covid-19, interstate travel, tourism
Q. The federal government recently announced incentives for Australians to travel to tourist destinations in Australia that have been badly affected by the lack of international visitors.
How strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
| TOTAL: Agree | TOTAL: Disagree | Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | |
| As the Brisbane lockdown shows, there’s not much point in the federal government encouraging people to travel to other parts of Australia until the vaccine program has been completed | 57% | 18% | 24% | 33% | 24% | 12% | 6% |
| I would be nervous about booking a trip to another state because it’s impossible to predict if the trip will suddenly be cancelled because of a Covid-19 outbreak | 69% | 14% | 34% | 35% | 17% | 8% | 5% |
| TOTAL: Agree | Total | Gender | Age Group | Federal Voting Intention | ||||||||
| Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Labor | TOTAL: Coalition | Greens | TOTAL: Other | ||||
| As the Brisbane lockdown shows, there’s not much point in the federal government encouraging people to travel to other parts of Australia until the vaccine program has been completed | 57% | 58% | 57% | 51% | 58% | 63% | 60% | 58% | 59% | 56% | ||
| I would be nervous about booking a trip to another state because it’s impossible to predict if the trip will suddenly be cancelled because of a Covid-19 outbreak | 69% | 69% | 69% | 64% | 69% | 75% | 71% | 72% | 72% | 63% | ||
| Base (n) | 1,368 | 669 | 699 | 426 | 460 | 482 | 483 | 471 | 123 | 165 | ||
Q. As you may be aware, the last JobKeeper payments will be paid in April 2021. JobKeeper was a fortnightly amount being paid through employers to help with employees’ wages. The supplement to JobSeeker also ends this month. This will mean that people who are unemployed get $50 less per week.
How strongly do you agree or disagree with the following statements about the end of JobKeeper and the supplement to JobSeeker?
| TOTAL: Agree | TOTAL: Disagree | Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | |
| I’m worried about how it will affect me | 33% | 41% | 14% | 18% | 26% | 16% | 25% |
| I’m worried about how it will affect the economy | 58% | 15% | 23% | 36% | 27% | 10% | 5% |
| There are a lot of businesses which have been surviving only because of JobKeeper and are unlikely to ever return | 65% | 9% | 25% | 40% | 27% | 5% | 3% |
| The schemes should have been extended at least until the Covid-19 vaccine program is fully rolled out | 48% | 25% | 22% | 26% | 26% | 15% | 11% |
| The schemes were far too expensive to continue any longer | 53% | 22% | 22% | 31% | 26% | 12% | 9% |
| Big companies that have made a profit and paid dividends and bonuses should be forced to repay JobKeeper payments they received | 66% | 11% | 36% | 29% | 24% | 7% | 4% |
| JobKeeper and the extra JobSeeker payments discouraged a lot of people from taking up jobs that were available | 55% | 20% | 23% | 32% | 24% | 11% | 10% |
| The real problem the government should be addressing isn’t the cost of JobKeeper and JobSeeker but the fact that there aren’t enough decent jobs available | 55% | 18% | 23% | 32% | 27% | 12% | 6% |
| Ending the supplement to JobSeeker will mean there is more poverty in the community | 55% | 16% | 25% | 30% | 29% | 11% | 6% |
| TOTAL: Agree | Total | Gender | Age Group | Federal Voting Intention | ||||||||
| Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Labor | TOTAL: Coalition | Greens | TOTAL: Other | ||||
| I’m worried about how it will affect me | 33% | 37% | 28% | 48% | 40% | 13% | 35% | 31% | 45% | 26% | ||
| I’m worried about how it will affect the economy | 58% | 57% | 59% | 60% | 59% | 56% | 67% | 54% | 62% | 51% | ||
| There are a lot of businesses which have been surviving only because of JobKeeper and are unlikely to ever return | 65% | 63% | 66% | 62% | 65% | 67% | 67% | 64% | 73% | 64% | ||
| The schemes should have been extended at least until the Covid-19 vaccine program is fully rolled out | 48% | 48% | 48% | 57% | 51% | 38% | 58% | 37% | 70% | 48% | ||
| The schemes were far too expensive to continue any longer | 53% | 58% | 47% | 49% | 50% | 58% | 44% | 69% | 38% | 51% | ||
| Big companies that have made a profit and paid dividends and bonuses should be forced to repay JobKeeper payments they received | 66% | 69% | 62% | 57% | 66% | 73% | 68% | 67% | 67% | 67% | ||
| JobKeeper and the extra JobSeeker payments discouraged a lot of people from taking up jobs that were available | 55% | 58% | 53% | 51% | 54% | 60% | 51% | 65% | 45% | 53% | ||
| The real problem the government should be addressing isn’t the cost of JobKeeper and JobSeeker but the fact that there aren’t enough decent jobs available | 55% | 55% | 55% | 58% | 59% | 49% | 65% | 46% | 63% | 59% | ||
| Ending the supplement to JobSeeker will mean there is more poverty in the community | 55% | 52% | 57% | 57% | 59% | 49% | 67% | 42% | 71% | 54% | ||
| Base (n) | 1,368 | 669 | 699 | 426 | 460 | 482 | 483 | 471 | 123 | 165 | ||
Q. Below are two options for paid parental leave. Which of the two do you think would be better for Australia as a whole?
