Q. The Coalition, Labor and the Greens all support changes that would make it harder for small parties to be elected to Senate. Would you approve or disapprove of such changes?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total approve | 40% | 35% | 62% | 28% | 19% | |
| Total disapprove | 33% | 34% | 21% | 49% | 72% | |
| Strongly approve | 18% | 11% | 35% | 5% | 12% | |
| Approve | 22% | 24% | 27% | 23% | 7% | |
| Disapprove | 21% | 23% | 16% | 26% | 35% | |
| Strongly disapprove | 12% | 11% | 5% | 23% | 37% | |
| Don’t know | 27% | 32% | 18% | 23% | 10% |
40% approve of changes that would make it harder for small parties to be elected to Senate and 33% disapprove.
Liberal/National voters strongly approve (62%), Labor voters are evenly split (35%/34%) and Greens and other voters tend to disapprove.
Respondents aged under 35 were more likely to disapprove (29% approve/37% disapprove) while those aged 45+ approved (48% approve/29% disapprove).
Q. Which of the following statements is closest to your view?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Having small parties in the Senate is good for democracy | 42% | 47% | 29% | 65% | 76% | |
| Having small parties in the Senate makes government too unstable | 35% | 28% | 57% | 19% | 18% | |
| Don’t know | 23% | 26% | 14% | 16% | 7% |
42% think that having small parties in the Senate is good for democracy and 35% think that it makes government too unstable. A majority of Liberal/national voters think it makes government too unstable while all other voters tend to think it is good for democracy.
A majority of Liberal/national voters think it makes government too unstable while all other voters tend to think it is good for democracy.
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the Government’s decision to not give family tax and childcare benefits to parents who do not have their children vaccinated?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | ||||
| Total approve | 77% | 76% | 90% | 70% | 69% | 76% | 77% | 70% | 80% | 81% | |||
| Total disapprove | 12% | 13% | 6% | 17% | 25% | 13% | 11% | 12% | 12% | 10% | |||
| Strongly approve | 49% | 47% | 61% | 36% | 44% | 48% | 49% | 41% | 52% | 53% | |||
| Approve | 28% | 29% | 29% | 34% | 25% | 28% | 28% | 29% | 28% | 28% | |||
| Disapprove | 7% | 8% | 4% | 14% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 7% | 6% | |||
| Strongly disapprove | 5% | 5% | 2% | 3% | 17% | 6% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 4% | |||
| Don’t know | 11% | 11% | 5% | 12% | 7% | 11% | 12% | 17% | 8% | 9% |
77% approve of the Government’s decision to not give family tax and childcare benefits to parents who do not have their children vaccinated and only 12% disapprove.
80% of those aged 35-54 approve.
The Government says that while the budget deficit is not likely to fall significantly in the near future, it is on the right track to return to surplus. How confident are you that the Government has an effective plan to eliminate the budget deficit?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total very/somewhat confident | 36% | 18% | 71% | 14% | 20% | |
| Total not very/at all confident | 52% | 71% | 24% | 75% | 72% | |
| Very confident | 9% | 3% | 21% | 3% | 4% | |
| Somewhat confident | 27% | 15% | 50% | 11% | 16% | |
| Not very confident | 28% | 35% | 18% | 28% | 38% | |
| Not at all confident | 24% | 36% | 6% | 47% | 34% | |
| Don’t know | 13% | 12% | 6% | 11% | 8% |
Only 9% are very confident that the Government has an effective plan to eliminate the budget deficit. 27% are somewhat confident and 52% are not very or not at all confident.
71% of Liberal/National voters are very/somewhat confident but a substantial majority of all other voters are not confident.
Q. How important is it that the Government returns the budget to surplus?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Very important | 31% | 24% | 45% | 15% | 30% | |
| Somewhat important | 40% | 36% | 45% | 37% | 43% | |
| Not very important | 14% | 22% | 5% | 28% | 18% | |
| Not at all important | 6% | 8% | 2% | 15% | 6% | |
| Don’t know | 9% | 10% | 3% | 4% | 4% |
31% think it is very important to return the budget to surplus and 40% think it is somewhat important. 45% of Liberal/National voters think it is very important compared to 24% of Labor voters.
Q. And what do you think would be a reasonable timeframe to return the budget to surplus?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| 1-2 years | 6% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 6% | |
| 3-5 years | 45% | 36% | 62% | 31% | 50% | |
| 6-10 years | 24% | 29% | 19% | 33% | 21% | |
| More than 10 years | 9% | 13% | 5% | 17% | 10% | |
| Don’t know | 16% | 16% | 9% | 15% | 13% |
45% think that 3-5 years is a reasonable timeframe in which to return the budget to surplus. Only 6% think it should be returned to surplus in the next 1-2 years.
67% of Liberal/National voters think it should be returned to surplus within the next 5 years compared to 42% of labor voters.
Q. In your view is the gap between rich and poor in Australia getting bigger or smaller?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Getting bigger | 70% | 80% | 56% | 86% | 82% | |
| Getting smaller | 5% | 4% | 8% | 7% | 4% | |
| Staying about the same | 17% | 9% | 30% | 5% | 9% | |
| Don’t know | 8% | 7% | 6% | 2% | 5% |
70% think that the gap between rich and poor in Australia is getting bigger. Only 5% think it is getting smaller and 17% think it is staying much the same.
A majority of all voter groups think it is getting bigger.
There were not major differences across income groups. 70% of those on incomes over $1,600 pw think the gap is getting bigger.
Q. How relevant do you think ANZAC Day is to Australia today?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | ||||
| Very relevant | 62% | 60% | 74% | 41% | 64% | 62% | 63% | 54% | 66% | 68% | |||
| Somewhat relevant | 24% | 28% | 17% | 33% | 18% | 23% | 25% | 34% | 20% | 18% | |||
| Not very relevant | 7% | 7% | 6% | 16% | 10% | 8% | 6% | 8% | 6% | 9% | |||
| Not at all relevant | 3% | 3% | 2% | 6% | 8% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 4% | |||
| Don’t know | 3% | 2% | 1% | 5% | 1% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | 2% |
62% think that ANZAC day is very relevant to Australia today.
A majority of all age groups think it is very relevant.
Those least likely to think it is very relevant were aged 18-34 (54% very relevant), university educated (49%) and Greens voters (41%).