Q. In your opinion, are Australian state and federal politicians more or less corrupt than the following groups of politicians around the world?
|
Australian politicians are |
Australian politicians are |
Australian politicians are |
A |
About the same |
A little less corrupt |
Australian politicians are |
Don’t know |
||
| Politicians in the United States of America |
10% |
39% |
4% |
6% |
32% |
23% |
16% |
19% |
|
| Politicians in the United Kingdom |
11% |
20% |
4% |
7% |
46% |
15% |
5% |
22% |
|
| Politicians in New Zealand |
15% |
9% |
6% |
9% |
51% |
7% |
2% |
24% |
|
| Politicians in Indonesia |
9% |
60% |
3% |
6% |
12% |
15% |
45% |
19% |
|
| Politicians in China |
10% |
57% |
4% |
6% |
13% |
13% |
44% |
21% |
|
| Politicians in other developed countries in general |
10% |
30% |
3% |
7% |
34% |
18% |
12% |
25% |
|
| Politicians in other developing countries in general |
10% |
52% |
4% |
6% |
15% |
17% |
35% |
23% |
15% or less of people consider Australian politicians to be more corrupt than politicians in the other countries listed.
60% of people think Australian politicians are less corrupt than those in Indonesia, 57% believe they are less corrupt than those in China and 52% believe they are less corrupt than those in other developing countries in general.
15 October 2013, 151013, GFC, party trust
Q. The shutdown of the US Government has sparked fears of another global recession.
If there was another Global Financial Crisis, which party would you trust most to deal with it?
|
% |
|
Lib/Nat voters |
Labor voters |
Green voters |
|
15 Aug 2011 |
7 May 2012 |
29 Jan 2103 |
|
| The Liberal Party |
38% |
78% |
6% |
5% |
40% |
42% |
40% |
||
| The Labor Party |
29% |
4% |
68% |
39% |
31% |
25% |
26% |
||
| No Difference |
23% |
13% |
16% |
47% |
20% |
23% |
22% |
||
| Don’t know |
10% |
5% |
9% |
9% |
9% |
10% |
11% |
If there was another GFC, 38% of people would trust the Liberal Party most to deal with it. 29% trusted Labor while 23% said there was no difference.
Trust generally followed party lines, with 78% of Lib/Nat voters selecting the Liberals and 68% of Labor voters selecting Labor. 47% of Green voters selected ‘no difference’.
The overall figures are generally in line with those from 2011, 2012 and early in 2013.
15 October 2013, 151013, lobbyist register
Q. Currently the only requirement for lobbying politicians in Australia is that professional lobbyists must register if they intend to lobby ministers or senior public servants.
Would you support the following reforms:
|
Total Support |
Total Oppose |
Strongly support |
Support |
Oppose |
Strongly oppose |
Don’t know |
|
| extending the Lobbyist Register to all MPs, not just ministers |
54% |
8% |
24% |
30% |
6% |
2% |
37% |
| requiring ministers and shadow ministers to publicly reveal everyone they meet other than constituents |
56% |
10% |
23% |
33% |
8% |
2% |
34% |
| banning former ministers and senior officials from lobbying in their former portfolio area for 5 years |
51% |
9% |
22% |
29% |
8% |
1% |
39% |
The majority of people support each of the reforms listed. The highest level of support was for ministers and shadow ministers to publicly reveal everyone they meet other than constituents (56%).
There were very low levels of opposition to each of these reforms, but a significant proportion of people selected don’t know (between 34-39% for each reform).
There were no significant differences in the level of support for these reforms based on voting intention.
