Private Health Insurance, Private Health Insurance Rebate
Q: Do you think the Government’s private health insurance rebate should be means tested or should all people who pay private health insurance receive a rebate?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | ||
| Private health insurance rebate should be means tested | 42% | 53% | 37% | 48% | 37% | |
| Everyone who pays private health insurance should receive a rebate | 44% | 39% | 53% | 32% | 49% | |
| Don’t know | 14% | 9% | 9% | 20% | 14% |
42% think the private health insurance rebate should be means tested and 44% think everyone should receive a rebate.
Those more likely to think it should be means tested were aged 55+ (50%) and those earning less than $1,600 pw (49%).
Those more likely to think everyone should receive a rebate were aged under 35 (49%) and those earning more that $1,600+ pw (54%).
domestic violence, family violence
Q: Thinking about the issue of domestic violence, would you say it is an issue that typically:
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | ||
| Can affect people like me and people I know well | 62% | 66% | 61% | 64% | 64% | |
| Probably doesn’t affect people like me and people I know well | 27% | 26% | 30% | 30% | 26% | |
| Don’t know | 11% | 8% | 9% | 6% | 11% |
62% think that the issue of domestic violence can affect people like me and people I know well and 27% think it probably doesn’t.
Those most likely to think it can affect people like them were women (70%) and those with dependent children (67%).
32% of men and 36% of those aged 55+ think it probably doesn’t affect people like them.
freeways, public transport, roads
Q: Do you think it is more important to expand public transport or more important to build new roads and freeways?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | ||
| More important to expand public transport | 56% | 57% | 52% | 77% | 52% | |
| More important to build roads and freeways | 33% | 34% | 41% | 18% | 36% | |
| Don’t know | 11% | 9% | 7% | 5% | 12% |
56% think that it is more important to expand public transport and 33% think it is more important to build roads and freeways.
Those more supportive of expanding public transport were aged 18-24 (65%), people from Victoria (64%) and those with university education (66%).
Those more supportive of building roads and freeways were aged 35-44 (40%) and people from Queensland (41%).
Q: Do you approve of paying tolls for new roads and freeways or do you think new roads and freeways should only be built if the Government can pay for them without charging tolls?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | ||
| Pay tolls for new roads/freeways | 24% | 23% | 31% | 21% | 18% | |
| Only build new roads/freeways if Government can pay for them without tolls | 64% | 67% | 59% | 67% | 74% | |
| Don’t know | 12% | 10% | 10% | 12% | 8% |
64% think that new roads and freeways should only be built if the Government can pay for them without charging tolls and 24% approve of paying tolls for new roads and freeways.
Those most likely to approve paying tolls were aged 65+ (32%), earning $1,600+ pw (29%) and university educated (29%).
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 = 1,778 respondents
|
First preference/leaning to |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
4 weeks ago 01/09/15 |
2 weeks ago 15/09/15 |
Last week 22/9/15 |
This week 29/9/15 |
|
|
Liberal |
37% |
36% |
37% |
40% |
||
|
National |
3% |
4% |
4% |
4% |
||
|
Total Liberal/National |
45.6% |
40% |
40% |
41% |
44% |
|
|
Labor |
33.4% |
38% |
38% |
37% |
35% |
|
|
Greens |
8.6% |
11% |
11% |
11% |
11% |
|
|
Palmer United Party |
5.5% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
|
|
Other/Independent |
6.9% |
10% |
10% |
9% |
9% |
|
2 Party Preferred |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
4 weeks ago 01/09/15 |
2 weeks ago 15/09/15 |
Last week 22/9/15 |
This week 29/9/15 |
|
|
Liberal National |
53.5% |
48% |
48% |
49% |
52% |
|
|
Labor |
46.5% |
52% |
52% |
51% |
48% |
NB. Except 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 think the Federal election should be held later next year as scheduled or should the Government call an early election?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
||
|
Hold election later next year |
63% |
56% |
77% |
62% |
61% |
|
|
Call an early election |
21% |
28% |
13% |
22% |
27% |
|
|
Don’t know |
16% |
16% |
10% |
16% |
12% |
63% think the next election should be held as scheduled later next year. 21% think the Government should call an early election. A majority of all voter groups think the election should be held as scheduled.
Q. Do you think Tony Abbott should –
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
||
|
Stay in Parliament on the back bench |
25% |
22% |
34% |
17% |
16% |
|
|
Stay in Parliament and be given a Ministry |
16% |
8% |
26% |
6% |
24% |
|
|
Resign from Parliament |
41% |
55% |
27% |
65% |
43% |
|
|
Don’t know |
17% |
15% |
13% |
12% |
17% |
41% think Tony Abbott should resign from Parliament and 41% think he should stay in Parliament – either as a backbencher (25%) or a Minister (16%).
A majority of Labor (55%) and Greens (65%) voters think he should resign compared to 27% of Liberal/National voters. 34% of Liberal/National voters think he should stay on the backbench and 26% think he should be given a Ministry.
Q. Overall, how would you describe the current state of the Australian economy?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
May 2012 |
Apr 2013 |
Sep 2013 |
Jan 2014 |
Apr 2014 |
Aug 2014 |
Mar 2015 |
|||
|
Total good |
26% |
23% |
36% |
14% |
21% |
35% |
45% |
40% |
34% |
38% |
37% |
27% |
||
|
Total poor |
32% |
37% |
24% |
43% |
41% |
29% |
26% |
25% |
26% |
24% |
26% |
33% |
||
|
Very good |
3% |
3% |
4% |
1% |
1% |
6% |
8% |
6% |
4% |
3% |
6% |
3% |
||
|
Good |
23% |
20% |
32% |
13% |
20% |
29% |
37% |
34% |
30% |
35% |
31% |
24% |
||
|
Neither good nor poor |
39% |
36% |
39% |
41% |
37% |
33% |
28% |
32% |
36% |
34% |
35% |
36% |
||
|
Poor |
24% |
28% |
20% |
33% |
27% |
20% |
17% |
20% |
21% |
19% |
18% |
24% |
||
|
Very poor |
8% |
9% |
4% |
10% |
14% |
9% |
9% |
5% |
5% |
5% |
8% |
9% |
||
|
Don’t know |
3% |
3% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
3% |
4% |
4% |
3% |
4% |
26% described the economy as good or very good and 32% poor/very poor – 39% said it was neither. This represents no significant change since March.
Liberal National voters were more optimistic than other voters. Among Labor voters 23% (down 5%) thought it was good and 37% (up 3%) poor; for Liberal/National voters 36% (up 3%) said it was good and 24% (down 4%) poor.