Q. Australia hosted the G20 summit of world leaders in Brisbane last weekend. Which of the following is closest to your view?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
18 Nov |
|
| The G20 summit delivered real outcomes for Australia and the global economy |
26% |
23% |
40% |
24% |
13% |
16% |
||
| The G20 was an expensive talk fest, it’s unlikely to change anything |
55% |
63% |
43% |
65% |
72% |
62% |
||
| Don’t know |
18% |
14% |
17% |
11% |
15% |
21% |
55% were more likely to agree that the G20 is an expensive talk fest, it’s unlikely to change anything and 26% agreed more that the G20 summit delivered real outcomes for Australia and the global economy. This represents a shift to a slightly more positive view of the G20 since this question was asked over the weekend of the G20.
G20, Tony Abbott as Prime Minister
Q. How would you rate the Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s performance at the G20?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
| Total good |
31% |
11% |
67% |
4% |
15% |
|
| Total poor |
37% |
59% |
6% |
75% |
46% |
|
| Very good |
9% |
2% |
22% |
– |
6% |
|
| Good |
22% |
|
9% |
45% |
4% |
9% |
| Neither good nor poor |
24% |
|
23% |
21% |
20% |
31% |
| Poor |
13% |
|
19% |
6% |
17% |
15% |
| Very poor |
24% |
|
40% |
* |
58% |
31% |
| Don’t know |
9% |
|
7% |
5% |
1% |
9% |
31% think that Tony Abbott’s performance at the G20 was good and 37% think it was poor – 24% think it was neither good nor poor.
Those most likely to rate his performance good were Liberal/National voters (67%) and respondents aged 65+ (52%).
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 |
38% |
15% |
79% |
7% |
24% |
41% |
35% |
40% |
||
| Total little/no trust |
57% |
82% |
19% |
93% |
75% |
53% |
59% |
53% |
||
| A lot of trust |
15% |
2% |
38% |
– |
4% |
20% |
17% |
17% |
||
| Some trust |
23% |
13% |
41% |
7% |
20% |
21% |
18% |
23% |
||
| A little trust |
20% |
22% |
16% |
18% |
28% |
18% |
16% |
18% |
||
| No trust |
37% |
60% |
3% |
75% |
47% |
35% |
43% |
35% |
||
| Don’t know |
6% |
4% |
2% |
1% |
2% |
7% |
5% |
6% |
15% of people have “a lot of trust” in Tony Abbott and the Liberal Government to handle Australia’s international relations.
37% have no trust.
Labor (60%) and Greens (75%) voters were far more likely to have ‘no trust’. Liberal/National voters were far less likely (3%) to have no trust. 38% of Liberal/National voters have “a lot of trust”.
Since this question was asked in October, those saying they have a lot or some trust has decreased by 2% and those saying they have little/no trust increased by 4%.
Q. Do you think Australia is taking the right or the wrong approach to handling the issue of climate change?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
| Taking the right approach |
28% |
13% |
56% |
4% |
25% |
|
| Taking the wrong approach |
42% |
64% |
14% |
91% |
36% |
|
| Don’t know |
30% |
23% |
30% |
6% |
39% |
28% think that Australia is taking the right approach to handling the issue of climate change and 42% think Australia is taking the wrong approach – 30% don’t know.
Those most likely to think Australia is taking the wrong approach were Labor voters (64%), Greens voters (91%), aged under 35 (48%) and university educated (46%).
Australia free trade, Free trade agreement with China
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of Australia signing a Free Trade Agreement with China?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
18 Nov |
|
| Total approve |
51% |
44% |
69% |
37% |
46% |
44% |
||
| Total disapprove |
20% |
27% |
12% |
37% |
29% |
18% |
||
| Strongly approve |
11% |
8% |
16% |
11% |
9% |
10% |
||
| Approve |
40% |
36% |
53% |
26% |
37% |
34% |
||
| Disapprove |
14% |
19% |
9% |
26% |
18% |
12% |
||
| Strongly disapprove |
6% |
8% |
3% |
11% |
11% |
6% |
||
| Don’t know |
29% |
29% |
19% |
26% |
26% |
39% |
51% approve of Australia signing a Free Trade Agreement with China and 20% disapprove. 29% could not give an opinion. This is an improvement in approval (up 7%) since the official announcement of the agreement was made last week.
