ageism, homophobia, intolerance in australia, Racism, religious intolerance, sexism
Q. Have you personally experienced or witnessed any of the following forms of intolerance in the past 12 months?
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|
Total |
|
Men |
Women |
Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 |
Aged 55+ |
|
Total Jun 13 |
Total Feb 14 |
| Racism |
33% |
35% |
32% |
45% |
32% |
21% |
39% |
36% |
||
| Sexism |
26% |
21% |
32% |
32% |
25% |
20% |
29% |
29% |
||
| Religious intolerance |
26% |
25% |
27% |
36% |
24% |
17% |
29% |
28% |
||
| Ageism |
22% |
21% |
24% |
20% |
18% |
32% |
24% |
26% |
||
| Homophobia |
19% |
18% |
20% |
27% |
17% |
12% |
26% |
24% |
33% say they have experienced or witnessed racism in the past 12 months, while about one quarter have experienced or witnessed sexism and religious intolerance. These figures have dropped a little since this question was last asked in February last year.
Younger people (aged 18-34) were more likely to have experienced/witnessed racism (45%), homophobia (27%), sexism (32%) and religious intolerance (36%). 32% of those aged 55+ say they have experienced/witnessed ageism. 32% of women say they have experienced/witnessed sexism.
Q. The Federal government says it has lost confidence in the Commonwealth Human Rights Commission and its president Gillian Triggs after it released a report on children in immigration detention. Do you approve or disapprove of the performance of the Human Rights Commission?
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|
Total
|
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
| Total approve |
34% |
46% |
26% |
60% |
30% |
|
| Total disapprove |
22% |
15% |
34% |
9% |
28% |
|
| Strongly approve |
13% |
20% |
5% |
36% |
9% |
|
| Approve |
21% |
26% |
21% |
24% |
21% |
|
| Disapprove |
13% |
11% |
18% |
6% |
13% |
|
| Strongly disapprove |
9% |
4% |
16% |
3% |
15% |
|
| Don’t know |
44% |
39% |
41% |
32% |
42% |
34% approve of the performance of the Human Rights Commission and 22% disapprove. 44% had no opinion.
Those most likely to approve were Greens voters (60%), Labor voters (46%) and university-educated (40%).
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 = 1,836 respondents
| First preference/leaning to |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
|
4 weeks ago 27/1/15 |
2 weeks ago 10/2/15 |
Last week 17/2/15 |
This week 24/2/15 |
| Liberal |
|
36% |
36% |
36% |
38% |
|
| National |
3% |
3% |
3% |
3% |
||
| Total Liberal/National |
45.6% |
39% |
39% |
39% |
40% |
|
| Labor |
33.4% |
41% |
41% |
41% |
41% |
|
| Greens |
8.6% |
9% |
10% |
10% |
9% |
|
| Palmer United Party |
5.5% |
2% |
3% |
2% |
2% |
|
| Other/Independent |
6.9% |
9% |
8% |
8% |
8% |
| 2 Party Preferred |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
|
4 weeks ago 27/1/15 |
2 weeks ago 10/2/15 |
Last week 17/2/15 |
This week 24/2/15 |
| Liberal National |
53.5% |
46% |
46% |
46% |
47% |
|
| Labor |
46.5% |
54% |
54% |
54% |
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.
economic management, management of the economy
Q. How would you rate the government’s management of the Australian economy compared to how governments in other countries around the world have managed their economies?
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|
Total
|
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
May 2013 |
May 2014 |
Oct 2014 |
| Total good |
34% |
20% |
59% |
26% |
22% |
39% |
40% |
39% |
||
| Total poor |
30% |
46% |
9% |
45% |
39% |
32% |
31% |
28% |
||
| Very good |
7% |
5% |
14% |
– |
4% |
11% |
9% |
11% |
||
| Good |
27% |
15% |
45% |
26% |
18% |
28% |
31% |
28% |
||
| Neither good nor poor |
31% |
30% |
31% |
27% |
32% |
24% |
24% |
28% |
||
| Poor |
16% |
24% |
7% |
25% |
22% |
17% |
14% |
15% |
||
| Very poor |
14% |
22% |
2% |
20% |
17% |
15% |
17% |
13% |
||
| Don’t know |
5% |
5% |
1% |
3% |
7% |
5% |
5% |
5% |
34% of Australians rate the government’s management of the economy, compared to other countries around the world, as good.
30% rate their management of the economy as poor.
This represents a net decline from +11 to +4 since October.
Labor (20%), Greens (26%) and other (22%) voters were less likely to rate the government’s management of the economy as ‘good’. Liberal/National voters (59%) were more likely to rate the government’s management of the economy as ‘good’ – although this has dropped from 68% in October.
40% of those earning $1,600+ pw rate the government’s management ‘good’ and 44% of those earning less than $600 pw rate it ‘poor’.
