Aid, Australian Government, Ebola
Q. The Australian Government has committed $18 million to efforts to fight Ebola in West Africa, but has said the risks are too high to send medical or other personnel at this time. Do you think Australia is doing enough or not doing enough to assist the international efforts to fight Ebola?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
| Doing enough |
58% |
54% |
74% |
36% |
56% |
|
| Not doing enough |
21% |
32% |
10% |
42% |
17% |
|
| Don’t know |
21% |
14% |
17% |
22% |
26% |
58% of respondents think Australia is doing enough to assist the international efforts to fight Ebola and 21% think we are not doing enough.
74% of Liberal/National voters and 54% of Labor voters think we are doing enough but 42% of Greens voters think we are not doing enough.
62% of women think we are doing enough compared to 54% of men.
Q. Would you support or oppose Australia providing the following types of aid to fight Ebola in West Africa?
|
Total support |
Total oppose |
|
Strongly support |
Support |
Oppose |
Strongly oppose |
Don’t know |
|
| Increased funding |
53% |
31% |
12% |
41% |
20% |
11% |
16% |
|
| Sending workers to build hospitals |
48% |
37% |
9% |
39% |
23% |
14% |
15% |
|
| Sending medical personnel |
44% |
41% |
|
10% |
34% |
25% |
16% |
15% |
| Sending troops for security and logistics |
36% |
48% |
7% |
29% |
28% |
20% |
16% |
A majority (53%) would support Australia increasing funding to aid the fight against Ebola in West Africa.
However less than 50% support sending medical personnel (44%), troops (36%) or other workers (48%).
Those most likely to support sending medical personnel were Greens voters (62%) and those with university education (52%).
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 = 1,805 respondents
| First preference/leaning to |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
|
4 weeks ago 16/9/14 |
2 weeks ago 30/9/14 |
Last week 7/10/14 |
This week 14/10/14 |
| Liberal |
|
35% |
37% |
38% |
38% |
|
| National |
3% |
2% |
2% |
3% |
||
| Total Liberal/National |
45.6% |
39% |
40% |
40% |
41% |
|
| Labor |
33.4% |
38% |
39% |
39% |
39% |
|
| Greens |
8.6% |
11% |
10% |
10% |
10% |
|
| Palmer United Party |
5.5% |
4% |
4% |
4% |
3% |
|
| Other/Independent |
6.9% |
9% |
8% |
7% |
7% |
| 2 Party Preferred |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
|
4 weeks ago 16/9/14 |
2 weeks ago 30/9/14 |
Last week 7/10/14 |
This week 14/10/14 |
| 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.
Approval of Tony Abbott, Tony abbot
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/ |
Vote Green |
Vote Other |
|
Tony Abbott as Opp Leader Sep 2013 |
Tony Abbott as PM Sep 2013 |
Mar 14 |
June 14 |
July |
Aug 14 |
Sep 14 |
|
| Total approve |
40% |
12% |
87% |
14% |
23% |
|
40% |
41% |
40% |
35% |
34% |
37% |
35% |
|
| Total dis-approve |
48% |
82% |
8% |
73% |
61% |
|
49% |
36% |
47% |
58% |
58% |
54% |
52% |
|
| Strongly approve |
10% |
2% |
26% |
– |
2% |
13% |
14% |
11% |
10% |
8% |
13% |
9% |
||
| Approve |
30% |
10% |
61% |
14% |
21% |
27% |
27% |
29% |
25% |
26% |
24% |
26% |
||
| Dis- approve |
22% |
35% |
7% |
26% |
33% |
19% |
13% |
20% |
18% |
22% |
19% |
22% |
||
| Strongly dis-approve |
26% |
47% |
1% |
47% |
28% |
30% |
23% |
27% |
40% |
36% |
35% |
30% |
||
| Don’t know |
11% |
6% |
6% |
13% |
16% |
10% |
23% |
12% |
7% |
7% |
9% |
13% |
48% of respondents disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister – down 4% since the last time this question was asked in September – and 40% approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing (up 5%). This represents a change in net rating from -17 to -8, Tony Abbott’s best rating since April.
87% (up 3%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Tony Abbott’s performance, with 8% (down 1%) disapproving. 82% of Labor voters and 73% of Greens voters disapprove of Tony Abbott’s performance.
