Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader?
| Total | Vote Lab | Vote Lib/ Nat |
Vote Grn | Vote Other | Nov 2013 | June 2014 | Mar 2015 | Apr 2015 | May 2015 | Jun 2015 | Jul 2015 | |||
| Total approve | 29% | 56% | 17% | 20% | 17% | 31% | 38% | 34% | 33% | 32% | 32% | 27% | ||
| Total disapprove | 52% | 26% | 73% | 60% | 76% | 27% | 40% | 39% | 42% | 41% | 45% | 52% | ||
| Strongly approve | 4% | 10% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 4% | 6% | 5% | ||
| Approve | 25% | 46% | 15% | 18% | 13% | 26% | 31% | 29% | 27% | 28% | 26% | 22% | ||
| Disapprove | 31% | 23% | 34% | 46% | 41% | 17% | 22% | 21% | 25% | 23% | 27% | 28% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 21% | 3% | 39% | 14% | 35% | 10% | 18% | 18% | 17% | 18% | 18% | 24% | ||
| Don’t know | 19% | 18% | 11% | 19% | 8% | 43% | 22% | 27% | 25% | 27% | 22% | 21% |
29% (up 2%) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 52% (no change) disapprove – a change in his net rating from -25 to -23.
56% (up 6%) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 26% (down 3%) disapprove.
32% of men and 27% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 55% of men and 49% of women disapprove.
Better PM, Bill Shorten, tony abbott
Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten?
| Total | Vote Lab | Vote Lib/ Nat |
Vote Grn | Vote Other | Oct 2013 | June 2014 | Mar 2015 | Apr 2015 | May 2015 | Jun 2015 | Jul 2015 | |||
| Tony Abbott | 36% | 9% | 83% | 3% | 24% | 41% | 36% | 33% | 32% | 35% | 38% | 37% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 32% | 68% | 4% | 58% | 15% | 22% | 40% | 37% | 35% | 32% | 33% | 30% | ||
| Don’t know | 31% | 23% | 14% | 40% | 61% | 37% | 24% | 30% | 33% | 33% | 29% | 33% |
36% (down 1% since July) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 32% (up 2%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.
37% of men prefer Tony Abbott and 33% prefer Bill Shorten – and women prefer Tony Abbott 36% to 32%.
Bronwyn Bishop, political expenses
Do you think Bronwyn Bishop should now resign from Parliament or remain in Parliament?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | ||
| Should resign from Parliament | 66% | 78% | 52% | 80% | 77% | |
| Should remain in Parliament | 18% | 9% | 35% | 12% | 11% | |
| Don’t know | 16% | 13% | 13% | 8% | 12% |
66% think the former Speaker, Bronwyn Bishop, should resign from Parliament and 18% think she should remain in Parliament.
A slight majority of Liberal/National voters think she should resign from Parliament.
ageism, homophobia, intolerance, Racism, Religion, sexism
Q. For each of the following forms of intolerance, please indicate to what extent you think it is a problem in Australia.
| Total large/ moderate | Large prob. | Mod. prob. | Small prob. | Not a prob. | Don’t know | Sep 12 Total large/ mod. | Jun 13 Total large/ mod. | Feb 14 Total large/ mod. | Jun 15 Total large/ mod. | |||
| Racism against people from other countries | 60% | 22% | 38% | 28% | 9% | 4% | 71% | 69% | 64% | 58% | ||
| Racism against indigenous Australians | 54% | 19% | 35% | 29% | 12% | 4% | 51% | |||||
| Sexism | 47% | 14% | 33% | 38% | 10% | 6% | 45% | 52% | 51% | 44% | ||
| Homophobia | 47% | 13% | 34% | 32% | 13% | 7% | 50% | 51% | 47% | 42% | ||
| Religious intolerance | 53% | 18% | 35% | 30% | 11% | 5% | 65% | 54% | 51% | 56% | ||
| Ageism | 48% | 17% | 31% | 33% | 12% | 8% | 44% | 46% | 49% | 49% |
47% think homophobia is a major/moderate problem in Australia – up 5% since June.
60% think that racism against people from other countries is a major/moderate problem in Australia – and 54% think racism against indigenous Australians is a major/moderate problem. These figures have not changed substantially since June.