Q. How concerned are you personally about the following economic issues?
|
Very concerned |
Somewhat concerned |
Not so concerned |
Not at all concerned |
Don’t know |
|
Very concerned Oct 2014 |
Change |
|
| Cost of electricity and gas |
47% |
38% |
12% |
2% |
2% |
57% |
-10 |
|
| Housing affordability |
39% |
35% |
18% |
6% |
2% |
40% |
-1 |
|
| Cost of food and groceries |
35% |
43% |
18% |
3% |
2% |
45% |
-10 |
|
| Unemployment |
30% |
41% |
22% |
4% |
2% |
31% |
-1 |
|
| Wealth disparity |
30% |
35% |
23% |
7% |
6% |
33% |
-3 |
|
| Job security |
29% |
37% |
22% |
9% |
3% |
35% |
-6 |
|
| National debt |
27% |
39% |
24% |
7% |
3% |
21% |
+6 |
|
| The current budget deficit |
27% |
37% |
25% |
7% |
5% |
21% |
+6 |
|
| Cost of petrol |
24% |
40% |
26% |
7% |
2% |
49% |
-25 |
|
| Value of the Australian dollar |
24% |
39% |
28% |
7% |
3% |
22% |
+2 |
|
| Tax levels |
24% |
38% |
29% |
6% |
3% |
28% |
-4 |
|
| Interest rates |
19% |
32% |
32% |
14% |
3% |
25% |
-6 |
Economic issues of most concern were cost of electricity/gas (47% very concerned), housing affordability (39%) and cost of food and groceries (35%).
Since October there have been substantial declines in concern about cost of petrol (down 25%), cost of electricity and gas (down 10%) and cost of food and groceries (down 10%).
Women were more concerned than men about cost of food and groceries (42% vs 29% very concerned), cost of electricity/gas (52% vs 41%) and housing affordability (43% vs 34%).
Q. In the next two years, do you expect your job to be more secure, less secure or about the same?
|
Total |
|
Work full time |
Work part time |
Income less than $1,000 pw |
Income $1,000-$1,600 pw |
Income $1,600+ pw |
|
Oct 2014 |
|
| Total more secure |
9% |
16% |
7% |
13% |
10% |
9% |
14% |
||
| Total less secure |
29% |
33% |
30% |
37% |
26% |
28% |
31% |
||
| Much more secure |
3% |
3% |
4% |
3% |
5% |
3% |
5% |
||
| Somewhat more secure |
6% |
5% |
7% |
10% |
5% |
6% |
9% |
||
| About the same |
58% |
59% |
55% |
44% |
59% |
61% |
50% |
||
| Somewhat less secure |
17% |
18% |
15% |
22% |
14% |
18% |
17% |
||
| Much less secure |
12% |
11% |
13% |
15% |
12% |
10% |
14% |
||
| Don’t know |
4% |
4% |
5% |
6% |
4% |
2% |
4% |
(Based on working people : n = 616)
9% (down 5%) of workers expect their job to be more secure in the next two years and 29% (down 2%) think it will be less secure – 58% (up 8%) think it will be about the same.
Those on lower incomes were more likely to think their job would be less secure.
Q. How important is it for Australia to have a close relationship with the following nations?
|
Very import-ant |
Quite import-ant |
Not very import-ant |
Don’t know |
|
Very Import-ant Mar 11 |
Very Import-ant Nov 13 |
Very Import-ant Jun 14 |
Very Import-ant Oct 14 |
Change |
|
| United States |
44% |
40% |
7% |
8% |
60% |
59% |
57% |
53% |
-9 |
|
| China |
41% |
41% |
8% |
9% |
48% |
54% |
46% |
44% |
-3 |
|
| United Kingdom |
38% |
41% |
12% |
9% |
56% |
48% |
48% |
48% |
-10 |
|
| Japan |
30% |
50% |
9% |
11% |
39% |
35% |
32% |
31% |
-1 |
|
| Indonesia |
22% |
44% |
23% |
11% |
31% |
40% |
35% |
32% |
-10 |
|
| Canada |
22% |
43% |
23% |
12% |
na |
na |
28% |
26% |
-4 |
|
| India |
20% |
47% |
21% |
12% |
26% |
26% |
23% |
22% |
-2 |
|
| Germany |
18% |
43% |
26% |
13% |
23% |
20% |
21% |
22% |
-4 |
|
| Saudi Arabia |
12% |
39% |
35% |
14% |
na |
na |
na |
17% |
-5 |
|
| Russia |
11% |
33% |
43% |
13% |
na |
na |
na |
16% |
-5 |
44% of respondents think it is very important to have a close relationship with the United States and 41% think it is very important to have a close relationship with China. Relations with Russia (11%) and Saudi Arabia (12%) were thought to be the least important.
A close relationship with the United States is considered very important by 50% of Liberal/National voters, 47% of Labor voters and 36% of Greens voters.
Since this question was asked in October, there has been a decrease in the rating of the importance of relations for all countries – especially United Kingdom and Indonesia (both down 10%).
Q. How much trust do you have in Tony Abbott and the Liberal Government to handle Australia’s international relations?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
Nov 2013 |
Jun 2014 |
Oct 2014 |
|
| Total a lot/some |
33% |
13% |
66% |
12% |
21% |
41% |
35% |
40% |
||
| Total little/no trust |
62% |
84% |
31% |
85% |
71% |
53% |
59% |
53% |
||
| A lot of trust |
12% |
2% |
28% |
– |
7% |
20% |
17% |
17% |
||
| Some trust |
21% |
11% |
38% |
12% |
14% |
21% |
18% |
23% |
||
| A little trust |
22% |
23% |
23% |
19% |
21% |
18% |
16% |
18% |
||
| No trust |
40% |
61% |
8% |
66% |
50% |
35% |
43% |
35% |
||
| Don’t know |
5% |
2% |
4% |
2% |
8% |
7% |
5% |
6% |
Overall, 33% (down 7% since October) have a lot or some trust in Tony Abbott and the Liberal Government to handle Australia’s international relations and 62% (up 9%) have a little or no trust. Only 12% (down 5%) have “a lot of trust” and 40% (up 5%) have no trust.
Labor (61%) and Greens (66%) voters were far more likely to have ‘no trust’. 28% Liberal/National voters have “a lot of trust”- down from 44% in October.