Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the Government’s decision to implement the National Disability Insurance Scheme to be funded by increasing the Medicare levy from 1.5% to 2%?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
| Total approve |
44% |
46% |
51% |
52% |
34% |
|
| Total disapprove |
34% |
37% |
32% |
23% |
44% |
|
| Strongly approve |
8% |
11% |
8% |
12% |
5% |
|
| Approve |
36% |
35% |
43% |
40% |
29% |
|
| Disapprove |
20% |
21% |
22% |
12% |
22% |
|
| Strongly disapprove |
14% |
16% |
10% |
11% |
22% |
|
| Don’t know |
21% |
16% |
18% |
24% |
22% |
44% approve of an NDIS funded by an increase in the Medicare levy and 34% disapprove.
Those most likely to approve were men (51%) and aged 65+ (61%).
Q. Would you support an increase in the GST if it was :
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
| Directly invested in hospitals and health services |
56% |
57% |
63% |
66% |
46% |
|
| Invested in aged pensions |
44% |
47% |
52% |
34% |
37% |
|
| Directly invested in vital infrastructure like roads and railways |
39% |
40% |
50% |
32% |
24% |
|
| Used to pay off our national debt |
28% |
21% |
45% |
18% |
18% |
A majority (56%) would support an increase in the GST if it was directly invested in hospitals and health services. There was also substantial support for increasing the GST if invested in aged pensions (44%) or directly invested in vital infrastructure like roads and railways (39%). Only 28% support increasing the GST to pay off the national debt.
Liberal/National voters were more likely to favour increasing the GST for all purposes. Increasing the GST to invest in hospitals and health services was supported by 66% of Greens voters and 57% of Labor voters.
There were few differences by income – except that 53% of those earning less than $1,000 pw supported raising the GST to invest in aged pensions.
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 = 1,772 respondents
| First preference/leaning to |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
|
4 weeks ago 30/9/14 |
2 weeks ago 14/10/14 |
Last week 21/10/14 |
This week 28/10/14 |
| Liberal |
|
37% |
38% |
37% |
36% |
|
| National |
2% |
3% |
3% |
3% |
||
| Total Liberal/National |
45.6% |
40% |
41% |
40% |
39% |
|
| Labor |
33.4% |
39% |
39% |
39% |
39% |
|
| Greens |
8.6% |
10% |
10% |
10% |
9% |
|
| Palmer United Party |
5.5% |
4% |
3% |
3% |
4% |
|
| Other/Independent |
6.9% |
8% |
7% |
8% |
8% |
| 2 Party Preferred |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
|
4 weeks ago 30/9/14 |
2 weeks ago 14/10/14 |
Last week 21/10/14 |
This week 28/10/14 |
| Liberal National |
53.5% |
48% |
48% |
47% |
47% |
|
| Labor |
46.5% |
52% |
52% |
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. How important is it for Australia to have a close relationship with the following nations?
|
Very |
Quite |
Not very |
Don’t know |
|
Very Mar 11 |
Very Nov 13 |
Very Jun 14 |
Change |
|
| United States |
53% |
37% |
5% |
4% |
60% |
59% |
57% |
-4 |
|
| United Kingdom |
48% |
41% |
7% |
4% |
56% |
48% |
48% |
– |
|
| China |
44% |
45% |
6% |
6% |
48% |
54% |
46% |
-2 |
|
| Indonesia |
32% |
46% |
15% |
7% |
31% |
40% |
35% |
-3 |
|
| Japan |
31% |
51% |
11% |
7% |
39% |
35% |
32% |
-1 |
|
| Canada |
26% |
47% |
20% |
7% |
na |
na |
28% |
-2 |
|
| India |
22% |
46% |
24% |
8% |
26% |
26% |
23% |
-1 |
|
| Germany |
22% |
43% |
27% |
8% |
23% |
20% |
21% |
+1 |
|
| Saudi Arabia |
17% |
38% |
35% |
10% |
na |
na |
na |
na |
|
| Russia |
16% |
39% |
37% |
8% |
na |
na |
na |
na |
More than half the respondents think it is very important to have close relationships with the United States (53%). Relations with Russia (16%) and Saudi Arabia (17%) were thought to be the least important.