Adam Goodes, Racism, racism in sport
Q. Do you think the people who booed Adam Goodes were being racist or not being racist?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | ||
| Being racist | 29% | 35% | 22% | 53% | 18% | |
| Not being racist | 45% | 40% | 59% | 21% | 58% | |
| Don’t know | 26% | 24% | 19% | 26% | 24% |
29% think that the people who booed Adam Goodes were being racist or and 45% think they were not being racist.
A majority (59%) of Liberal/National voters thought they were not being racist while most (53%) Greens voters though they were being racist.
Those most likely to think they were being racist were aged 18-34 (37%) and those with a university degree (37%).
Do you approve or disapprove of the Productivity Commission recommendation to cut Sunday penalty rates to the same level as Saturday rates for workers in hospitality, entertainment and retail?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | Full time worker | Part time worker | |||
| Total approve | 32% | 24% | 51% | 21% | 32% | 40% | 27% | ||
| Total disapprove | 54% | 65% | 40% | 66% | 57% | 47% | 62% | ||
| Strongly approve | 9% | 6% | 16% | 4% | 7% | 11% | 5% | ||
| Approve | 23% | 18% | 35% | 17% | 25% | 29% | 22% | ||
| Disapprove | 25% | 29% | 21% | 31% | 19% | 22% | 31% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 29% | 36% | 19% | 35% | 38% | 25% | 31% | ||
| Don’t know | 14% | 11% | 10% | 13% | 12% | 13% | 11% |
32% approve of the Productivity Commission recommendation to cut Sunday penalty rates to the same level as Saturday rates for workers in hospitality, entertainment and retail and 54% disapprove.
About half Liberal/National voters approve but other voter groups strongly disapprove.
47% of fulltime workers and 62% of part-time workers disapprove. 57% of people earning less than $1,000 pw disapprove.
federal politics voting intention
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 = 1,866 respondents
| First preference/leaning to | Election
7 Sep 13 |
4 weeks ago
7/7/15 |
2 weeks ago 21/7/15 | Last week
28/7/15 |
This week 4/8/15 | |
| Liberal | 38% | 38% | 36% | 36% | ||
| National | 3% | 3% | 4% | 3% | ||
| Total Liberal/National | 45.6% | 41% | 41% | 40% | 39% | |
| Labor | 33.4% | 39% | 38% | 38% | 38% | |
| Greens | 8.6% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 12% | |
| Palmer United Party | 5.5% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | |
| Other/Independent | 6.9% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 9% |
| 2 Party Preferred | Election
7 Sep 13 |
4 weeks ago
7/7/15 |
2 weeks ago 21/7/15 | Last week
28/7/15 |
This week 4/8/15 | |
| Liberal National | 53.5% | 48% | 48% | 47% | 47% | |
| Labor | 46.5% | 52% | 52% | 53% | 53% |
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. Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Liberal Party?
| Total | Male | Female | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Jun 2014 | Feb 2015 | ||||
| Tony Abbott | 18% | 21% | 15% | 4% | 41% | 3% | 9% | 18% | 11% | |||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 24% | 30% | 18% | 32% | 21% | 34% | 20% | 31% | 24% | |||
| Joe Hockey | 3% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 6% | 5% | |||
| Julie Bishop | 17% | 11% | 22% | 17% | 17% | 21% | 20% | 4% | 21% | |||
| Christopher Pyne | 1% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | <1% | <1% | |||
| Scott Morrison | 3% | 5% | 1% | 2% | 6% | – | 3% | 1% | 2% | |||
| Someone else | 13% | 13% | 13% | 17% | 3% | 20% | 28% | 19% | 13% | |||
| Don’t know | 22% | 16% | 27% | 24% | 6% | 187% | 17% | 21% | 24% |
24% (no change since February) think Malcolm Turnbull would make the best leader of the Liberal Party, 18% prefer Tony Abbott (up 7%) and 17% prefer Julie Bishop (down 4%).
Among Liberal/National voters, 41% (up 18%) prefer Tony Abbott, 21% (down 3%) Malcolm Turnbull and 17% (down 9%) Julie Bishop.
Preferences of men were Malcolm Turnbull 30%, Tony Abbott 21% and Julie Bishop 11%.
Preferences of women were Julie Bishop 22%, Malcolm Turnbull 18% and Tony Abbott 15%.