Q. As far as you know, which of the following types of information about you is available on the internet for other people to see?
|
Total |
|
Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 |
Aged 55+ |
|
| Your email address |
62% |
59% |
60% |
68% |
|
| A photo of you |
58% |
73% |
55% |
42% |
|
| Your occupation |
42% |
52% |
42% |
30% |
|
| Your date of birth |
41% |
46% |
38% |
39% |
|
| Groups or organisations you belong to |
38% |
47% |
38% |
28% |
|
| Your phone number |
38% |
28% |
39% |
48% |
|
| Who you work for |
37% |
53% |
38% |
18% |
|
| Your opinions on any subject |
33% |
41% |
31% |
26% |
|
| Details of your family, such as spouse or children |
31% |
37% |
33% |
22% |
|
| Your home address |
30% |
19% |
32% |
41% |
|
| Information or photos that have the potential to embarrass you |
12% |
20% |
10% |
6% |
A majority of respondents said their email address (62%) and a photo (58%) was available on the internet for others to see.
There tended to be more information on the internet about younger people. For those aged 18-34 73% said there was a photo, 59% email address, 53% who they worked for and 52% their occupation.
Q. How concerned are you about how much information about you might be available on the internet?
|
Total |
|
Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 |
Aged 55+ |
|
| Total concerned |
70% |
|
69% |
70% |
72% |
| Total not concerned |
28% |
|
29% |
28% |
28% |
| Very concerned |
25% |
20% |
25% |
32% |
|
| Somewhat concerned |
45% |
49% |
45% |
40% |
|
| Not very concerned |
23% |
24% |
24% |
22% |
|
| Not at all concerned |
5% |
5% |
4% |
6% |
|
| Don’t know |
1% |
1% |
2% |
* |
70% were very or somewhat concerned about how much information about them might be available on the internet.
20% of those aged 18-34 were very concerned compared to 32% of those aged 55+. There were no major differences across other demographic groups.
Q. Have you ever taken any of the following actions to protect your privacy on the internet?
|
Total |
|
Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 |
Aged 55+ |
|
| Cleared cookies and browser in history |
73% |
77% |
72% |
70% |
|
| Set your browser to disable or turned off cookies |
56% |
55% |
57% |
54% |
|
| Stopped using a website you think might be using information about you |
54% |
60% |
53% |
49% |
|
| Deleted something you posted in the past |
51% |
68% |
46% |
36% |
|
| Decided not to use a website because they wanted your real name |
46% |
49% |
45% |
43% |
|
| Used a false name or untraceable username |
36% |
48% |
34% |
23% |
|
| Use a non-identifiable email address |
31% |
41% |
31% |
20% |
The majority of respondents had taken some form of action to protect their privacy on the internet.
73% had cleared their cookies and browser, 56% had set browser to disable or turned off cookies and 54% had stopped using a website thet aight be using their information.
68% of those aged 18-34 had deleted posts – and were also more likely to use a false name (48%) or anonymous email address (41%).
Federal Government, government, parties, state government
Q. Do you think it is better to have the same party in Government at both State and Federal levels or do you think it is better to have different parties in Government at State and Federal levels?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
Total Nov 13 |
|
| Same party in Government |
26% |
26% |
38% |
10% |
11% |
26% |
||
| Different parties in Government |
24% |
27% |
17% |
41% |
37% |
22% |
||
| Makes no difference |
36% |
36% |
34% |
33% |
40% |
40% |
||
| Don’t know |
13% |
11% |
11% |
15% |
12% |
12% |
36% think it doesn’t make any difference whether the parties in Government at State and Federal levels are different or the same. 26% think it is better if they are the same and 24% think it would be better if they were different. These figures have changed little since this question was asked in November.
Labor voters were a little more likely to favour different parties while Liberal/National voters were more likely to favour having the same party in power at both levels.
Education, environment, public transport, regional areas, water resources
Q. Which of the following should be mainly the responsibility of the Federal Government and which should be mainly the responsibility of the State Governments – or should they have equal responsibility?
|
Mainly Federal |
Mainly State |
Both equally |
Don’t know |
|
| Improving the health system |
43% |
11% |
41% |
6% |
| Addressing climate change |
41% |
4% |
45% |
9% |
| Improving the education system |
40% |
14% |
40% |
6% |
| Industrial relations issues |
39% |
13% |
40% |
8% |
| Managing mining projects and mining profits |
39% |
20% |
32% |
9% |
| Managing the environment |
32% |
11% |
50% |
7% |
| Managing our water resources |
25% |
23% |
46% |
6% |
| Constructing new roads and highways |
21% |
33% |
41% |
6% |
| Investing in regional areas |
16% |
40% |
37% |
7% |
| Investing in public transport |
11% |
52% |
32% |
6% |
Issues which were considered mainly Federal responsibilities were the health system, climate change and education.