By gender men were 44% approve/48% disapprove and women 38% approve/49% disapprove.
approval of bill shorten, Bill Shorten
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/ |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
Nov 2013 |
Mar 2014 |
June 2014 |
July 2014 |
Aug 2014 |
Sep 2014 |
|
| Total approve |
35% |
61% |
24% |
36% |
17% |
31% |
32% |
38% |
36% |
34% |
35% |
||
| Total disapprove |
36% |
17% |
53% |
36% |
54% |
27% |
39% |
40% |
39% |
40% |
36% |
||
| Strongly approve |
5% |
11% |
2% |
– |
3% |
5% |
4% |
7% |
6% |
7% |
5% |
||
| Approve |
30% |
50% |
22% |
36% |
14% |
26% |
28% |
31% |
30% |
27% |
30% |
||
| Disapprove |
24% |
14% |
29% |
31% |
45% |
17% |
24% |
22% |
22% |
21% |
22% |
||
| Strongly disapprove |
12% |
3% |
24% |
5% |
9% |
10% |
15% |
18% |
17% |
19% |
14% |
||
| Don’t know |
29% |
23% |
22% |
28% |
30% |
43% |
29% |
22% |
25% |
25% |
29% |
35% (no change since August) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 36% (no change) disapprove.
61% (no change) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 17% (up 1%) disapprove.
40% of men and 31% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 39% of men and 33% of women disapprove.
Better Prime Minister, Prime Minister
Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
Oct 2013 |
Mar 2014 |
June 2014 |
July 2014 |
Aug 2014 |
Sep 2014 |
|
| Tony Abbott |
38% |
7% |
85% |
12% |
29% |
41% |
39% |
36% |
34% |
37% |
35% |
||
| Bill Shorten |
32% |
63% |
2% |
56% |
30% |
22% |
33% |
40% |
37% |
36% |
36% |
||
| Don’t know |
30% |
29% |
13% |
32% |
41% |
37% |
28% |
24% |
29% |
27% |
30% |
38% (up 3% since September) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 32% (down 4%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister. This is Tony Abbott’s best figure since April.
Men prefer Tony Abbott 41% to 33% and women prefer Tony Abbott 36% to 30%.
Q. In the past 10 years, do you think the gap between rich people and everyone else in Australia has increased, decreased or stayed about the same?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
Income less than $600 pw |
Income $600-$1,000 pw |
Income $1,000-$1,600 pw |
Income over $1,600 pw |
|
| Total increased |
72% |
86% |
58% |
81% |
79% |
81% |
73% |
76% |
67% |
||
| Total decreased |
2% |
1% |
3% |
2% |
2% |
3% |
4% |
2% |
1% |
||
| Increased a lot |
38% |
50% |
26% |
34% |
54% |
50% |
39% |
36% |
33% |
||
| Increased a little |
34% |
36% |
32% |
47% |
25% |
31% |
34% |
40% |
34% |
||
| Stayed much the same |
20% |
11% |
33% |
10% |
12% |
10% |
17% |
16% |
28% |
||
| Decreased a little |
2% |
1% |
3% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
1% |
||
| Decreased a lot |
* |
– |
* |
1% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
– |
* |
||
| Don’t know |
7% |
2% |
5% |
6% |
8% |
7% |
6% |
7% |
4% |
72% think that the gap between rich people and everyone else in Australia has increased over the past ten years. Only 22% think it has decreased or stayed the same.
Those most likely to think it had increased were Labor voters (86%) Greens voters (81%), aged 55+ (77%) and those earning less than $600 pw (81%).
Q. How much, if anything, should the Government do to reduce the gap between the rich and everyone else?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
Income less than $600 pw |
Income $600-$1,000 pw |
Income $1,000-$1,600 pw |
Income over $1,600 pw |
|
| Total a lot/some |
64% |
78% |
51% |
69% |
80% |
67% |
70% |
65% |
61% |
||
| A lot |
30% |
47% |
13% |
31% |
40% |
39% |
37% |
29% |
24% |
||
| Some |
34% |
31% |
38% |
38% |
40% |
28% |
33% |
36% |
37% |
||
| Not much |
16% |
10% |
25% |
18% |
7% |
13% |
12% |
17% |
19% |
||
| Nothing at all |
7% |
6% |
12% |
3% |
3% |
4% |
9% |
8% |
10% |
||
| Don’t know |
12% |
7% |
12% |
10% |
10% |
17% |
10% |
10% |
10% |
64% think that the Government should do a lot or some to reduce the gap between the rich and everyone else.
Those most likely to think the Government should act were Labor voters (78%), other voters (80%), aged under 35 (68%) and those earning $600-$1,000 pw (70%).