Q. A group of prominent Australians have signed an open letter calling on world leaders to discuss a ban on new coalmines and coalmine expansions. Would you support or oppose a ban on new coalmines and coalmine expansions?
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Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
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|
Total support |
47% |
60% |
36% |
80% |
38% |
|
|
Total oppose |
25% |
19% |
33% |
11% |
37% |
|
|
Strongly support |
21% |
29% |
12% |
50% |
16% |
|
|
Support |
26% |
31% |
24% |
30% |
22% |
|
|
Oppose |
18% |
13% |
24% |
7% |
25% |
|
|
Strongly oppose |
7% |
6% |
9% |
4% |
12% |
|
|
Don’t know |
28% |
21% |
31% |
9% |
25% |
47% would support a ban on new coalmines and coalmine expansions and 25% would oppose.
A majority of Labor voters (60%) and Greens voters (80%) would support a ban while Liberal/National voters were split 36% support/33% oppose.
Q. In your opinion, do world leaders need to act to prevent the world’s population from being impacted by climate change?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
||
|
Yes, they need to act now, without delay |
49% |
60% |
36% |
83% |
43% |
|
|
Yes, they need to act in the next 12 months |
11% |
14% |
13% |
7% |
8% |
|
|
Yes, they need to act in the next 5 years |
12% |
9% |
16% |
8% |
10% |
|
|
Yes, they need to act in the next 10 years |
5% |
3% |
6% |
– |
7% |
|
|
No, they don’t need to act |
9% |
4% |
15% |
1% |
13% |
|
|
Don’t know |
14% |
9% |
14% |
– |
19% |
60% think that the world leaders need to act on climate change now or in the next 12 months.
Those most likely to support action within the next 12 months were Greens voters (90%) Labor voters (74%), aged under 35 (67%) and university educated (71%).
Q. Do you think the following have become better or worse compared to 12 months ago?
|
Total better |
Total worse |
A lot better |
A little better |
No change |
A little worse |
A lot worse |
Don’t know |
Total better Mar 2015 |
Total worse Mar 2015 |
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|
Company profits |
37% |
18% |
16% |
21% |
28% |
11% |
7% |
17% |
34% |
23% |
||
|
Your personal financial situation |
20% |
43% |
4% |
16% |
35% |
28% |
15% |
2% |
19% |
41% |
||
|
Wages |
16% |
38% |
2% |
14% |
38% |
25% |
13% |
8% |
13% |
36% |
||
|
The economy overall |
15% |
53% |
2% |
13% |
26% |
36% |
17% |
6% |
16% |
55% |
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|
National debt |
11% |
51% |
2% |
9% |
25% |
27% |
24% |
13% |
14% |
53% |
||
|
Job security |
10% |
56% |
2% |
8% |
28% |
31% |
25% |
6% |
10% |
53% |
||
|
Unemployment |
10% |
59% |
1% |
9% |
23% |
35% |
24% |
7% |
8% |
61% |
||
|
Electricity costs |
8% |
70% |
2% |
6% |
17% |
34% |
36% |
5% |
12% |
66% |
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|
Cost of living |
7% |
75% |
2% |
5% |
16% |
40% |
35% |
3% |
6% |
72% |
A substantial majority believe that, in the last 12 months, cost of living (75%), electricity costs (70%) and unemployment (59%) have all got worse. The only economic measure that has got better is company profits (37% better/18% worse).
Compared the last time this question was asked in March, there have been no major shifts in these figures.
Q. In the last two years, do you think your and your household’s income has gone up more than the cost of living, fallen behind or stayed even with the cost of living?
|
Total |
Work full time |
Work part time |
Income less than $600 pw |
Income $600- $1,000 pw |
Income $1,000- $1,600 pw |
Income $1,600+ pw |
Oct 2014 |
Mar 2015 |
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|
Gone up more |
14% |
20% |
12% |
10% |
10% |
16% |
17% |
13% |
15% |
||
|
Fallen behind |
54% |
50% |
58% |
76% |
57% |
50% |
48% |
48% |
50% |
||
|
Stayed even |
26% |
25% |
27% |
10% |
30% |
31% |
29% |
31% |
27% |
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|
Don’t know |
5% |
5% |
3% |
4% |
3% |
3% |
5% |
8% |
7% |
54% believe that, in the last two years, their income has fallen behind the cost of living. 26% think it has stayed even with the cost of living and 14% think it has gone up more.
76% of those earning under $600 pw and 57% of those earning $600-$1,000 pw think their income has fallen behind while 46% of those earning over $1,600 pw think it has stayed the same or gone up.
These results reflect a slight worsening of household financial status since this question was asked in March.
