Q. Do you approve or disapprove of each of the following ideas for future funding of schools?
| Total
approve |
Total dis-approve | Strongly approve | Approve | Dis-approve | Strongly dis-approve | Don’t know | Total approve Jun 2015 | |||
| Giving the states and territories full responsibility for all schools | 42% | 34% | 12% | 30% | 24% | 10% | 23% | 38% | ||
| Making states and territories fully responsible for funding public schools while the Federal Government funds non-government schools | 29% | 48% | 8% | 21% | 25% | 23% | 22% | 20% | ||
| Reducing Commonwealth involvement in schools, but without significant structural change | 30% | 41% | 6% | 24% | 25% | 16% | 28% | 28% | ||
| Making the Federal Government the main funder of all schools. | 49% | 27% | 18% | 31% | 22% | 5% | 25% | 51% | ||
| Means testing – charging high-income parents fees for children to attend public schools. | 42% | 40% | 16% | 26% | 23% | 17% | 18% | 37% |
Nearly half of respondents (49%) approve of the proposal of “Making the Federal Government the main funder of all schools” and a nearly half (48%) reject the proposal of “Making states and territories fully responsible for funding public schools while the Federal Government funds non- government schools”.
They were split on “charging high-income parents fees for children to attend public schools“ – 42% approve/40% disapprove.
Since the question was asked in June last year, there has been an increase in approval for “Making states and territories fully responsible for funding public schools while the Federal Government funds non-government schools” from 20% to 29%.
Q. Do you think those under 35 have more opportunities, fewer opportunities or much the same opportunities open to them as previous generations?
| Total
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Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | |||
| Have more opportunities | 36% | 36% | 36% | 34% | 35% | 40% | ||
| Have fewer opportunities | 30% | 31% | 30% | 34% | 25% | 32% | ||
| Have much the same opportunities | 21% | 22% | 19% | 17% | 24% | 22% | ||
| Don’t know | 13% | 11% | 15% | 15% | 16% | 6% |
36% think that younger people have more opportunities than the previous generations, 30% think they have fewer opportunities and 21% think they have much the same opportunities.
Those aged under 35 are evenly divided over whether they have more or fewer opportunities. Those aged over 55 are more likely to think they have more opportunities.
Q. Do you think retirees receive too much, not enough or about the right support from the government?
| Total
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Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | |||
| Receive too much support | 7% | 9% | 4% | 10% | 8% | 2% | ||
| Receive not enough support | 56% | 51% | 60% | 47% | 55% | 66% | ||
| Receive about the right support | 24% | 27% | 20% | 23% | 22% | 28% | ||
| Don’t know | 14% | 14% | 15% | 20% | 15% | 4% |
56% think that retirees do not receive enough support from the Government. Only 24% think they receive enough support and 7% think they receive too much support.
66% of those aged 55+ think they do not receive enough support compared to 47% of those aged under 35.
Q. Do you think it is easier or harder for young people to buy a house than it was for their parents’ generation?
| Total
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Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | |||
| Total harder | 76% | 75% | 78% | 75% | 78% | 76% | ||
| Total easier | 7% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 9% | ||
| Much harder | 56% | 54% | 59% | 57% | 59% | 52% | ||
| A little harder | 20% | 21% | 19% | 18% | 19% | 24% | ||
| About the same | 13% | 13% | 12% | 14% | 10% | 14% | ||
| A little easier | 5% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 6% | ||
| Much easier | 2% | 2% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 3% | ||
| Don’t know | 4% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 1% |
76% think it is harder for young people to buy a house than it was for their parents’ generation.
There was little difference across age groups.
