Q. Which party do you think is most likely to win the next Federal election due in 2016?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Dec 2014 | Feb 2015 | |||
| Labor Party | 32% | 68% | 6% | 41% | 26% | 46% | 49% | ||
| Liberal/National Party | 37% | 12% | 80% | 12% | 24% | 27% | 23% | ||
| Can’t say | 30% | 20% | 14% | 47% | 49% | 27% | 28% |
32% think the Labor Party is most likely to win the next election and 37% think the Liberal/National Party is most likely to win. 30% could not give an opinion. This represents a substantial shift toward the Coalition since this question was asked in February.
68% (down 19%) of Labor voters think the Labor Party is most likely to win and 80% (up 23%) of Liberal/National voters think the Liberal/National Party will win.
Q. As far as you know, do you think that there are enough or not enough places for all Australian students who want to attend university?
| Total | Men | Women | Aged
18-34 |
Aged
35-54 |
Aged
55+ |
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| Enough | 41% | 42% | 40% | 51% | 34% | 40% | |
| Not enough | 38% | 40% | 36% | 29% | 45% | 39% | |
| Don’t know | 21% | 18% | 24% | 20% | 22% | 21% |
Respondents were evenly divided over whether there are enough places for all Australian students who want to attend university.
41% believe there are enough and 38% think there are not enough.
Those aged 18-34 are more likely to think there are enough places and those aged 35-54 more likely to think there are not enough places.
Q. And do you think that a university education is affordable or not affordable for all Australian students who want to attend university?
| Total | Men | Women | Aged
18-34 |
Aged
35-54 |
Aged
55+ |
||
| Affordable | 27% | 28% | 25% | 30% | 25% | 26% | |
| Not affordable | 63% | 60% | 66% | 61% | 65% | 62% | |
| Don’t know | 10% | 11% | 10% | 9% | 10% | 12% |
A majority of 63% of respondents think university education is not affordable for all Australian students who want to attend university.
Only 27% think it is affordable.
More than 60% of all age and gender groups think university education is not affordable for all Australian students who want to attend university.
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 = 1,781 respondents
|
First preference/leaning to |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
4 weeks ago 9/6/15 |
2 weeks ago 23/6/15 |
Last week 30/6/15 |
This week 7/7/15 |
|
|
Liberal |
38% |
38% |
38% |
38% |
||
|
National |
3% |
3% |
3% |
3% |
||
|
Total Liberal/National |
45.6% |
41% |
41% |
41% |
41% |
|
|
Labor |
33.4% |
40% |
39% |
39% |
39% |
|
|
Greens |
8.6% |
9% |
10% |
11% |
10% |
|
|
Palmer United Party |
5.5% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
|
|
Other/Independent |
6.9% |
9% |
8% |
8% |
9% |
|
2 Party Preferred |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
4 weeks ago 9/6/15 |
2 weeks ago 23/6/15 |
Last week 30/6/15 |
This week 7/7/15 |
|
|
Liberal National |
53.5% |
48% |
48% |
47% |
48% |
|
|
Labor |
46.5% |
52% |
52% |
53% |
52% |
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 agree or disagree with the following statements?
|
Total agree |
Total disagree |
Strongly agree |
Agree |
Disagree |
Strongly disagree |
Don’t know |
Total agree men |
Total agree women |
|||
|
In general, women’s sports are just as exciting as men’s |
61% |
28% |
17% |
44% |
21% |
7% |
10% |
55% |
68% |
||
|
The media does not pay enough attention to women’s sports |
68% |
20% |
27% |
41% |
16% |
4% |
12% |
62% |
75% |
||
|
In general, people are not interested in watching women play sports |
42% |
43% |
7% |
35% |
30% |
13% |
15% |
40% |
43% |
||
|
Most women aren’t interested in playing or watching sports |
27% |
60% |
4% |
23% |
40% |
20% |
13% |
30% |
24% |
||
|
Women athletes are great role models for girls |
84% |
7% |
36% |
48% |
4% |
3% |
9% |
78% |
90% |
||
|
In general, compared to men, sportswomen are underpaid and the financial rewards inadequate |
72% |
13% |
34% |
38% |
9% |
4% |
16% |
65% |
78% |
A substantial proportion of respondents agreed that “Women athletes are great role models for girls” (84%), “In general, compared to men, sportswomen are underpaid and the financial rewards inadequate” (72%) and “The media does not pay enough attention to women’s sports” (68%). A majority also agreed “In general, women’s sports are just as exciting as men’s” (61%). They were divided 42% agree/43% disagree over whether “In general, people are not interested in watching women play sports” but 60% disagreed that “Most women aren’t interested in playing or watching sports”.
Overall, women had a more positive opinion than men on most issues except “In general, people are not interested in watching women play sports” where men were 40% agree/44% disagree and women 43% agree/42% disagree.
Q. Regardless of your opinion about same-sex marriage, do you think it is likely or unlikely that the laws will be changed in the next few years to allow same-sex marriage?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
Feb 2015 |
|||
|
Total likely |
69% |
69% |
72% |
79% |
62% |
56% |
||
|
Total unlikely |
20% |
20% |
19% |
13% |
28% |
28% |
||
|
Very likely |
31% |
35% |
26% |
44% |
32% |
15% |
||
|
Likely |
38% |
34% |
46% |
35% |
30% |
41% |
||
|
Unlikely |
14% |
16% |
13% |
12% |
12% |
22% |
||
|
Very unlikely |
6% |
4% |
6% |
1% |
16% |
6% |
||
|
Don’t know |
11% |
11% |
8% |
8% |
11% |
16% |
69% think it is likely that the laws will be changed in the next few years to allow same-sex marriage and 20% think it is unlikely.
This is a substantial shift since this question was asked in February.
Those thinking it likely that the laws will be changed has increased 13 percentage points and those thinking it is unlikely has declined 8 percentage points. While expectations that the laws will be changed has increased across the board, it has increased most with Liberal/National voters – from 52% to 72%.
Q. The proposed Trans Pacific Partnership would allow foreign companies to sue the Australian Government in foreign courts for changes in government policies that cost them money. Do you think foreign companies should or should not be able to sue the Government for losses due to changes in policy?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
||
|
Should be able to sue |
10% |
13% |
11% |
8% |
4% |
|
|
Should not be able to sue |
61% |
58% |
66% |
68% |
77% |
|
|
Don’t know |
29% |
30% |
23% |
24% |
19% |
61% think that foreign companies should not be able to sue the Government for losses due to changes in policy and only 10% think they should. Liberal/National voters (66%) are more likely than Labor voters (58%) to think they should not be able to sue.
Q. Which of the following is closest to your opinion of the ABC?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
||
|
The ABC is biased to the Left |
22% |
10% |
42% |
13% |
13% |
|
|
The ABC is not biased either to the Left or to the Right |
36% |
48% |
21% |
61% |
46% |
|
|
The ABC is biased to the Right |
3% |
1% |
3% |
2% |
8% |
|
|
Don’t know |
40% |
40% |
34% |
23% |
33% |
36% think that the ABC is not biased either to the Left or the Right and 22% think it is biased to the Left. A very high 40% do not know if the ABC is biased in any direction.
Liberal/National voters are more likely to think the ABC is biased to the Left (42%). 61% of Greens voters and 48% of Labor voters think the ABC is not biased.