Q. Who would you trust most to handle Australia’s economy – the Treasurer Scott Morrison or the Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other/ Indep- endent |
Joe Hockey May 2015 |
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|
Scott Morrison |
27% |
9% |
53% |
14% |
20% |
29% |
||
|
Chris Bowen |
18% |
41% |
4% |
30% |
6% |
23% |
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|
Don’t know |
56% |
50% |
43% |
56% |
74% |
47% |
27% have more trust in Scott Morrison to handle Australia’s economy and 18% have more trust in Chris Bowen. 56% don’t know who they would trust more.
These results show a slightly increased preference for the Treasurer over the Shadow Treasurer since this question was asked in May when Joe Hockey was treasurer.
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 = 1,792 respondents
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First preference/leaning to |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
4 weeks ago 29/09/15 |
2 weeks ago 13/10/15 |
Last week 20/10/15 |
This week 27/10/15 |
|
|
Liberal |
40% |
40% |
41% |
41% |
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|
National |
4% |
4% |
4% |
4% |
||
|
Total Liberal/National |
45.6% |
44% |
44% |
44% |
45% |
|
|
Labor |
33.4% |
35% |
36% |
36% |
35% |
|
|
Greens |
8.6% |
11% |
10% |
11% |
11% |
|
|
Palmer United Party |
5.5% |
2% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
|
|
Other/Independent |
6.9% |
9% |
9% |
8% |
8% |
|
2 Party Preferred |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
4 weeks ago 29/09/15 |
2 weeks ago 13/10/15 |
Last week 20/10/15 |
This week 27/10/15 |
|
|
Liberal National |
53.5% |
52% |
51% |
51% |
52% |
|
|
Labor |
46.5% |
48% |
49% |
49% |
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. How important are unions for Australian working people today?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
Work full time |
Work part time |
Mar 2012 |
Sep 2012 |
May 2013 |
Dec 2013 |
Feb 2014 |
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|
Total important |
62% |
83% |
47% |
74% |
60% |
59% |
71% |
56% |
52% |
56% |
57% |
61% |
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|
Total not Important |
28% |
10% |
49% |
16% |
25% |
32% |
17% |
35% |
38% |
36% |
34% |
30% |
||
|
Very important |
26% |
46% |
11% |
41% |
19% |
26% |
26% |
19% |
16% |
21% |
22% |
27% |
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|
Quite important |
36% |
37% |
36% |
33% |
41% |
33% |
45% |
37% |
36% |
35% |
35% |
34% |
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|
Not very important |
21% |
8% |
37% |
14% |
14% |
22% |
14% |
27% |
28% |
24% |
22% |
21% |
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|
Not at all important |
7% |
2% |
12% |
2% |
11% |
10% |
3% |
8% |
10% |
12% |
12% |
9% |
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|
Don’t know |
11% |
7% |
5% |
10% |
16% |
8% |
12% |
9% |
10% |
8% |
9% |
8% |
The majority of respondents regarded unions to be important for Australian working people today (62%), whilst 28% believe that they were not important. These results represent an increase in importance of unions since this question was asked in February last year – from net +31 to +34, the most positive result for unions over the past 4 years.
83% of Labor voters and 74% of Greens voters believed that unions were important for Australian working people today, while Coalition voters were the most likely to regard unions as not important (49%).
The majority of full time workers (59%) and part time workers (71%) regarded unions as important for Australian working people today.
Q. Overall, would workers be better off or worse off if unions in Australia were stronger?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
Work full time |
Work part time |
Sep 2012 |
May 2013 |
Feb 2014 |
|||
|
Total better off |
45% |
68% |
28% |
58% |
36% |
45% |
51% |
39% |
43% |
45% |
||
|
Total worse off |
26% |
13% |
41% |
12% |
28% |
31% |
16% |
30% |
29% |
27% |
||
|
A lot better off |
17% |
30% |
6% |
31% |
9% |
16% |
18% |
13% |
14% |
21% |
||
|
A little better off |
28% |
38% |
22% |
27% |
27% |
29% |
33% |
26% |
29% |
24% |
||
|
A little worse off |
12% |
8% |
18% |
5% |
12% |
14% |
10% |
15% |
14% |
11% |
||
|
A lot worse off |
14% |
5% |
23% |
7% |
16% |
17% |
6% |
15% |
15% |
16% |
||
|
Make no difference |
15% |
8% |
19% |
13% |
19% |
12% |
15% |
15% |
12% |
13% |
||
|
Don’t know |
15% |
11% |
11% |
17% |
18% |
11% |
17% |
15% |
14% |
15% |
The perception that workers would be better off with stronger unions has changed very little since this question was asked in February last year. 45% (no change) felt that workers would be better off if unions in Australia were stronger and 26% (down 1%) that believed workers would be worse off.
By voting intention, 68% of Labor voters and 58% of Greens voters believed that workers would be better off while Coalition voters were by far the most likely to believe that workers would be worse off (41%).