | 45% | |
| Don’t know | 18% | 18% | 8% | 20% | 13% |
37% think the Liberal Party would be more likely to reduce the deficit and 14% think the Labor Party would be more likely. Nearly half either don’t know or thought there would be no difference.
79% of Liberal voters think the Liberal Party would be most likely to reduce the deficit while 39% of Labor voters think there would be no difference.
Q. Do you agree or disagree that it is reasonable to describe the British colonisation of Australia as an invasion?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | |||
| Total agree | 40% | 49% | 30% | 70% | 38% | 47% | 40% | 33% | ||
| Total disagree | 41% | 36% | 56% | 16% | 48% | 25% | 41% | 59% | ||
| Strongly agree | 10% | 16% | 3% | 28% | 7% | 12% | 10% | 7% | ||
| Agree | 30% | 33% | 27% | 42% | 31% | 35% | 30% | 26% | ||
| Disagree | 21% | 23% | 25% | 12% | 21% | 13% | 23% | 29% | ||
| Strongly disagree | 20% | 13% | 31% | 4% | 27% | 12% | 18% | 30% | ||
| Don’t know | 19% | 16% | 14% | 14% | 14% | 28% | 19% | 8% |
40% think it is reasonable to describe the British colonisation of Australia as an invasion and 41% disagree.
Those most likely to agree were Greens voters (70%), Labor voters (49%), aged 18-34 (47%) and those with university education (52%).
Q. Which party would you trust most to secure local jobs in your area and nationally?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Labor | 27% | 68% | 1% | 19% | 12% | |
| Liberal | 28% | 1% | 70% | 6% | 15% | |
| National | 3% | 1% | 6% | 1% | 5% | |
| Greens | 4% | 2% | – | 37% | <1% | |
| Xenophon Team | 3% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 14% | |
| Pauline Hanson | 5% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 18% | |
| Don’t know | 30% | 24% | 18% | 34% | 34% |
27% would most trust the Labor Party to secure local jobs in your area and nationally and 28% would most trust the Liberal Party.