Q. Do you agree or disagree with the current Government policy of sending people seeking asylum to detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
||
|
Total agree |
54% |
45% |
73% |
14% |
56% |
|
|
Total disagree |
31% |
37% |
17% |
79% |
32% |
|
|
Strongly agree |
23% |
17% |
34% |
6% |
29% |
|
|
Agree |
31% |
28% |
39% |
8% |
27% |
|
|
Disagree |
16% |
19% |
12% |
27% |
19% |
|
|
Strongly disagree |
15% |
18% |
5% |
52% |
13% |
|
|
Don’t know |
16% |
17% |
9% |
7% |
12% |
54% agree with the current Government policy of sending people seeking asylum to detention centres on Nauru and Manus Island and 31% disagree. Those most likely to agree were Liberal/National voters (73%), men (60%) and aged 55+ (61%).
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 = 1,722 respondents
|
First preference/leaning to |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
4 weeks ago 13/10/15 |
2 weeks ago 27/10/15 |
Last week 3/11/15 |
This week 10/11/15 |
|
|
Liberal |
40% |
41% |
41% |
41% |
||
|
National |
4% |
4% |
4% |
4% |
||
|
Total Liberal/National |
45.6% |
44% |
45% |
45% |
45% |
|
|
Labor |
33.4% |
36% |
35% |
34% |
35% |
|
|
Greens |
8.6% |
10% |
11% |
11% |
10% |
|
|
Palmer United Party |
5.5% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
|
|
Other/Independent |
6.9% |
9% |
8% |
9% |
10% |
|
2 Party Preferred |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
4 weeks ago 13/10/15 |
2 weeks ago 27/10/15 |
Last week 3/11/15 |
This week 10/11/15 |
|
|
Liberal National |
53.5% |
51% |
52% |
53% |
52% |
|
|
Labor |
46.5% |
49% |
48% |
47% |
48% |
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 |
|||
|
Total approve |
56% |
47% |
82% |
40% |
39% |
47% |
||
|
Total disapprove |
20% |
33% |
8% |
35% |
31% |
17% |
||
|
Strongly approve |
12% |
6% |
25% |
1% |
4% |
11% |
||
|
Approve |
44% |
41% |
57% |
39% |
35% |
36% |
||
|
Disapprove |
14% |
22% |
6% |
23% |
24% |
11% |
||
|
Strongly disapprove |
6% |
11% |
2% |
12% |
7% |
6% |
||
|
Don’t know |
23% |
20% |
10% |
25% |
30% |
35% |
56% (up 9%) of respondents approve of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister and 20% (up 3%) disapprove – a net approval rating of +36 (up 6).
82% (up 12%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance with 8% (up 1%) disapproving. 47% (up 9%) of Labor voters and 40% (no change) of Greens voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance.
By gender, men were 60% approve/22% disapprove and women 53% approve/19% 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 |
|
Jun 2015 |
Jul 2015 |
Aug 2015 |
Sep 2015 |
Oct 2015 |
|||
|
Total approve |
27% |
48% |
18% |
28% |
28% |
|
|
35% |
|
32% |
27% |
29% |
29% |
30% |
||
|
Total disapprove |
47% |
25% |
70% |
47% |
43% |
|
|
39% |
|
45% |
52% |
52% |
50% |
42% |
||
|
Strongly approve |
4% |
9% |
3% |
1% |
3% |
|
|
7% |
|
6% |
5% |
4% |
5% |
6% |
||
|
Approve |
23% |
39% |
15% |
27% |
25% |
|
|
28% |
|
26% |
22% |
25% |
24% |
24% |
||
|
Disapprove |
25% |
20% |
29% |
30% |
25% |
|
|
23% |
|
27% |
28% |
31% |
27% |
25% |
||
|
Strongly disapprove |
22% |
5% |
41% |
17% |
18% |
|
|
16% |
|
18% |
24% |
21% |
23% |
17% |
||
|
Don’t know |
26% |
27% |
12% |
25% |
29% |
|
|
26% |
|
22% |
21% |
19% |
21% |
27% |
27% (down 3%) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 47% (up 5%) disapprove – a change in his net rating from -12 to -20
48% (down 9%) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 25% (up 4%) disapprove. 30% of men and 25% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 54% of men and 39% 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 |
Oct 2015 |
|||
|
Malcolm Turnbull |
55% |
32% |
90% |
35% |
41% |
53% |
48% |
||
|
Bill Shorten |
14% |
33% |
2% |
23% |
15% |
17% |
19% |
||
|
Don’t know |
31% |
35% |
9% |
42% |
44% |
30% |
33% |
55% (up 7%) of respondents think Malcolm Turnbull would make the better Prime Minister and 14% (down 5%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.
60% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 15% prefer Bill Shorten. 50% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 13% prefer Bill Shorten.
Q. Do you support or oppose Australia mining and exporting uranium?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
||
|
Total support |
43% |
42% |
59% |
20% |
43% |
|
|
Total oppose |
30% |
35% |
19% |
62% |
36% |
|
|
Strongly support |
11% |
10% |
17% |
1% |
10% |
|
|
Support |
32% |
32% |
42% |
19% |
33% |
|
|
Oppose |
19% |
24% |
13% |
29% |
25% |
|
|
Strongly oppose |
11% |
11% |
6% |
33% |
11% |
|
|
Don’t know |
27% |
22% |
22% |
18% |
22% |
49% support Australia mining and exporting uranium and 30% oppose.
There was majority support (59%) from Liberal/National voters but less strong support from Labor voters – 42% support/35% oppose. 62% of Greens voters were opposed.
Men supported 60% to 21% while women were opposed 38% to 27%.
Q. Do you support or oppose Australia developing nuclear power plants for the generation of electricity?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
||
|
Total support |
40% |
42% |
51% |
12% |
31% |
|
|
Total oppose |
40% |
42% |
31% |
70% |
58% |
|
|
Strongly support |
12% |
12% |
16% |
3% |
9% |
|
|
Support |
28% |
30% |
35% |
9% |
22% |
|
|
Oppose |
22% |
22% |
20% |
32% |
29% |
|
|
Strongly oppose |
18% |
20% |
11% |
38% |
29% |
|
|
Don’t know |
21% |
16% |
18% |
17% |
10% |
40% support Australia developing nuclear power plants for the generation of electricity and 40% oppose.
51% of Liberal/National voters supported but Labor voters were evenly divided – 42% support/42% oppose. 70% of Greens voters were opposed. Men supported 55% to 31% while women were opposed 48% to 24%.
Q. Do you support or oppose Australia developing nuclear waste storage facilities?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
||
|
Total support |
31% |
31% |
42% |
15% |
24% |
|
|
Total oppose |
50% |
54% |
43% |
73% |
63% |
|
|
Strongly support |
7% |
5% |
11% |
3% |
5% |
|
|
Support |
24% |
26% |
31% |
12% |
19% |
|
|
Oppose |
21% |
20% |
23% |
25% |
23% |
|
|
Strongly oppose |
29% |
34% |
20% |
48% |
40% |
|
|
Don’t know |
19% |
14% |
15% |
13% |
13% |
31% support Australia developing nuclear waste storage facilities and 50% oppose.
54% of Labor voters and 73% of Greens voters oppose while Liberal/National voters were split 42% support/43% oppose. Men were divided 43% support/42% oppose while women were opposed 58% to 18%.