Those most likely to approve were Liberal/National voters (69%), aged 55+ (61%) and men (61%).
Those most likely to disapprove were Greens (37%) and other voters (29%).
Q. How much trust do you have in what you read or hear in the following media?
|
Total a lot/ some |
|
A lot of trust |
Some trust |
Not much trust |
No trust at all |
Don’t know |
Don’t use |
|
Total a lot/ some Mar |
Total a lot/ some Jul |
Total a lot/ some Dec 11 |
Total a lot/ some Jun |
Total a lot/ some Jan |
|
| ABC TV news and current affairs |
69% |
24% |
45% |
11% |
9% |
3% |
8% |
70% |
71% |
72% |
74% |
73% |
||
| SBS TV news and current affairs |
66% |
22% |
44% |
13% |
6% |
4% |
11% |
|||||||
| ABC radio news and current affairs |
62% |
19% |
43% |
13% |
8% |
4% |
12% |
62% |
67% |
67% |
69% |
70% |
||
| News and opinion in local news papers |
53% |
5% |
48% |
26% |
8% |
4% |
10% |
– |
54% |
52% |
56% |
55% |
||
| News and opinion in daily news papers |
50% |
5% |
45% |
28% |
10% |
3% |
9% |
62% |
53% |
46% |
52% |
48% |
||
| ABC radio talkback pro- grams |
48% |
8% |
40% |
22% |
11% |
5% |
15% |
45% |
47% |
47% |
50% |
49% |
||
| Comm- ercial TV news and current affairs |
48% |
5% |
43% |
31% |
13% |
4% |
5% |
64% |
48% |
43% |
46% |
44% |
||
| Comm- ercial radio news and current affairs |
45% |
4% |
41% |
29% |
12% |
4% |
10% |
54% |
46% |
45% |
45% |
46% |
||
| News and opinion websites |
42% |
3% |
39% |
30% |
12% |
4% |
12% |
49% |
41% |
38% |
40% |
40% |
||
| Comm- ercial radio talkback pro- grams |
33% |
3% |
30% |
28% |
22% |
4% |
14% |
38% |
33% |
33% |
33% |
32% |
||
| Internet blogs |
22% |
1% |
21% |
30% |
25% |
5% |
17% |
20% |
20% |
17% |
20% |
23% |
Overall, trust in media has changed little since this question was asked last year.
The most trusted media by a wide margin were ABC TV news and current affairs (69% a lot/some trust), SBS TV news and current affairs (66%) and ABC radio news and current affairs (62%).
The least trusted were internet blogs (22%) and commercial radio talkback programs (33%).
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the 5% annual funding cut to the ABC?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
| Total approve |
25% |
13% |
45% |
7% |
23% |
|
| Total disapprove |
52% |
67% |
36% |
87% |
54% |
|
| Strongly approve |
8% |
2% |
18% |
– |
10% |
|
| Approve |
17% |
11% |
27% |
7% |
13% |
|
| Disapprove |
27% |
27% |
29% |
27% |
24% |
|
| Strongly disapprove |
25% |
40% |
7% |
60% |
30% |
|
| Don’t know |
23% |
20% |
19% |
6% |
23% |
25% approve the cuts to the ABC and 52% disapprove – 23% don’t know.
Those most likely to disapprove were Greens voters (87%), Labor voters (67%) and respondents aged 45-64 (60%).
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 = 1,768 respondents
| First preference/leaning to |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
|
4 weeks ago 21/10/14 |
2 weeks ago 4/11/14 |
Last week 11/11/14 |
This week 18/11/14 |
| Liberal |
|
37% |
37% |
36% |
37% |
|
| National |
|
3% |
3% |
4% |
3% |
|
| Total Liberal/National |
45.6% |
40% |
40% |
40% |
40% |
|
| Labor |
33.4% |
39% |
38% |
38% |
38% |
|
| Greens |
8.6% |
10% |
10% |
10% |
10% |
|
| Palmer United Party |
5.5% |
3% |
4% |
4% |
3% |
|
| Other/Independent |
6.9% |
8% |
8% |
9% |
9% |
| 2 Party Preferred |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
|
4 weeks ago 21/10/14 |
2 weeks ago 4/11/14 |
Last week 11/11/14 |
This week 18/11/14 |
| Liberal National |
53.5% |
47% |
48% |
48% |
48% |
|
| Labor |
46.5% |
53% |
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.