Q. In general, how much trust do you have in the following professions?
|
Total a lot /some trust |
A lot of trust |
Some trust |
A little trust |
No trust |
Don’t know |
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|
Doctors |
81% |
39% |
42% |
14% |
2% |
4% |
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|
Engineers |
68% |
23% |
45% |
20% |
3% |
10% |
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|
Accountants |
49% |
8% |
41% |
34% |
9% |
8% |
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|
Lawyers |
34% |
5% |
29% |
37% |
21% |
8% |
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|
Bankers |
29% |
2% |
27% |
41% |
25% |
6% |
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|
Journalists |
27% |
2% |
25% |
41% |
26% |
6% |
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|
Real estate agents |
12% |
1% |
11% |
38% |
44% |
7% |
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|
Politicians |
11% |
1% |
10% |
33% |
49% |
6% |
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From a list of eight professions, a majority of respondents had trust in doctors (81%) and engineers (68%). About half (49%) had trust in accountants – who were considered more trustworthy that lawyers (34%) or bankers (29%).
Politicians (11%) and real estate agents (12%) were the least trusted.
Q. Who do you think is most to blame for big companies, like Google, shifting their assets to other countries to avoid paying tax in Australia?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|||
|
The Australian Government |
33% |
43% |
22% |
43% |
38% |
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|
The company executives |
23% |
23% |
27% |
20% |
24% |
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|
The company board |
16% |
12% |
20% |
21% |
17% |
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|
Their accountants |
9% |
6% |
14% |
3% |
10% |
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|
Don’t know |
18% |
15% |
17% |
13% |
12% |
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33% think that the Australian Government is most to blame for big companies shifting their assets to other countries to avoid paying tax. 23% blame company executives, 16% the company board and only 9% their accountants.
Labor and Greens voters are more likely to blame the Government (both 43%) and Liberal/National voters a little more likely to blame accountants (14%).
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 = 1,815 respondents
|
First preference/leaning to |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
4 weeks ago 12/5/15 |
2 weeks ago 26/5/15 |
Last week 2/6/15 |
This week 9/6/15 |
|
|
Liberal |
38% |
38% |
38% |
38% |
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|
National |
3% |
4% |
4% |
3% |
||
|
Total Liberal/National |
45.6% |
41% |
41% |
41% |
41% |
|
|
Labor |
33.4% |
39% |
39% |
40% |
40% |
|
|
Greens |
8.6% |
11% |
10% |
10% |
9% |
|
|
Palmer United Party |
5.5% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
|
|
Other/Independent |
6.9% |
8% |
8% |
8% |
9% |
|
2 Party Preferred |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
4 weeks ago 12/5/15 |
2 weeks ago 26/5/15 |
Last week 2/6/15 |
This week 9/6/15 |
|
|
Liberal National |
53.5% |
48% |
48% |
48% |
48% |
|
|
Labor |
46.5% |
52% |
52% |
52% |
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.
. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
|
June 2014 |
Sep 2014 |
Dec 2014 |
Mar 2015 |
Apr 2015 |
May 2015 |
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|
Total approve |
39% |
11% |
81% |
6% |
33% |
|
|
35% |
35% |
32% |
31% |
33% |
36% |
|||
|
Total disapprove |
50% |
80% |
11% |
85% |
56% |
|
|
58% |
52% |
55% |
56% |
58% |
54% |
|||
|
Strongly approve |
11% |
2% |
26% |
1% |
6% |
|
|
10% |
9% |
8% |
7% |
7% |
10% |
|||
|
Approve |
28% |
9% |
55% |
5% |
27% |
|
|
25% |
26% |
24% |
24% |
26% |
26% |
|||
|
Disapprove |
23% |
31% |
10% |
31% |
30% |
|
|
18% |
22% |
22% |
22% |
28% |
25% |
|||
|
Strongly disapprove |
27% |
49% |
1% |
54% |
26% |
|
|
40% |
30% |
33% |
34% |
30% |
29% |
|||
|
Don’t know |
12% |
8% |
8% |
8% |
11% |
|
|
7% |
13% |
12% |
12% |
9% |
11% |
|||
39% of respondents approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister – up 3% since the last time this question was asked in May – and 50% disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing (down 4%). This represents a 7-point change in his net rating from -18 to -11 (his best net rating since November last year – also -11)
81% (up 3%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Tony Abbott’s performance, with 11% (down 3%) disapproving. 80% of Labor voters and 85% of Greens voters disapprove of Tony Abbott’s performance.
By gender men were 44% approve/47% disapprove and women 34% approve/52% disapprove.
