Q. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements about the Federal budget that was handed down on Tuesday 3rd May.
| Total agree | Total disagree | Strongly Agree | Agree | Disagree | Strongly Disagree | Don’t know | Total agree 2015 | Total disagree 2015 | |||
| Overall, the budget is fair and balanced | 32% | 46% | 4% | 28% | 28% | 18% | 22% | 28% | 32% | ||
| This budget does not do enough to reduce the deficit | 48% | 22% | 15% | 33% | 19% | 3% | 29% | 37% | 18% | ||
| This was the budget Australia needs at this time | 29% | 46% | 4% | 25% | 27% | 19% | 26% | 28% | 31% | ||
| This budget favours businesses over workers | 61% | 19% | 25% | 36% | 16% | 3% | 21% | 47% | 12% | ||
| This budget is more about improving the Government’s popularity than improving the economy | 53% | 27% | 21% | 32% | 22% | 5% | 20% | 50% | 19% | ||
| The budget does not go far enough in addressing multinational tax avoidance. | 57% | 18% | 26% | 31% | 16% | 2% | 25% | – | – |
There was majority agreement with the statements that the budget favours businesses over workers 61%), it does not go far enough in addressing tax avoidance by multinationals (57%) and is more about improving the Government’s popularity than improving the economy (53%).
46% disagree that the budget was fair and balanced – compared to 32% in 2015. There was also a significant increase in those who agreed the budget favours businesses over workers (up 14%).
Q. Who would you trust most to handle Australia’s economy – the Treasurer Scott Morrison or the Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen?
| Total
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Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | April 2016 | |||
| Scott Morrison | 31% | 9% | 68% | 3% | 22% | 26% | ||
| Chris Bowen | 20% | 40% | 4% | 44% | 16% | 23% | ||
| Don’t know | 49% | 51% | 28% | 53% | 62% | 51% |
31% have more trust in Scott Morrison to handle Australia’s economy and 20% have more trust in Chris Bowen. 49% don’t know who they would trust more. This represents an improvement for Scott Morrison from net +3 to +11 since April.
Q. A court in Papua New Guinea has recently ruled that the detention of asylum seekers at the Manus Island facility is illegal. Do you support or oppose bringing the asylum seekers from Manus Island and PNG to Australia?
| Total
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Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total support | 30% | 37% | 22% | 73% | 28% | |
| Total oppose | 48% | 43% | 62% | 15% | 53% | |
| Strongly support | 13% | 16% | 7% | 46% | 7% | |
| Support | 17% | 21% | 15% | 27% | 21% | |
| Oppose | 17% | 15% | 22% | 8% | 20% | |
| Strongly oppose | 31% | 28% | 40% | 7% | 33% | |
| No opinion | 21% | 21% | 17% | 13% | 18% |
30% support bringing the asylum seekers from Manus Island and PNG to Australia and 48% oppose.
Those most likely to support bringing them to Australia were Greens voters (73%), aged 18-24 (45%), and university educated (46%).
Q. As far as you know, are the conditions in which asylum seekers are kept on Nauru and Manus Island good or poor?
| Total
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Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Feb 2016 | |||
| Total good | 32% | 28% | 43% | 9% | 44% | 34% | ||
| Total poor | 39% | 48% | 27% | 77% | 37% | 40% | ||
| Very good | 9% | 8% | 11% | 1% | 14% | 9% | ||
| Good | 23% | 20% | 32% | 8% | 30% | 25% | ||
| Poor | 20% | 22% | 21% | 17% | 21% | 20% | ||
| Very poor | 19% | 26% | 6% | 60% | 16% | 20% | ||
| Don’t know | 29% | 24% | 30% | 14% | 20% | 25% |
32% think that the conditions in which asylum seekers are kept on Nauru and Manus Island are good and 39% think they are poor. This represents little change since this question was asked in February.
43% of Liberal National voters think the conditions are good while 77% of Greens voters and 48% of Labor voters think they are poor.
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
26/4/16 |
2 weeks ago
19/4/16 |
4 weeks ago
5/4/16 |
Election 7 Sep 13 | |||
| Liberal | 37% | 36% | 38% | 39% | |||
| National | 3% | 4% | 4% | 3% | |||
| Total Liberal/National | 40% | 40% | 42% | 42% | 45.6% | ||
| Labor | 38% | 39% | 36% | 37% | 33.4% | ||
| Greens | 10% | 10% | 11% | 10% | 8.6% | ||
| Palmer United Party | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5.5% | ||
| Other/Independent | 10% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 6.9% | ||
| 2 party preferred | |||||||
| Liberal National | 48% | 48% | 50% | 50% | 53.5% | ||
| Labor | 52% | 52% | 50% | 50% | 46.5% |
NB. Sample = 1,753. 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. The Labor Party recently announced their policy to tackle climate change which includes a target of reducing Australia’s carbon emissions by 45% by 2030 (compared to the Coalition Government’s target of 26-28%) and introducing an emissions trading scheme. Do you approve or disapprove of this policy?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total approve | 57% | 76% | 36% | 88% | 59% | |
| Total disapprove | 21% | 6% | 44% | 2% | 23% | |
| Strongly approve | 22% | 38% | 8% | 40% | 16% | |
| Approve | 35% | 38% | 28% | 48% | 43% | |
| Disapprove | 10% | 4% | 20% | 1% | 10% | |
| Strongly disapprove | 11% | 2% | 24% | 1% | 13% | |
| Don’t know | 22% | 19% | 20% | 10% | 19% |
57% approve of the Labor Party’s carbon emissions policy and 21% disapprove.
Those more likely to approve were Labor voters (76%), Greens voters (88%) and aged 18-34 (70%).
Those more likely to disapprove were Liberal/National voters (44%) and aged 55+ (39%).
Q. This week the Government announced that the $50 billion contract for building Australia’s future submarines has been awarded to a French company with most of the construction to be done in South Australia. Do you approve or disapprove of this decision?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total approve | 52% | 49% | 68% | 41% | 48% | |
| Total disapprove | 27% | 29% | 20% | 38% | 34% | |
| Strongly approve | 13% | 11% | 20% | 3% | 15% | |
| Approve | 39% | 38% | 48% | 38% | 33% | |
| Disapprove | 17% | 18% | 13% | 21% | 21% | |
| Strongly disapprove | 10% | 11% | 7% | 17% | 13% | |
| Don’t know | 21% | 22% | 12% | 21% | 17% |
52% approve of the Government’s submarines announcement and 27% disapprove.
Those more likely to approve were Liberal/National voters (68%), and aged 65+ (70%).
Those more likely to disapprove were Greens voters (38%).
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of property investors receiving tax deductions if the cost of buying and maintaining their investment properties is more than the revenue they receive from them (called negative gearing)?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | March 2016 | |||
| Total approve | 43% | 37% | 59% | 28% | 33% | 41% | ||
| Total disapprove | 36% | 42% | 28% | 50% | 49% | 37% | ||
| Strongly approve | 14% | 12% | 21% | 6% | 13% | 13% | ||
| Approve | 29% | 25% | 38% | 22% | 20% | 28% | ||
| Disapprove | 22% | 24% | 19% | 27% | 34% | 23% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 14% | 18% | 9% | 23% | 15% | 14% | ||
| Don’t know | 21% | 20% | 12% | 22% | 17% | 22% |
43% approve of negative gearing and 36% disapprove. This is much the same result as when this question was asked in March.
Those most likely to approve were Liberal/National voters (59%) and those earning more than $2,000 per week (59%).
42% of Labor voters, 50% of Greens voters and 45% of those earing $600-1,000 per week disapproved.