Q. Do you think the following projects should be high, moderate or low priority for the Federal Government?
| High priority | Medium priority | Low priority | Don’t know | High priority vote Labor | High priority vote Lib/Nat | High priority vote Greens | High priority vote other | ||
| Building more suburban rail lines in cities | 33% | 41% | 17% | 9% | 33% | 36% | 28% | 33% | |
| Building more freeways | 29% | 38% | 25% | 8% | 27% | 36% | 16% | 27% | |
| Building more regional rail lines | 28% | 44% | 18% | 10% | 28% | 32% | 24% | 37% | |
| Building high speed rail between capital cities | 28% | 37% | 27% | 9% | 25% | 37% | 31% | 21% | |
| Building more bicycle paths in cities | 20% | 29% | 43% | 9% | 20% | 15% | 34% | 27% |
33% think that building more suburban train lines is a top priority for the Government.
20% think that building more bicycle paths is a top priority.
High speed rail, regional rail lines and freeways received similar support. Liberal/National voters were more likely to support all proposals except bike paths.
Q. Do you think it is easier or harder for young people to find a well-paid job than it was for their parents’ generation?
| Total
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Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | |||
| Total harder | 55% | 54% | 56% | 56% | 53% | 55% | ||
| Total easier | 17% | 18% | 16% | 13% | 19% | 18% | ||
| Much harder | 27% | 27% | 27% | 30% | 28% | 24% | ||
| A little harder | 28% | 27% | 29% | 26% | 25% | 31% | ||
| About the same | 23% | 24% | 21% | 23% | 21% | 26% | ||
| A little easier | 13% | 13% | 13% | 10% | 13% | 14% | ||
| Much easier | 4% | 5% | 3% | 3% | 6% | 4% | ||
| Don’t know | 6% | 5% | 7% | 8% | 7% | 1% |
55% think it is harder for young people to find a well-paid job than it was for their parents’ generation.
There was little difference across age groups.
2PP, Federal Election, preference vote, Voting intention
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 |
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Last week5/4/16 |
2 weeks ago29/3/16 |
4 weeks ago15/3/16 |
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Election 7 Sep 13 |
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| Liberal | 39% | 39% | 39% | 39% | |||
| National | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | |||
| Total Liberal/National | 42% | 42% | 43% | 42% | 45.6% | ||
| Labor | 35% | 37% | 38% | 36% | 33.4% | ||
| Greens | 11% | 10% | 9% | 11% | 8.6% | ||
| Palmer United Party | 1% | 1% | 1% | 1% | 5.5% | ||
| Other/Independent | 10% | 10% | 10% | 9% | 6.9% | ||
| 2 party preferred | |||||||
| Liberal National | 50% | 50% | 50% | 50% | 53.5% | ||
| Labor | 50% | 50% | 50% | 50% | 46.5% |
NB. Sample = 1,792. 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.
Approval rating, malcolm turnbull, Prime Minister
Q: Do you approve or disapprove of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister?
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Total |
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Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
Oct 2015 |
Nov 2015 |
Dec 2015 |
Jan 2016 |
Feb 2016 |
Mar 2016 |
| Total approve | 39% | 21% | 69% | 31% | 16% | 47% | 56% | 56% | 51% | 51% | 45% | ||
| Total disapprove | 39% | 60% | 19% | 52% | 50% | 17% | 20% | 23% | 25% | 27% | 35% | ||
| Strongly approve | 7% | 4% | 15% | 1% | 1% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 9% | 8% | 6% | ||
| Approve | 32% | 17% | 54% | 30% | 15% | 36% | 44% | 43% | 42% | 43% | 39% | ||
| Disapprove | 23% | 35% | 15% | 21% | 27% | 11% | 14% | 16% | 16% | 18% | 24% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 16% | 25% | 4% | 31% | 23% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 9% | 9% | 11% | ||
| Don’t know | 22% | 19% | 13% | 17% | 34% | 35% | 23% | 21% | 23% | 21% | 21% |
39% (down 6% since last month) of respondents approve of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister and 39% (up 4%) disapprove – a net approval rating of zero (down 10).
69% (down 6%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance with 19% (up 6%) disapproving. 21% (down 3%) of Labor voters and 31% (up 8%) of Greens voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance.
By gender, men were 41% approve/42% disapprove and women 37% approve/37% disapprove.