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
|
June 2014 |
Sep 2014 |
Dec 2014 |
Mar 2015 |
Apr 2015 |
May 2015 |
|||
|
Total approve |
32% |
58% |
14% |
33% |
20% |
|
|
38% |
35% |
35% |
34% |
33% |
32% |
||
|
Total disapprove |
45% |
23% |
70% |
38% |
60% |
|
|
40% |
36% |
39% |
39% |
42% |
41% |
||
|
Strongly approve |
6% |
13% |
3% |
2% |
1% |
|
|
7% |
5% |
7% |
5% |
6% |
4% |
||
|
Approve |
26% |
45% |
11% |
31% |
19% |
|
|
31% |
30% |
28% |
29% |
27% |
28% |
||
|
Disapprove |
27% |
20% |
34% |
34% |
31% |
|
|
22% |
22% |
23% |
21% |
25% |
23% |
||
|
Strongly disapprove |
18% |
3% |
36% |
4% |
29% |
|
|
18% |
14% |
16% |
18% |
17% |
18% |
||
|
Don’t know |
22% |
19% |
16% |
29% |
19% |
|
|
22% |
29% |
26% |
27% |
25% |
27% |
32% (no change since May) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 45% (up 4%) disapprove – a change in his net rating from -9 to -13, his lowest since becoming leader.
58% (up 2%) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 23% (up 2%) disapprove. 35% of men and 30% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 50% of men and 41% of women disapprove.
Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
Oct 2013 |
Mar 2014 |
June 2014 |
Sep 2014 |
Dec 2014 |
Mar 2015 |
Apr 2015 |
May 2015 |
|||
|
Tony Abbott |
38% |
9% |
82% |
8% |
36% |
41% |
39% |
36% |
35% |
31% |
33% |
32% |
35% |
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|
Bill Shorten |
33% |
66% |
3% |
57% |
22% |
22% |
33% |
40% |
36% |
36% |
37% |
35% |
32% |
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|
Don’t know |
29% |
25% |
15% |
36% |
42% |
37% |
28% |
24% |
30% |
33% |
30% |
33% |
33% |
38% (up 3% since May) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 33% (up 1%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister. This is Tony Abbott’s best result since October last year.
43% of men prefer Tony Abbott and 32% prefer Bill Shorten – and women prefer Bill Shorten 34% to 33%.
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 |
A large problem |
Moderate problem |
Small problem |
Not a problem at all |
Don’t know |
|
Jun 13 Total large/ moder ate |
|
Mar 15 Total large/ moder ate |
|||
|
Racism against people from other countries |
58% |
22% |
36% |
28% |
8% |
5% |
|
69% |
|
67% |
||
|
Racism against indigenous Australians |
51% |
20% |
31% |
32% |
12% |
5% |
||||||
|
Sexism |
44% |
13% |
31% |
38% |
11% |
6% |
|
52% |
|
47% |
||
|
Homophobia |
42% |
14% |
28% |
35% |
15% |
8% |
|
51% |
|
45% |
||
|
Religious intolerance |
56% |
20% |
36% |
28% |
10% |
6% |
|
54% |
|
61% |
||
|
Ageism |
49% |
17% |
32% |
31% |
12% |
8% |
|
46% |
|
45% |
56% think that religious intolerance is a major/moderate problem in Australia – down 5% since March.
58% think that racism against people from other countries is a major/moderate problem in Australia – and 51% think racism against indigenous Australians is a major/moderate problem.
These figures have not changed substantially since March.
Note – “racism” has been split into racism against people from other countries and racism against indigenous Australians.
Q. Thinking about housing prices, do you think increases in the cost of housing are good or bad for the following?
|
Total good |
Total bad |
Very good |
Good |
Neither good nor bad |
Bad |
Very bad |
Don’t know |
||
|
Home owners |
49% |
21% |
13% |
36% |
24% |
14% |
7% |
5% |
|
|
Investors |
46% |
22% |
14% |
32% |
24% |
15% |
7% |
8% |
|
|
You personally |
25% |
36% |
7% |
18% |
34% |
17% |
19% |
5% |
|
|
The economy |
23% |
36% |
2% |
21% |
31% |
24% |
12% |
9% |
|
|
The average Australian |
13% |
57% |
2% |
11% |
25% |
36% |
21% |
5% |
|
|
First home buyers |
9% |
74% |
2% |
7% |
13% |
32% |
42% |
5% |
Nearly half think that increases in the cost of housing are good for home owners (49%) and investors (46%).
74% think increases are bad for first home buyers and more than half (57%) think they are bad for the average Australian.
Respondents were divided over whether increases in housing costs are good or bad for the economy – but are somewhat more likely to think they are bad (36%) or neither (31%).
Only 25% see increases as being good for themselves personally.