Q. How would you rate the Federal Liberal-National Government for the way they have handled the following issues?
|
Total good |
Total poor |
Net score |
Very good |
Good |
Average |
Poor |
Very poor |
Don’t know |
Net Feb 2014 |
Net Sept 2014 |
Net Jan 2015 |
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|
Supporting Australian businesses |
36% |
21% |
+15 |
8% |
28% |
34% |
12% |
9% |
8% |
-7 |
-5 |
-5 |
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|
Relations with other countries |
31% |
33% |
-2 |
7% |
24% |
29% |
18% |
15% |
8% |
-3 |
+15 |
+5 |
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|
Managing the economy |
29% |
34% |
-5 |
8% |
21% |
30% |
18% |
16% |
6% |
+3 |
-6 |
-14 |
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|
Treatment of asylum seekers |
32% |
39% |
-7 |
15% |
17% |
21% |
13% |
26% |
8% |
+1 |
-3 |
-6 |
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|
Industrial relations |
24% |
32% |
-8 |
5% |
19% |
32% |
17% |
15% |
12% |
-12 |
-16 |
-15 |
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|
Education and schools |
24% |
37% |
-13 |
5% |
19% |
32% |
20% |
17% |
7% |
-7 |
-22 |
-24 |
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|
Supporting Australian jobs |
23% |
40% |
-17 |
5% |
18% |
29% |
21% |
19% |
7% |
-19 |
-21 |
-24 |
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|
Health services |
22% |
41% |
-19 |
4% |
18% |
30% |
21% |
20% |
6% |
-13 |
-27 |
-31 |
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|
Social welfare |
21% |
42% |
-21 |
5% |
16% |
29% |
20% |
22% |
8% |
-12 |
-26 |
-28 |
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|
Protecting the environment |
20% |
41% |
-21 |
4% |
16% |
31% |
16% |
25% |
9% |
-10 |
-18 |
-23 |
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|
Climate change |
19% |
43% |
-24 |
5% |
14% |
29% |
15% |
28% |
9% |
-15 |
-27 |
-27 |
The Government received negative ratings for all issues except supporting Australian businesses (net +15).
Highest negative ratings were given for climate change (19% good/43% poor), protecting the environment (20%/41%) and social welfare (21%/42%).
Since this question was asked in January there have been a significant increases for supporting Australian businesses (+20), health services (+12), education and schools (+11) and managing the economy (+9). The only significant decrease was for “relations with other countries” (down 7 points to -2).
Q. Do you think it should be legal or illegal to stage a protest in the following places?
|
Legal |
Illegal |
Don’t know |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
||
|
Outside Parliament House |
72% |
15% |
12% |
78% |
67% |
89% |
80% |
|
|
On a city street |
71% |
16% |
14% |
74% |
68% |
87% |
74% |
|
|
Outside a private business |
49% |
33% |
18% |
58% |
39% |
69% |
59% |
|
|
At a train station |
43% |
41% |
16% |
49% |
36% |
65% |
47% |
|
|
Outside a church |
42% |
41% |
17% |
48% |
32% |
70% |
45% |
|
|
Outside a public figure’s house (i.e. politician or celebrity) |
34% |
50% |
16% |
38% |
25% |
50% |
43% |
|
|
Outside a school |
32% |
54% |
15% |
35% |
25% |
50% |
39% |
|
|
Outside a medical clinic that offers abortion procedures |
30% |
54% |
17% |
31% |
26% |
37% |
39% |
|
|
Inside Parliament House |
25% |
59% |
16% |
30% |
16% |
39% |
27% |
A majority think it should be legal to stage a protest outside Parliament House (72%) and on a city street (71%). Respondents were also more likely to think protesting outside a private business should be legal (49%).
However, a majority think that it should be illegal to stage a protest inside Parliament House (59%), outside a clinic that offers abortions (54%), outside a school (54%) and outside a public figure’s house (50%).