| Total | Gender | Age Group | Federal Voting Intention | Dependent Children | ||||||||
| Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Labor | TOTAL: Coalition | Greens | TOTAL: Other | Have dependent children | Do not have dependent children | ||
| Up to 18 weeks for primary carers, plus 2 weeks ‘Dad & Partner pay’. Both are paid at the same rate as the national minimum wage. | 40% | 45% | 35% | 30% | 35% | 53% | 36% | 48% | 27% | 37% | 36% | 42% |
| Up to 26 weeks at full pay including super, which can be used by either parent and split between them if they choose. | 60% | 55% | 65% | 70% | 65% | 47% | 64% | 52% | 73% | 63% | 64% | 58% |
| Base (n) | 1,368 | 669 | 699 | 426 | 460 | 482 | 483 | 471 | 123 | 165 | 496 | 872 |
performance of prime minister, performance of scott morrison, Prime Minister, Scott Morrison
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Scott Morrison is doing as Prime Minister?
| 29 Mar’21 | 15 Mar’21 | Feb’21 | Jan’21 | Dec’20 | Nov’20 | |
| TOTAL: Approve | 57% | 62% | 65% | 61% | 62% | 66% |
| TOTAL: Disapprove | 35% | 29% | 28% | 30% | 28% | 25% |
| Don’t know | 8% | 8% | 7% | 9% | 11% | 9% |
| Base (n) | 1,100 | 1,124 | 1,109 | 1,084 | 1,071 | 1,010 |
| TOTAL: Approve | 29 Mar’21 | 15 Mar’21 | Feb’21 | Jan’21 | Dec’20 | Nov’20 |
| Men | 65% | 65% | 65% | 62% | 68% | 65% |
| Women | 49% | 59% | 65% | 59% | 56% | 67% |
| TOTAL: Disapprove | ||||||
| Men | 30% | 28% | 28% | 32% | 25% | 28% |
| Women | 40% | 30% | 28% | 29% | 30% | 23% |
Politics, women, women in politics
Q. Currently there are 45 (out of 151) federal MPs who are women.
To what extent to you agree or disagree with the following reasons why there are fewer women than men in parliament.
| TOTAL: Agree | Mar’21 | Feb’19 |
| Political parties do not do enough to ensure gender equality in their organisations | 63% | 57% |
| The process used by political parties to select electoral candidates favours men, not women | 56% | 54% |
| Women choose not to get involved with politics | 43% | 47% |
| Voters prefer to elect men, rather than women | 40% | 39% |
| Women are less likely than men to have the experience and skills to make a good politician | 20% | 20% |
| TOTAL: Agree | Total | Gender | Age Group | Federal Voting Intention | ||||||||
| Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Labor | TOTAL: Coalition | Greens | TOTAL: Other | ||||
| Political parties do not do enough to ensure gender equality in their organisations | 63% | 58% | 68% | 66% | 61% | 62% | 71% | 59% | 75% | 56% | ||
| The process used by political parties to select electoral candidates favours men, not women | 56% | 53% | 60% | 54% | 59% | 56% | 63% | 52% | 67% | 55% | ||
| Women choose not to get involved with politics | 43% | 52% | 34% | 36% | 45% | 47% | 37% | 51% | 39% | 49% | ||
| Voters prefer to elect men, rather than women | 40% | 43% | 36% | 52% | 40% | 29% | 37% | 46% | 39% | 41% | ||
| Women are less likely than men to have the experience and skills to make a good politician | 20% | 28% | 12% | 23% | 23% | 13% | 16% | 27% | 17% | 19% | ||
| Base (n) | 1,100 | 539 | 561 | 332 | 382 | 386 | 382 | 389 | 92 | 122 | ||
Q. To what extent do you support or oppose political parties setting gender quotas when selecting candidates to achieve a representative number of women in parliament?
