Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the appointment of the former Treasurer Joe Hockey as Ambassador to the USA?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
||
|
Total approve |
33% |
16% |
57% |
15% |
25% |
|
|
Total disapprove |
42% |
62% |
23% |
62% |
53% |
|
|
Strongly approve |
5% |
3% |
8% |
2% |
6% |
|
|
Approve |
28% |
13% |
49% |
13% |
19% |
|
|
Disapprove |
21% |
28% |
16% |
26% |
25% |
|
|
Strongly disapprove |
21% |
34% |
7% |
36% |
28% |
|
|
Don’t know |
26% |
22% |
20% |
23% |
22% |
33% approve of Joe Hockey’s appointment as ambassador the the US and 42% disapprove.
57% of Liberal National voters approve but a majority of Labor voters (62%), Greens voters (62%) and other voters (53%) disapprove.
Q. As far as you know, is the current Liberal National Government’s spending higher or lower than the previous Labor Government or are they spending about the same?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
||
|
Higher than previous Labor Government |
22% |
36% |
12% |
33% |
26% |
|
|
Lower than previous Labor Government |
21% |
13% |
33% |
15% |
17% |
|
|
Spending about the same |
23% |
22% |
27% |
22% |
22% |
|
|
Don’t know |
34% |
29% |
28% |
30% |
35% |
Perceptions of Government spending varied – 23% thought the Liberal National Government’s spending was about the same as the previous Labor Government, 22% thought it was higher and 21% thought it was lower.
Those most likely to think it was higher were Labor voters (36%), Greens voters (33%) and men (28%). 33% of Liberal National voters thought it was lower.
Q. In fact, Treasurer Scott Morrison recently said that the Government was spending equivalent to more than 26% of GDP this year. This is a higher level that the Rudd government spent including during the financial crisis.
How concerned are you about the current Government’s spending?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
||
|
Very concerned |
26% |
32% |
17% |
34% |
40% |
|
|
Somewhat concerned |
39% |
41% |
44% |
39% |
30% |
|
|
Not very concerned |
19% |
13% |
27% |
14% |
16% |
|
|
Not at all concerned |
4% |
2% |
6% |
5% |
2% |
|
|
Don’t know |
12% |
11% |
7% |
9% |
13% |
65% were very or somewhat concerned that Government spending was higher than the Rudd Government’s during the financial crisis. 23% were not very or not at all concerned.
73% of Labor voters and Greens voters were very/somewhat concerned compared to 61% of Liberal/National voters. 33% of Liberal National voters were not very or not at all concerned.
Q. Which of the following best describes how you feel about Christmas?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
Men |
Women |
Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 |
Agecd 55+ |
|||
|
I enjoy Christmas a lot |
36% |
38% |
41% |
32% |
32% |
32% |
40% |
40% |
34% |
36% |
||
|
I enjoy some things about Christmas |
44% |
43% |
45% |
44% |
45% |
48% |
40% |
44% |
44% |
44% |
||
|
I don’t enjoy Christmas at all |
6% |
7% |
4% |
12% |
10% |
5% |
8% |
6% |
7% |
7% |
||
|
I don’t really care one way or the other about Christmas |
12% |
12% |
10% |
11% |
13% |
14% |
10% |
9% |
14% |
12% |
||
|
Don’t know |
1% |
* |
1% |
– |
– |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
36% say they enjoy Christmas a lot and 44% enjoy some things about Christmas.
There were not major differences across demographic groups. Women were a little more likely to say they enjoy it a lot (40%) as were younger respondents (40% of aged 18-34).
16% of those on incomes under $1,000 pw say they don’t care one way or the other.
44% of those with children say they enjoy it a lot compared to 31% of those without children.