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 = 1,816 respondents
|
First preference/leaning to |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
4 weeks ago 2/6/15 |
2 weeks ago 16/6/15 |
Last week 23/6/15 |
This week 30/6/15 |
|
|
Liberal |
38% |
39% |
38% |
38% |
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|
National |
4% |
3% |
3% |
3% |
||
|
Total Liberal/National |
45.6% |
41% |
42% |
41% |
41% |
|
|
Labor |
33.4% |
40% |
39% |
39% |
39% |
|
|
Greens |
8.6% |
10% |
10% |
10% |
11% |
|
|
Palmer United Party |
5.5% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
|
|
Other/Independent |
6.9% |
8% |
8% |
8% |
8% |
|
2 Party Preferred |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
4 weeks ago 2/6/15 |
2 weeks ago 16/6/15 |
Last week 23/6/15 |
This week 30/6/15 |
|
|
Liberal National |
53.5% |
48% |
48% |
48% |
47% |
|
|
Labor |
46.5% |
52% |
52% |
52% |
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. The Federal Government has released a paper which lists several ideas for future funding of schools. Do you approve or disapprove of each of the following ideas?
|
Total approve |
Total dis- approve |
Strongly approve |
Approve |
Dis- approve |
Strongly dis- approve |
Don’t know |
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|
Giving the states and territories full responsibility for all schools |
38% |
35% |
9% |
29% |
24% |
11% |
27% |
|
|
Making states and territories fully responsible for funding public schools while the Federal Government funds non-government schools |
20% |
56% |
4% |
16% |
27% |
29% |
25% |
|
|
Reducing Commonwealth involvement in schools, but without significant structural change |
28% |
43% |
4% |
24% |
28% |
15% |
30% |
|
|
Making the Federal Government the main funder of all schools. |
51% |
23% |
15% |
36% |
17% |
6% |
25% |
|
|
Means testing – charging high-income parents fees for children to attend public schools. |
37% |
48% |
10% |
27% |
23% |
25% |
14% |
A majority of respondents (51%) approve of the proposal of “Making the Federal Government the main funder of all schools” and a majority (56%) reject the proposal of “Making states and territories fully responsible for funding public schools while the Federal Government funds non- government schools”.
They were more likely to reject the proposal to means test parents of public schools (37% approve/48% disapprove) but were divided on the issue of “Giving the states and territories full responsibility for all schools” (38% approve/35% disapprove).
Q. Australia currently has troops in Iraq to help train Iraqi forces fighting Islamic State militants. Would you support or oppose Australian soldiers being used to fight Islamic State, not just train Iraqi forces?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
||
|
Total support |
41% |
37% |
51% |
29% |
35% |
|
|
Total oppose |
43% |
48% |
38% |
53% |
52% |
|
|
Strongly support |
15% |
12% |
22% |
7% |
15% |
|
|
Support |
26% |
25% |
29% |
22% |
20% |
|
|
Oppose |
23% |
23% |
25% |
22% |
18% |
|
|
Strongly oppose |
20% |
25% |
13% |
31% |
34% |
|
|
Don’t know |
17% |
14% |
12% |
18% |
12% |
41% support Australian soldiers being used to fight Islamic State and 43% oppose.
A majority (51%) of Liberal/National voters support while Greens voters (53%) and Labor voters (48%) were more likely to oppose.
Q. How much trust do you have in what you read in the following newspapers?
|
Total a lot/some |
A lot of trust |
Some trust |
Not much trust |
No trust at all |
Don’t know |
Total a lot/some Jul 2011 |
Total a lot/some Jun 2012 |
Total a lot/some Jan 2013 |
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|
The Australian |
58% |
12% |
46% |
26% |
10% |
6% |
69% |
60% |
65% |
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|
The Telegraph (NSW only) |
46% |
6% |
40% |
31% |
19% |
4% |
52% |
49% |
48% |
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|
Sydney Morning Herald (NSW only) |
70% |
18% |
52% |
22% |
5% |
3% |
74% |
69% |
71% |
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|
The Age (Victoria only) |
66% |
14% |
52% |
18% |
11% |
5% |
79% |
76% |
71% |
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|
Herald Sun (Victoria only) |
48% |
8% |
40% |
28% |
17% |
6% |
54% |
51% |
50% |
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|
Courier Mail (Queensland only) |
48% |
8% |
40% |
33% |
13% |
6% |
65% |
51% |
57% |
* Note : Percentages based only on respondents who had read each newspaper.