Public transport and regional investment were considered to be more the responsibilities of the State Governments.
The environment, managing water resources and constructing new roads and highways were more likely to be considered a shared responsibility.
2PP, Greens, Labor Party, 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 = 1,860 respondents
| First preference/leaning to |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
|
4 weeks ago 11/2/14 |
2 weeks ago 25/2/14 |
Last week 4/3/14 |
This week 11/3/14 |
| Liberal |
|
40% |
39% |
41% |
40% |
|
| National |
3% |
3% |
3% |
3% |
||
| Total Lib/Nat |
45.6% |
43% |
42% |
44% |
42% |
|
| Labor |
33.4% |
39% |
39% |
38% |
38% |
|
| Greens |
8.6% |
8% |
9% |
8% |
8% |
|
| Palmer United Party |
5.5% |
3% |
4% |
3% |
4% |
|
| Other/Independent |
6.9% |
7% |
7% |
7% |
8% |
| 2 Party Preferred |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
|
4 weeks ago 11/2/14 |
2 weeks ago 25/2/14 |
Last week 4/3/14 |
This week 11/3/14 |
| Liberal National |
53.5% |
50% |
49% |
51% |
50% |
|
| Labor |
46.5% |
50% |
51% |
49% |
50% |
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 abbott
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other/ indep-endent |
Tony Abbott as Opposition Leader 2 Sep 13 |
Tony Abbott as Prime Minister 24 Sep |
10 Dec |
14 Jan 2014 |
11 Feb |
|
| Total approve |
40% |
11% |
83% |
13% |
30% |
40% |
41% |
45% |
47% |
41% |
| Total disapprove |
47% |
84% |
6% |
81% |
54% |
49% |
36% |
46% |
43% |
47% |
| Strongly approve |
11% |
2% |
27% |
2% |
2% |
13% |
14% |
12% |
13% |
12% |
| Approve |
29% |
9% |
56% |
11% |
28% |
27% |
27% |
33% |
34% |
29% |
| Disapprove |
20% |
31% |
6% |
17% |
29% |
19% |
13% |
20% |
18% |
19% |
| Strongly disapprove |
27% |
53% |
* |
64% |
25% |
30% |
23% |
26% |
25% |
28% |
| Don’t know |
12% |
6% |
11% |
6% |
16% |
10% |
23% |
9% |
11% |
12% |
40% (down 1%) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister and 47% (no change) disapprove. This represents little change in his rating as Prime Minister over the last four weeks – from net -6 to net -7.
By gender – 44% (down 1%) of men approve and 46% (down 1%) disapprove; 37% (down 1%) of women approve and 49% (up 2%) disapprove.
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other/ Indep-endent |
12 Nov 2013 |
10 Dec |
14 jan 2014 |
11 Feb |
|
| Total approve |
32% |
57% |
17% |
45% |
19% |
31% |
39% |
35% |
30% |
| Total disapprove |
39% |
15% |
62% |
29% |
46% |
27% |
31% |
32% |
34% |
| Strongly approve |
4% |
10% |
2% |
– |
2% |
5% |
7% |
5% |
4% |
| Approve |
28% |
47% |
15% |
45% |
17% |
26% |
32% |
30% |
26% |
| Disapprove |
24% |
14% |
31% |
24% |
31% |
17% |
19% |
20% |
21% |
| Strongly disapprove |
15% |
1% |
31% |
5% |
15% |
10% |
12% |
12% |
13% |
| Don’t know |
29% |
28% |
20% |
26% |
34% |
43% |
31% |
32% |
35% |
32% (up 2%) approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader and 39% (up 5%) disapprove. 29% could not give an opinion. This represents a decline in his rating as Opposition Leader over the last four weeks from net -4 to net -7.
By gender – 36% (up 3%) of men approve and 42% (no change) disapprove; 29% (up 1%) of women approve and 36% (up 8%) disapprove.