| Mar’21 | Feb’19 | |
| Strongly support | 21% | 18% |
| Somewhat support | 27% | 29% |
| Somewhat oppose | 21% | 20% |
| Strongly oppose | 15% | 20% |
| Unsure | 16% | 14% |
| TOTAL: Support | 48% | 46% |
| TOTAL: Oppose | 36% | 40% |
| Base (n) | 1,100 | 1,101 |
| Total | Gender | Age Group | Federal Voting Intention | ||||||||||
| Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Labor | TOTAL: Coalition | Greens | TOTAL: Other | |||||
| Strongly support | 21% | 21% | 20% | 23% | 26% | 13% | 22% | 19% | 40% | 19% | |||
| Somewhat support | 27% | 28% | 27% | 33% | 25% | 25% | 32% | 29% | 27% | 22% | |||
| Somewhat oppose | 21% | 23% | 19% | 16% | 19% | 26% | 21% | 24% | 13% | 22% | |||
| Strongly oppose | 15% | 17% | 12% | 10% | 14% | 19% | 10% | 19% | 4% | 24% | |||
| Unsure | 16% | 11% | 21% | 18% | 15% | 16% | 15% | 9% | 16% | 14% | |||
| TOTAL: Support | 48% | 49% | 47% | 56% | 52% | 38% | 54% | 48% | 67% | 40% | |||
| TOTAL: Oppose | 36% | 40% | 31% | 26% | 33% | 46% | 31% | 43% | 17% | 46% | |||
| Base (n) | 1,100 | 539 | 561 | 332 | 382 | 386 | 382 | 389 | 92 | 122 | |||
Parliament House, treatment of women, women, workplace culture
Q. Following allegations of sexual assault and misogynistic behaviour by staffers, a review into Parliament House workplace culture has been initiated.
Which of the following is closest to your view on the issue?
| Total | Gender | Age Group | Federal Voting Intention | |||||||||
| Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Labor | TOTAL: Coalition | Greens | TOTAL: Other | ||||
| Recent revelations about the culture in Parliament House is an isolated workplace issue, primarily about the safety of women working in politics | 40% | 50% | 30% | 47% | 44% | 29% | 30% | 52% | 30% | 41% | ||
| Recent revelations about the culture in Parliament House are symptomatic of the discrimination of women in society | 60% | 50% | 70% | 53% | 56% | 71% | 70% | 48% | 70% | 59% | ||
| Base (n) | 1,100 | 539 | 561 | 332 | 382 | 386 | 382 | 389 | 92 | 122 | ||
Q. To what extent do you support or oppose the following measures to address gender inequality in Australia?
| TOTAL: Support | TOTAL: Oppose | Strongly support | Somewhat support | Neither support, nor oppose | Somewhat oppose | Strongly oppose | |
| Organise a national summit of all state and federal leaders to set targets and policies to reduce violence and sexual assault | 69% | 9% | 37% | 32% | 22% | 4% | 4% |
| Implement the recommendations of the respect@work inquiry | 68% | 8% | 33% | 34% | 24% | 5% | 4% |
| Establish a specialist sexual assault court | 62% | 13% | 30% | 31% | 25% | 8% | 6% |
| Universal access to free child-care and early learning for families with young children | 60% | 16% | 30% | 30% | 24% | 9% | 8% |
| TOTAL: Support | Total | Gender | Age Group | Federal Voting Intention | ||||||||
| Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Labor | TOTAL: Coalition | Greens | TOTAL: Other | ||||
| Organise a national summit of all state and federal leaders to set targets and policies to reduce violence and sexual assault | 69% | 65% | 73% | 68% | 68% | 71% | 76% | 68% | 70% | 63% | ||
| Implement the recommendations of the respect@work inquiry | 68% | 62% | 73% | 64% | 69% | 70% | 74% | 65% | 80% | 59% | ||
| Establish a specialist sexual assault court | 62% | 53% | 70% | 64% | 64% | 58% | 67% | 58% | 74% | 56% | ||
| Base (n) | 1,100 | 539 | 561 | 332 | 382 | 386 | 382 | 389 | 92 | 122 | ||