Q. The Intergenerational Report shows that Australia’s population is ageing and in future people may have to work longer to fund their retirement. Do you think it will be good or bad for Australia to have more older people in the workforce?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 |
Aged 55+ |
|
| Good for Australia |
41% |
34% |
57% |
29% |
40% |
29% |
43% |
52% |
||
| Bad for Australia |
31% |
43% |
18% |
39% |
36% |
34% |
32% |
29% |
||
| Don’t know |
28% |
23% |
25% |
32% |
23% |
37% |
26% |
19% |
41% think that having more older people in the workforce will be good for Australia and 31% think it will be bad for Australia.
Those most likely to think it will be good for Australia were Liberal/National voters (57%) and aged 55+ (52%).
Those most likely to think it will be bad for Australia were Labor voters (43%) and aged 18-24 (40%).
Q. The Intergenerational Report did not address the impact of climate change. Do you think addressing climate change should or should not be a priority for governments when it comes to intergenerational issues?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
| Should be a priority |
46% |
61% |
27% |
87% |
40% |
|
| Should not be a priority |
33% |
22% |
53% |
4% |
38% |
|
| Don’t know |
22% |
18% |
20% |
9% |
22% |
46% think that climate change should be a priority for governments when it comes to intergenerational issues and 33% think it should not be a priority.
Those most likely to think it should be a priority were Labor voters (61%), Greens voters (87%), aged 18-34 (54%) and university educated (54%).
Those most likely to think it should not be a priority were Liberal/National voters (53%) and aged 55+ (46%).
Q. Do you think that over the next 40 years the following groups of people will be better off or worse off than they are today?
|
Better off |
Worse off |
No difference |
Don’t know |
|
| Children |
24% |
42% |
21% |
14% |
| Young Adults |
18% |
52% |
18% |
12% |
| Families with school-aged children |
14% |
52% |
21% |
13% |
| Middle aged |
15% |
50% |
22% |
13% |
| Retirees |
14% |
63% |
13% |
10% |
Overall, respondents thought that all groups were more likely to be worse off over the next 40 years.
In particular, 63% think retirees will be worse off and only 14% think they will be better off.
Men tended to be more optimistic overall than women and Liberal/National voters more optimistic than Labor and Greens voters.
Q. Do you think people should be allowed to access their superannuation to buy a home or should superannuation be preserved for retirement?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 |
Aged 55+ |
|
| Should be allowed to use to buy a home |
41% |
38% |
42% |
50% |
39% |
45% |
44% |
31% |
||
| Should be preserved for retirement |
46% |
52% |
47% |
32% |
49% |
36% |
44% |
62% |
||
| Don’t know |
13% |
10% |
10% |
19% |
12% |
19% |
12% |
7% |
41% think that people should be allowed to access their superannuation to buy a home and 46% think that superannuation should be preserved for retirement.
Those most likely to think people should be allowed to access their superannuation to buy a home were aged 18-24 (49%), Greens voters (50%) and university educated (45%).
Those most likely to think superannuation should be preserved for retirement were aged 55+ (62%), Labor voters (52%) and incomes over $1,600pw (53%).
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the Government re-instating about $100 million in funding to the car industry to ensure that car manufacturing continues until the planned closure in 2017?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
| Total approve |
38% |
45% |
34% |
32% |
39% |
|
| Total disapprove |
39% |
30% |
47% |
40% |
47% |
|
| Strongly approve |
9% |
12% |
7% |
5% |
11% |
|
| Approve |
29% |
33% |
27% |
27% |
28% |
|
| Disapprove |
24% |
19% |
31% |
20% |
25% |
|
| Strongly disapprove |
15% |
11% |
16% |
20% |
22% |
|
| Don’t know |
24% |
24% |
19% |
29% |
13% |
38% approve of the Government re-instating about $100 million in funding to the car industry and 39% disapprove.
Those most likely to approve were Labor voters (45%).