A close relationship with the United States is considered very important by 67% of Liberal/National voters, 50% of Labor voters and 41% of Greens voters.
Since this question was last asked in June, there has been a 4% decrease in the rating of the importance of relations with the United States.
International Relations, liberal government, Tony abbot
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 |
|
| Total a lot/some |
40% |
16% |
82% |
19% |
26% |
41% |
35% |
||
| Total little/no trust |
53% |
81% |
15% |
80% |
71% |
53% |
59% |
||
| A lot of trust |
17% |
1% |
44% |
2% |
8% |
20% |
17% |
||
| Some trust |
23% |
15% |
38% |
17% |
18% |
21% |
18% |
||
| A little trust |
18% |
24% |
13% |
10% |
20% |
18% |
16% |
||
| No trust |
35% |
57% |
2% |
70% |
51% |
35% |
43% |
||
| Don’t know |
6% |
3% |
3% |
1% |
2% |
7% |
5% |
17% of people have “a lot of trust” in Tony Abbott and the Liberal Government to handle Australia’s international relations.
35% have no trust.
Labor (57%) and Greens (70%) voters were far more likely to have ‘no trust’. Liberal/National voters were far less likely (2%) to have no trust. 44% of Liberal/National voters have “a lot of trust”.
Since this question was asked in June, those saying they have a lot or some trust has increased by 5% and those saying they have no trust decreased by 6% – a similar position to the poll in November last year.
Q. When you think of Tony Abbott representing Australia at international conferences and meetings, how confident are you that he will do a good job in representing Australia to the international community?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
Jun 2014 |
|
| Total very/somewhat confident |
49% |
23% |
91% |
16% |
34% |
45% |
||
| Very confident |
17% |
2% |
42% |
2% |
8% |
18% |
||
| Somewhat confident |
32% |
21% |
49% |
14% |
26% |
27% |
||
| Not at all confident |
47% |
74% |
9% |
82% |
63% |
50% |
||
| Don’t know |
4% |
3% |
1% |
2% |
3% |
5% |
49% (up 4% since June) say they are very or somewhat confident that Tony Abbott will do a good job in representing Australia to the international community and 47% (down 3%) say they are not at all confident.
Q. How would you rate the performance of Tony Abbott and the Coalition Government in handling relations with Indonesia?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
Nov 2013 |
May 2014 |
|
| Total good |
32% |
8% |
71% |
7% |
17% |
29% |
25% |
||
| Total poor |
39% |
63% |
8% |
70% |
48% |
42% |
43% |
||
| Very good |
12% |
1% |
31% |
* |
3% |
11% |
8% |
||
| Good |
20% |
7% |
40% |
7% |
14% |
18% |
17% |
||
| Neither good nor poor |
22% |
23% |
18% |
14% |
29% |
21% |
19% |
||
| Poor |
18% |
28% |
6% |
26% |
19% |
16% |
19% |
||
| Very poor |
21% |
35% |
2% |
44% |
29% |
26% |
24% |
||
| Don’t know |
8% |
6% |
4% |
9% |
6% |
8% |
13% |
32% of respondents would rate Tony Abbott and the Coalition Government handling of relations with Indonesia as good. 39% would rate them as poor. This represents an improvement since May of 11 points from net -18 to net -7.
Q. In November, Australia will host the G20, an annual meeting of the leaders of the 20 major economies of the world to discuss economic issues. How important do you think the G20 meeting is to Australia’s economy?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
Jun 2014 |
||
| Total important |
73% |
77% |
79% |
82% |
60% |
72% |
|||
| Total not important |
17% |
14% |
16% |
14% |
33% |
20% |
|||
| Very important |
29% |
27% |
36% |
31% |
22% |
29% |
|||
| Somewhat important |
44% |
50% |
43% |
51% |
38% |
43% |
|||
| Not very important |
12% |
9% |
14% |
9% |
20% |
14% |
|||
| Not at all important |
5% |
5% |
2% |
5% |
13% |
6% |
|||
| Don’t know |
10% |
10% |
5% |
4% |
7% |
9% |
|||
73% think the G20 meeting is very or somewhat important to Australia’s economy and 17% think it is not very or not at all important. These figures have changed little since this question was asked in June.
A substantial majority of all voters groups think it is very/somewhat important. There were no major demographic differences.