2PP, Greens, Labor Party, Liberal, Liberal Party, two party preferred, 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 = 1,802 respondents
| First preference/leaning to |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
|
4 weeks ago 5/8/14 |
2 weeks ago 19/8/14 |
Last week 26/8/14 |
This week 2/9/14 |
| Liberal |
|
39% |
37% |
36% |
36% |
|
| National |
|
2% |
3% |
3% |
4% |
|
| Total Liberal/National |
45.6% |
41% |
40% |
39% |
40% |
|
| Labor |
33.4% |
39% |
38% |
37% |
38% |
|
| Greens |
8.6% |
9% |
9% |
10% |
9% |
|
| Palmer United Party |
5.5% |
4% |
6% |
6% |
5% |
|
| Other/Independent |
6.9% |
7% |
7% |
8% |
8% |
| 2 Party Preferred |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
|
4 weeks ago 5/8/14 |
2 weeks ago 19/8/14 |
Last week 26/8/14 |
This week 2/9/14 |
| Liberal National |
53.5% |
49% |
48% |
48% |
48% |
|
| Labor |
46.5% |
51% |
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.
Q. Over the last few years, do you think that the threat of terrorism happening in Australia has increased, decreased or stayed much the same?
|
|
Total
|
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
| Total increased |
57% |
56% |
69% |
25% |
55% |
|
| Total decreased |
6% |
5% |
3% |
27% |
6% |
|
| Increased a lot |
22% |
18% |
30% |
8% |
24% |
|
| Increased a little |
35% |
38% |
39% |
17% |
31% |
|
| Stayed about the same |
33% |
38% |
26% |
45% |
33% |
|
| Decreased a little |
3% |
4% |
2% |
2% |
4% |
|
| Decreased a lot |
3% |
1% |
1% |
25% |
2% |
|
| Don’t know |
4% |
2% |
2% |
4% |
5% |
57% think that the threat of terrorism happening in Australia has increased, 33% think it has stayed about the same and 6% think it has decreased.
Those most likely to think it has increased were Liberal/National voters (69%), women (62%) and those aged 55+ (77%).
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s recent decision to spend $64 million to support community groups and security agencies to reduce the threat of home-grown terrorism?
|
|
Total
|
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
| Total approve |
56% |
47% |
78% |
34% |
44% |
|
| Total disapprove |
24% |
34% |
10% |
46% |
31% |
|
| Strongly approve |
20% |
8% |
37% |
22% |
10% |
|
| Approve |
36% |
39% |
41% |
12% |
34% |
|
| Disapprove |
16% |
22% |
8% |
23% |
20% |
|
| Strongly disapprove |
8% |
12% |
2% |
23% |
11% |
|
| Don’t know |
19% |
19% |
12% |
19% |
24% |
56% approve of Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s recent decision to spend $64 million to support community groups and security agencies to reduce the threat of home-grown terrorism and 24% disapprove.
Those most likely to approve were Liberal/National voters (78%), aged 55+ (67%) and those earning less than $600pw (66%).
Those most likely to disapprove were Greens voters (46%), Labor voters (34%) and university educated (29%).
Q. Overall, has multiculturalism (that is, the acceptance of people from different countries, cultures and religions) made a positive or negative contribution to Australian society?
|
|
Total
|
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
Feb 2011 |
| Total positive |
57% |
64% |
51% |
81% |
49% |
57% |
||
| Total negative |
30% |
27% |
37% |
13% |
42% |
29% |
||
| Very positive |
18% |
27% |
7% |
50% |
13% |
15% |
||
| Positive |
39% |
37% |
44% |
31% |
36% |
42% |
||
| Negative |
19% |
21% |
22% |
7% |
21% |
18% |
||
| Very negative |
11% |
6% |
15% |
6% |
21% |
11% |
||
| Made no difference |
6% |
6% |
6% |
2% |
6% |
6% |
||
| Don’t know |
6% |
3% |
7% |
4% |
3% |
8% |
57% believe that multiculturalism has made a positive contribution to Australian society and 30% believe the contribution has been negative. These results are almost identical to when this question was asked in 2011. A majority of major party voter groups believe the contribution has been positive.
Older respondents tend to have a more negative view – those aged 55+ were split 49% positive/42% negative while those aged under 35 were 69% positive and 19% negative. 72% of university educated respondents thought it was positive.
Q. Which of the following statements is closer to your view about multiculturalism?
|
|
Total
|
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
Feb 2011 |
| Multiculturalism and cultural diversity has enriched the social and economic lives of all Australians. |
55% |
65% |
45% |
82% |
45% |
53% |
||
| Multiculturalism has failed and caused social division and religious extremism in Australia. |
34% |
27% |
41% |
14% |
44% |
38% |
||
| Don’t know |
11% |
7% |
15% |
4% |
11% |
9% |
55% think that multiculturalism and cultural diversity has enriched the social and economic lives of all Australians while 34% agree more that multiculturalism has failed and caused social division and religious extremism in Australia. This represents a small shift toward a more positive view of the impact of multiculturalism since this question was asked in 2011.
Those most likely to have a positive view of multiculturalism were aged under 35 (68%), Greens voters (82%), Labor voters (65%) and those with university education (69%).
Q. When a family applies to migrate to Australia, should it be possible for them to be rejected purely on the basis of their religion?
|
|
Total
|
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
Feb 2011 |
| Should be rejected on basis of religion |
21% |
16% |
27% |
9% |
29% |
19% |
||
| Should not be rejected on basis of religion |
63% |
71% |
53% |
84% |
56% |
65% |
||
| Don’t know |
17% |
13% |
20% |
7% |
15% |
15% |
63% believed that when a family applies to migrate to Australia, they should not be rejected purely on the basis of their religion and 21% think it should be possible to reject purely based on religion. These figures are similar to when this question was asked in 2011.
There were no substantial differences across age and gender groups.
Liberal voters were a little more supportive of being able to reject based on religion (27%) and Greens voters were strongly opposed (84%).
Energy sources, gas, hydro, Nuclear Power, solar power, wid
Q. Do you think Australia should put more emphasis, less emphasis or about the same emphasis as it does now on producing domestic energy from the following sources?
|
|
More emphasis |
Same emphasis |
Less emphasis |
Don’t know |
| Solar power |
70% |
21% |
3% |
5% |
| Wind |
60% |
26% |
8% |
6% |
| Hydro |
46% |
39% |
6% |
9% |
| Gas |
23% |
47% |
22% |
8% |
| Nuclear power |
18% |
26% |
41% |
15% |
| Coal |
9% |
31% |
53% |
8% |
70% think Australia should put more emphasis on producing domestic energy from solar power and 60% think there should be more emphasis on wind power. A majority (53%) think there should be less emphasis on producing energy from coal.
There were few significant differences across demographic groups. Those aged 55+ were a little more likely to want more emphasis on solar (74%) and less emphasis on coal (64%).
Q. As far as you know, which energy source – renewable energy like solar and wind OR fossil fuels like coal and gas – is better for each of the following?
|
|
Renewable energy better |
Fossil fuels better |
No difference |
Don’t know |
| The environment |
77% |
5% |
8% |
11% |
| The economy |
39% |
29% |
14% |
18% |
| Jobs |
36% |
25% |
19% |
20% |
| Electricity costs |
45% |
19% |
14% |
22% |
Overall, respondents think that renewable energy is better for the environment (77%), electricity costs (45%), the economy (39%) and jobs (36%).
Older respondents tended to have a slightly more positive view of renewable energy – for those aged 55+, 47% believe renewables are better for the economy.