Among those who have read the newspaper, 18% have a lot of trust in the SMH and 14% have a lot of trust in The Age. 12% of readers of The Australian have a lot of trust in the newspaper but only 6% have a lot of trust in The Telegraph. 50% have not much or no trust in The Telegraph, 46% not much/no trust in the Courier Mail and 45% not much/no trust in The Herald Sun.
Overall, the most trusted newspapers were the SMH (70% a lot/some trust) and The Age (66%). The least trusted were The Telegraph (46% a lot/some trust), the HeraldSun (48%) and the Courier Mail (48%).
Since this question was asked in 2013, there have been declines in trust in the Courier Mail (down 9%) and The Australian (down 7%), while The Age has declined by 5%.
Q. How much trust do you have in the following media commentators and journalists?
|
Total a lot/some |
A lot of trust |
Some trust |
Not much trust |
No trust at all |
Don’t know |
Total a lot/some Oct 2012 |
% know them |
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|
Laurie Oakes |
71% |
25% |
46% |
14% |
5% |
10% |
72% |
77% |
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|
Sarah Ferguson |
51% |
12% |
39% |
19% |
10% |
20% |
– |
50% |
|||
|
Tony Jones |
51% |
11% |
40% |
21% |
11% |
15% |
53% |
54% |
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|
Mark Riley |
51% |
9% |
42% |
21% |
8% |
20% |
– |
42% |
|||
|
Michelle Grattan |
49% |
12% |
37% |
22% |
9% |
20% |
48% |
37% |
|||
|
Neil Mitchell |
47% |
9% |
38% |
25% |
11% |
17% |
46% |
45% |
|||
|
Chris Uhlmann |
46% |
11% |
35% |
22% |
12% |
20% |
– |
35% |
|||
|
Jon Faine |
40% |
7% |
33% |
23% |
12% |
24% |
38% |
33% |
|||
|
Andrew Bolt |
38% |
11% |
27% |
20% |
30% |
12% |
39% |
65% |
|||
|
Alan Jones |
29% |
6% |
23% |
29% |
29% |
12% |
22% |
80% |
* Note : Percentages based only on respondents who knew of each commentator/journalist.
The most trusted media commentators and journalists were Laurie Oakes (71%), Sarah Ferguson, Tony Jones and Mark Riley (all 51%).
The least trusted were Alan Jones (29%) and Andrew Bolt (38%).
Q. How will you mainly fund your retirement – or if you are already retired, how are you currently mainly funding your retirement?
|
Total |
Men |
Women |
Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 |
Aged 55+ |
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|
My superannuation |
46% |
54% |
39% |
58% |
45% |
35% |
|
|
My partner’s superannuation |
5% |
2% |
8% |
3% |
7% |
4% |
|
|
My savings and investments |
16% |
17% |
15% |
23% |
17% |
7% |
|
|
My partner’s savings and investments |
2% |
1% |
3% |
3% |
1% |
1% |
|
|
Government Pension |
26% |
22% |
31% |
8% |
25% |
50% |
|
|
Other |
4% |
5% |
4% |
6% |
5% |
3% |
46% say they will mainly fund (or are funding) their retirement through their superannuation and 26% mainly through the Government pension. 50% of those aged 55+ will rely mainly on the Government pension compared to only 8% of those aged 18-34.
Women are more likely to rely on the Government pension (31%) and less likely to rely on their superannuation (39%). 54% of men will mainly rely on their superannuation. 11% of women say they will rely on their partner’s super or investments.