Q. How important are each of the following for ensuring Australia grows local jobs?
| Total important | Very important | Somewhat important | Not so important | Not at all important | Don’t know | ||
| Local jobs and local content rules for Government funded infrastructure projects | 83% | 48% | 35% | 5% | 1% | 11% | |
| Better funding of TAFE programs to give people the skills to get jobs of the future | 83% | 43% | 40% | 8% | 1% | 8% | |
| Government support for local manufacturing industries like the steel industry | 80% | 42% | 38% | 9% | 2% | 9% | |
| More investment in renewable energy | 76% | 43% | 33% | 10% | 4% | 10% | |
| Opening up investment for foreign companies so they bring the technology and skills to Australia | 47% | 15% | 32% | 27% | 13% | 13% | |
| Tax cuts for large companies | 29% | 10% | 19% | 28% | 30% | 13% |
The most important factors in ensuring Australia grows local jobs were “local jobs and local content rules for Government funded infrastructure projects” (83%), “better funding of TAFE programs to give people the skills to get jobs of the future” (83%) and “Government support for local manufacturing industries like the steel industry” (80%).
Only 29% think “tax cuts for large companies” is important – 58% think it is not important.
Q. Next week the United Kingdom will hold a referendum to decide whether to leave or stay in the European Union. Do you think the United Kingdom should leave or stay in the European Union?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Stay in the EU | 38% | 41% | 42% | 46% | 31% | |
| Leave the EU | 22% | 23% | 23% | 18% | 26% | |
| Don’t know | 40% | 37% | 34% | 37% | 44% |
38% think the United Kingdom should stay in the EU and 22% think they should leave. 40% don’t know. There was little difference between Liberal and Labor voters.
Q. If you had a vote in the US Presidential election, would you vote for Hillary Clinton or Donald Trump?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Hillary Clinton | 71% | 77% | 70% | 88% | 66% | |
| Donald Trump | 15% | 12% | 19% | 6% | 20% | |
| Don’t know | 14% | 11% | 12% | 6% | 14% |
71% would vote for Hillary Clinton for US President and 15% would vote for Donald Trump. All voter groups would strongly vote for Hillary Clinton.
Q. Thinking about the Federal election campaign, as far as you are aware, which party seems to be making the most spending promises?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Labor | 39% | 45% | 48% | 29% | 32% | |
| Liberal | 13% | 10% | 21% | 8% | 10% | |
| No difference | 29% | 29% | 17% | 40% | 46% | |
| Don’t know | 20% | 16% | 13% | 24% | 11% |
39% think that Labor has made the most spending promises during the election campaign and 13% think the Liberals have made the most.
There was little difference between Labor and Liberal voters in their views about the Labor Party but 21% of Liberal voters thought the Liberal Party had made the most spending promises.
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
7/6/16 |
2 weeks ago
31/5/16 |
4 weeks ago
17/5/16 |
Election 7 Sep 13 | |||
| Liberal | 37% | 37% | 38% | 39% | |||
| National | 4% | 4% | 3% | 3% | |||
| Total Liberal/National | 41% | 41% | 41% | 42% | 45.6% | ||
| Labor | 37% | 36% | 35% | 38% | 33.4% | ||
| Greens | 10% | 10% | 9% | 9% | 8.6% | ||
| Nick Xenophon Team | 4% | 4% | 4% | 3% | – | ||
| Other/Independent | 9% | 10% | 10% | 8% | 12.4% | ||
| 2 party preferred | |||||||
| Liberal National | 49% | 50% | 51% | 49% | 53.5% | ||
| Labor | 51% | 50% | 49% | 51% | 46.5% |
NB. Sample = 1,787. 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 approve or disapprove of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Oct 2015 | Dec 2015 | Jan 2016 | Feb 2016 | Mar 2016 | Apr 2016 | 17 May 2016 | 31 May 2016 | |||
| Total approve | 38% | 20% | 72% | 14% | 25% | 47% | 56% | 51% | 51% | 45% | 39% | 40% | 41% | ||
| Total disapprove | 40% | 63% | 19% | 60% | 59% | 17% | 23% | 25% | 27% | 35% | 39% | 42% | 39% | ||
| Strongly approve | 6% | 3% | 13% | 1% | 1% | 11% | 13% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 9% | ||
| Approve | 32% | 17% | 59% | 13% | 24% | 36% | 43% | 42% | 43% | 39% | 32% | 33% | 32% | ||
| Disapprove | 24% | 36% | 16% | 26% | 33% | 11% | 16% | 16% | 18% | 24% | 23% | 26% | 22% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 16% | 27% | 3% | 34% | 26% | 6% | 7% | 9% | 9% | 11% | 16% | 16% | 17% | ||
| Don’t know | 21% | 17% | 10% | 26% | 17% | 35% | 21% | 23% | 21% | 21% | 22% | 17% | 19% |
38% (down 3% from 2 weeks ago) of respondents approve of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister and 40% (up 1%) disapprove – a net approval rating of -2 (down 4).
72% (down 7%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance with 19% (up 10%) disapproving. 20% (down 2%) of Labor voters and 14% (down 3%) of Greens voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance.
By gender, men were 43% approve/42% disapprove and women 34% approve/39% 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 | Jan 2016 | Feb 2016 | Mar 2016 | Apr 2016 | 17 May 2016 | 31 May 2016 | |||
| Total approve | 34% | 61% | 22% | 28% | 20% | 31% | 35% | 27% | 27% | 27% | 27% | 30% | 34% | 34% | ||
| Total disapprove | 40% | 17% | 62% | 41% | 60% | 27% | 39% | 47% | 47% | 48% | 47% | 44% | 43% | 44% | ||
| Strongly approve | 7% | 18% | 1% | 6% | 1% | 5% | 7% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 7% | ||
| Approve | 27% | 43% | 21% | 22% | 19% | 26% | 28% | 23% | 23% | 22% | 24% | 25% | 28% | 27% | ||
| Disapprove | 22% | 15% | 27% | 28% | 34% | 17% | 23% | 26% | 28% | 26% | 29% | 22% | 26% | 26% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 18% | 2% | 35% | 13% | 26% | 10% | 16% | 21% | 19% | 22% | 18% | 22% | 17% | 18% | ||
| Don’t know | 25% | 21% | 16% | 31% | 20% | 43% | 26% | 25% | 26% | 25% | 26% | 25% | 23% | 23% |
34% (no change in last 2 weeks) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 40% (down 4%) disapprove – a change in his net rating from -10 to -6.
61% (down 5%) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 17% (down 1%) disapprove.
36% of men and 33% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 44% of men and 37% 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 | Jan 2016 | Feb 2016 | Mar 2016 | Apr 2016 | 17 May 2016 | 31 May 2016 | |||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 40% | 12% | 79% | 17% | 33% | 53% | 54% | 51% | 52% | 48% | 44% | 43% | 40% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 29% | 59% | 10% | 31% | 15% | 17% | 15% | 18% | 15% | 19% | 22% | 28% | 27% | ||
| Don’t know | 32% | 28% | 11% | 52% | 52% | 30% | 31% | 31% | 33% | 33% | 34% | 29% | 33% |
40% (no change) of respondents think Malcolm Turnbull would make the better Prime Minister and 29% (up 2%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.
43% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 31% prefer Bill Shorten.
37% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 26% prefer Bill Shorten.