Abbot Point, Coal expansion, coal port, dredge spoil, dredging, dumping, great barrier reef, Greg Hunt
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the decision to allow expansion of the Abbot Point coal port in the Great Barrier Reef?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
||
| Total approve |
17% |
14% |
20% |
4% |
22% |
|
| Total disapprove |
66% |
72% |
59% |
85% |
64% |
|
| Strongly approve |
4% |
3% |
5% |
– |
4% |
|
| Approve |
13% |
11% |
15% |
4% |
18% |
|
| Disapprove |
25% |
23% |
31% |
14% |
20% |
|
| Strongly disapprove |
41% |
49% |
28% |
71% |
44% |
|
| Don’t know |
18% |
14% |
21% |
11% |
14% |
17% approve of the decision to allow expansion of the Abbot Point coal port in the Great Barrier Reef and 66% disapprove.
74% of women disapproved compared to 57% of men.
In Queensland, 24% approve and 57% disapprove.
government access, phone and internet records, privacy
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the Australian Government being able to access your phone and internet records without a warrant?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
| Total approve |
16% |
10% |
24% |
11% |
19% |
|
| Total disapprove |
80% |
88% |
71% |
85% |
80% |
|
| Strongly approve |
4% |
1% |
6% |
3% |
5% |
|
| Approve |
12% |
9% |
18% |
8% |
14% |
|
| Disapprove |
24% |
22% |
28% |
24% |
20% |
|
| Strongly disapprove |
56% |
66% |
43% |
61% |
60% |
|
| Don’t know |
4% |
3% |
6% |
3% |
1% |
80% disapprove of the Australian Government being able to access their phone and internet records without a warrant and 16% approve.
Disapproval was over 70% for all demographic groups.
Q. Do you think the treatment of Schapelle Corby and the time she served in prison for drug trafficking was too harsh, too lenient or about right?
|
Total |
|
Men |
Women |
Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 |
Aged 55+ |
|
| Too harsh |
25% |
22% |
28% |
21% |
25% |
30% |
|
| Too lenient |
21% |
25% |
17% |
23% |
22% |
19% |
|
| About right |
37% |
40% |
35% |
35% |
37% |
41% |
|
| Don’t know |
16% |
13% |
19% |
21% |
17% |
10% |
37% think that the treatment and prison time served by Shapelle Corby was about right, 25% think it was too harsh and 21% too lenient.
Women (28%) and those aged 55+ (30%) were a little more likely to think it was too harsh.
Q. How interested are you in reading and hearing news and comment about Schapelle Corby?
|
Total |
|
Men |
Women |
Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 |
Aged 55+ |
|
| Very interested |
6% |
4% |
9% |
7% |
7% |
5% |
|
| Somewhat interested |
21% |
22% |
20% |
28% |
20% |
15% |
|
| Not very interested |
24% |
25% |
24% |
19% |
26% |
29% |
|
| Not at all interested |
47% |
48% |
46% |
45% |
46% |
51% |
|
| Don’t know |
1% |
1% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
* |
Only 6% say they are very interested in reading and hearing news and comment about Schapelle Corby and a further 21% say thewy are somewhat interested. 71% are either not very interested or not at all interested.
Those most interested were aged 18-34 (36% very/somewhat interested), those on incomes under $600pw (35%) and those who had not completed secondary education (32%).
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 = 1,871 respondents
| First preference/leaning to |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
|
2 weeks ago 28/1/14 |
Last week 4/2/14 |
This week 11/2/14 |
| Liberal |
|
40% |
40% |
40% |
|
| National |
|
3% |
3% |
3% |
|
| Total Lib/Nat |
45.6% |
42% |
43% |
43% |
|
| Labor |
33.4% |
36% |
38% |
39% |
|
| Greens |
8.6% |
9% |
8% |
8% |
|
| Palmer United Party |
5.5% |
4% |
3% |
3% |
|
| Other/Independent |
6.9% |
9% |
7% |
7% |
| 2 Party Preferred |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
|
2 weeks ago 28/1/14 |
Last week 4/2/14 |
This week 11/2/14 |
| Liberal National |
53.5% |
50% |
50% |
50% |
|
| Labor |
46.5% |
50% |
50% |
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.
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 Opp Leader 2 Sep 13 |
Tony Abbott as PM 24 Sep |
22 Oct |
12 Nov |
10 Dec |
14 Jan 2014 |
|
| Total approve |
41% |
12% |
85% |
14% |
17% |
40% |
41% |
46% |
45% |
45% |
47% |
| Total disapprove |
47% |
81% |
6% |
76% |
64% |
49% |
36% |
35% |
40% |
46% |
43% |
| Strongly approve |
12% |
2% |
29% |
– |
4% |
13% |
14% |
16% |
14% |
12% |
13% |
| Approve |
29% |
10% |
56% |
14% |
13% |
27% |
27% |
30% |
31% |
33% |
34% |
| Disapprove |
19% |
27% |
6% |
17% |
32% |
19% |
13% |
15% |
19% |
20% |
18% |
| Strongly disapprove |
28% |
54% |
– |
59% |
32% |
30% |
23% |
20% |
21% |
26% |
25% |
| Don’t know |
12% |
7% |
9% |
10% |
19% |
10% |
23% |
19% |
16% |
9% |
11% |
41% (down 6%) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister and 47% (up 4%) disapprove. This represents a decline in his rating as Prime Minister over the last four weeks from net +4 to net -6.
By gender – 45% (down 6%) of men approve and 47% (up 6%) disapprove; 38% (down 3%) of women approve and 47% (up 3%) 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 |
|
| Total approve |
30% |
|
54% |
15% |
48% |
16% |
31% |
39% |
35% |
|
| Total disapprove |
34% |
|
16% |
53% |
20% |
47% |
27% |
31% |
32% |
|
| Strongly approve |
4% |
10% |
1% |
4% |
2% |
5% |
7% |
5% |
||
| Approve |
26% |
44% |
14% |
44% |
14% |
26% |
32% |
30% |
||
| Disapprove |
21% |
13% |
27% |
16% |
31% |
17% |
19% |
20% |
||
| Strongly disapprove |
13% |
3% |
26% |
4% |
16% |
10% |
12% |
12% |
||
| Don’t know |
35% |
30% |
31% |
33% |
37% |
43% |
31% |
32% |
30% (down 5%) approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader and 34% (up 2%) disapprove. 35% could not give an opinion. This represents a decline in his rating as Opposition Leader over the last four weeks from net +3 to net -4.
By gender – 33% (down 3%) of men approve and 42% (up 3%) disapprove; 28% (down 6%) of women approve and 28% (up 1%) disapprove.
Better PM, Better Prime Minister, Bill Shorten, tony abbott
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/ indep-endent |
|
22 Oct 2013 |
12 Nov |
10 Dec |
14 Jan 2014 |
|
| Tony Abbott |
40% |
9% |
83% |
14% |
17% |
41% |
42% |
43% |
42% |
||
| Bill Shorten |
30% |
64% |
1% |
50% |
22% |
22% |
27% |
33% |
31% |
||
| Don’t know |
31% |
26% |
16% |
36% |
60% |
37% |
31% |
24% |
27% |
40% (down 2%) think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 30% (down 1%) favour Bill Shorten. 31% (up 4%) could not make a choice.
Tony Abbott is favoured 43%/29% among men and 36%/30% among women.