Those most likely to disapprove were Liberal/National voters (47%) and aged 55+ (46%).
Q. How concerned are you that Australia has been criticised by the United Nations for failing to meet its international human rights obligations in the treatment of asylum seekers?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
| Total concerned |
44% |
59% |
23% |
83% |
40% |
|
| Total not concerned |
48% |
33% |
71% |
14% |
58% |
|
| Very concerned |
21% |
28% |
7% |
64% |
21% |
|
| Somewhat concerned |
23% |
31% |
16% |
19% |
19% |
|
| Not very concerned |
19% |
15% |
24% |
11% |
22% |
|
| Not at all concerned |
29% |
18% |
47% |
3% |
36% |
|
| Don’t know |
9% |
7% |
6% |
3% |
3% |
44% were concerned that Australia has been criticised by the United Nations for failing to meet its international human rights obligations in the treatment of asylum seekers and 48% were not concerned.
Those most likely to be concerned were Labor voters (59%), Greens voters (83%), aged 18-34 (56%) and university educated (52%).
Those most likely to be not concerned were Liberal/National voters (71%) and aged 55+ (63%).
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 = 1,797 respondents
| First preference/leaning to |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
|
4 weeks ago 10/2/15 |
2 weeks ago 24/2/15 |
Last week 3/3/15 |
This week 10/3/15 |
| Liberal |
|
36% |
38% |
37% |
37% |
|
| National |
|
3% |
3% |
3% |
3% |
|
| Total Liberal/National |
45.6% |
39% |
40% |
40% |
40% |
|
| Labor |
33.4% |
41% |
41% |
41% |
40% |
|
| Greens |
8.6% |
10% |
9% |
9% |
9% |
|
| Palmer United Party |
5.5% |
3% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
|
| Other/Independent |
6.9% |
8% |
8% |
9% |
9% |
| 2 Party Preferred |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
|
4 weeks ago 10/2/15 |
2 weeks ago 24/2/15 |
Last week 3/3/15 |
This week 10/3/15 |
| Liberal National |
53.5% |
46% |
47% |
47% |
47% |
|
| Labor |
46.5% |
54% |
53% |
53% |
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. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?
|
Total |
|
Vote ALP |
Vote Lib/ |
Vote Green |
Vote Other |
|
Sep 2013 |
Mar 2014 |
June 2014 |
Sep 2014 |
Dec 2014 |
Jan 2015 |
Feb 2015 |
|
| Total approve |
31% |
5% |
72% |
5% |
20% |
|
41% |
40% |
35% |
35% |
32% |
37% |
29% |
|
| Total dis-approve |
56% |
89% |
20% |
86% |
68% |
|
36% |
47% |
58% |
52% |
55% |
53% |
62% |
|
| Strongly approve |
7% |
1% |
18% |
– |
4% |
14% |
11% |
10% |
9% |
8% |
9% |
7% |
||
| Approve |
24% |
4% |
54% |
5% |
16% |
27% |
29% |
25% |
26% |
24% |
28% |
22% |
||
| Dis-approve |
22% |
24% |
16% |
31% |
32% |
13% |
20% |
18% |
22% |
22% |
23% |
26% |
||
| Strongly dis-approve |
34% |
65% |
4% |
55% |
34% |
23% |
27% |
40% |
30% |
33% |
30% |
36% |
||
| Don’t know |
12% |
6% |
7% |
9% |
15% |
23% |
12% |
7% |
13% |
12% |
10% |
9% |
56% of respondents disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister – down 6% since the last time this question was asked in February – and 31% approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing (up 2%). This represents a change in net rating from -33 to -25.
72% (up 7%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Tony Abbott’s performance, with 20% (down 9%) disapproving. 89% of Labor voters and 86% of Greens voters disapprove of Tony Abbott’s performance.
By gender men were 35% approve/54% disapprove and women 28% approve/59% disapprove.