Q. Do you or did you encourage your children to believe in Santa Claus/Father Christmas? (Based on those who have children)
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
Men |
Women |
Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 |
Agecd 55+ |
|||
|
Yes |
80% |
85% |
81% |
68% |
78% |
79% |
81% |
81% |
78% |
82% |
||
|
No |
16% |
11% |
17% |
26% |
15% |
18% |
14% |
12% |
19% |
14% |
||
|
Not sure |
4% |
4% |
2% |
6% |
7% |
3% |
5% |
7% |
3% |
4% |
80% of those who have or had children say they encouraged their children to believe in Santa Claus or Father Christmas. 16% said they did not. There were no significant differences by age groups or gender.
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?
Q. If don’t know -Well which party are you currently leaning to?
Sample size = 1,757 respondents
|
First preference/leaning to |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
4 weeks ago 10/11/15 |
2 weeks ago 24/11/15 |
Last week 1/12/15 |
This week 8/12/15 |
|
|
Liberal |
41% |
41% |
41% |
41% |
||
|
National |
4% |
4% |
3% |
3% |
||
|
Total Liberal/National |
45.6% |
45% |
44% |
44% |
44% |
|
|
Labor |
33.4% |
35% |
35% |
35% |
36% |
|
|
Greens |
8.6% |
10% |
10% |
11% |
11% |
|
|
Palmer United Party |
5.5% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
|
|
Other/Independent |
6.9% |
10% |
9% |
9% |
9% |
|
2 Party Preferred |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
4 weeks ago 10/11/15 |
2 weeks ago 24/11/15 |
Last week 1/12/15 |
This week 8/12/15 |
|
|
Liberal National |
53.5% |
52% |
52% |
51% |
51% |
|
|
Labor |
46.5% |
48% |
48% |
49% |
49% |
NB. 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 |
Nov 2015 |
|||
|
Total approve |
56% |
42% |
84% |
36% |
35% |
47% |
56% |
||
|
Total disapprove |
23% |
36% |
7% |
41% |
42% |
17% |
20% |
||
|
Strongly approve |
13% |
8% |
26% |
2% |
1% |
11% |
12% |
||
|
Approve |
43% |
34% |
58% |
34% |
34% |
36% |
44% |
||
|
Disapprove |
16% |
27% |
6% |
29% |
21% |
11% |
14% |
||
|
Strongly disapprove |
7% |
9% |
1% |
12% |
21% |
6% |
6% |
||
|
Don’t know |
21% |
22% |
9% |
235 |
23% |
35% |
23% |
56% (no change since last month) of respondents approve of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister and 23% (up 3%) disapprove – a net approval rating of +33 (down 3).
84% (up 2%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance with 7% (down 1%) disapproving. 42% (down 5%) of Labor voters and 36% (down 4%) of Greens voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance.
By gender, men were 60% approve/24% disapprove and women 51% approve/21% 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 |
|
|
Dec 2014 |
Mar 2015 |
Jun 2015 |
Sep 2015 |
Oct 2015 |
Nov 2015 |
|||
|
Total approve |
27% |
52% |
18% |
24% |
16% |
|
|
35% |
34% |
32% |
29% |
30% |
27% |
||
|
Total disapprove |
47% |
27% |
66% |
48% |
65% |
|
|
39% |
39% |
45% |
50% |
42% |
47% |
||
|
Strongly approve |
4% |
10% |
2% |
1% |
3% |
|
|
7% |
5% |
6% |
5% |
6% |
4% |
||
|
Approve |
23% |
42% |
16% |
23% |
13% |
|
|
28% |
29% |
26% |
24% |
24% |
23% |
||
|
Disapprove |
26% |
21% |
29% |
35% |
34% |
|
|
23% |
21% |
27% |
27% |
25% |
25% |
||
|
Strongly disapprove |
21% |
6% |
37% |
13% |
31% |
|
|
16% |
18% |
18% |
23% |
17% |
22% |
||
|
Don’t know |
25% |
22% |
16% |
17% |
19% |
|
|
26% |
27% |
22% |
21% |
27% |
26% |
27% (no change) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 47% (no change) disapprove – no change in his net rating of -20.
52% (up 4%) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 27% (up 2%) disapprove. 29% of men and 26% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 54% of men and 42% of women disapprove.