08 October 2013, 081013, 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 = 1,865 respondents
| First preference/leaning to |
Election 7 Sep 13 (current figures) |
|
4 weeks ago 9/9/13 |
2 weeks ago 23/9/13 |
Last week 1/10/13 |
This week 8/10/13 |
| Liberal |
|
45% |
41% |
40% |
40% |
|
| National |
2% |
3% |
3% |
|||
| Total Lib/Nat |
45.5% |
45% |
43% |
43% |
43% |
|
| Labor |
33.4% |
35% |
37% |
36% |
35% |
|
| Greens |
8.7% |
8% |
9% |
9% |
9% |
|
| Other/Independent |
12.4% |
12% |
11% |
12% |
12% |
| 2 Party Preferred |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
|
4 weeks ago 2/9/13 |
2 weeks ago 16/9/13 |
Last week 1/10/13 |
This week 8/10/13 |
| Liberal National |
53.4% |
52% |
52% |
|||
| Labor |
46.6% |
48% |
48% |
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 2010 election.
08 October 2013, 081013, International relationships
Q. How important is it for Australia to have a close relationship with the following nations?
|
Very important |
Quite important |
Not very important |
Don’t know |
Very Import (28 Mar 11) |
Very Import (14 Nov 11) |
Very Import (29 Oct 12) |
Change – Oct 12 to Oct 13 |
|
| United States |
51% |
38% |
6% |
4% |
60% |
55% |
55% |
-4% |
| New Zealand |
56% |
32% |
8% |
4% |
69% |
61% |
54% |
2% |
| United Kingdom |
42% |
43% |
11% |
4% |
56% |
47% |
47% |
-5% |
| China |
46% |
42% |
8% |
5% |
48% |
48% |
45% |
1% |
| Indonesia |
35% |
41% |
18% |
6% |
31% |
27% |
33% |
2% |
| Japan |
27% |
52% |
15% |
6% |
39% |
32% |
31% |
-4% |
| India |
19% |
41% |
32% |
8% |
26% |
23% |
26% |
-7% |
| Germany |
17% |
38% |
35% |
9% |
23% |
18% |
20% |
-3% |
| South Africa |
12% |
32% |
45% |
12% |
16% |
12% |
14% |
-2% |
More than half the respondents think it is very important to have close relationships with the New Zealand (56%) and the United States (51%) and just under half think it is very important to have a close relationship with China (46%) and the United Kingdom (42%).
A close relationship with the United States is considered very important by 62% of Liberal/National voters, 47% of Labor voters and 41% of Greens voters.
Since this question was asked last October, there have been decreases in the rating of the importance of relations with India (-7%) and the United Kingdom (-5%). There have been only very slight increases in the importance of the relationship with Indonesia (+2%) and New Zealand (+2%).
08 October 2013, 081013, International Relations
Q. Would you like to see Australia’s relationship with these countries get closer, stay the same or become less close?
|
Get closer |
Stay the same |
Become less close |
Don’t know |
|
Get closer (28 Mar 11) |
Get closer (14 Nov 11) |
Get closer (29 Oct 11) |
Change – Oct 12 to Oct 13 |
|
| China |
33% |
49% |
10% |
9% |
32% |
35% |
29% |
4% |
|
| New Zealand |
34% |
55% |
3% |
8% |
37% |
33% |
26% |
8% |
|
| Indonesia |
29% |
45% |
15% |
10% |
21% |
23% |
25% |
4% |
|
| India |
21% |
52% |
16% |
12% |
19% |
23% |
24% |
-3% |
|
| Japan |
24% |
57% |
9% |
10% |
26% |
24% |
22% |
2% |
|
| United Kingdom |
22% |
60% |
9% |
8% |
25% |
19% |
21% |
1% |
|
| United States |
20% |
59% |
13% |
8% |
24% |
18% |
21% |
-1% |
|
| Germany |
18% |
60% |
10% |
13% |
18% |
20% |
18% |
– |
|
| South Africa |
12% |
59% |
14% |
15% |
13% |
14% |
12% |
– |
33% favour closer relations with China, 34% with New Zealand, 29% with Indonesia and 24% with Japan.
Liberal/National voters were more likely to favour closer relationships with the United States (24%). Greens voters are more likely to favour closer relationships with Indonesia (38%).
Labor voters were more likely to favour closer relationships with New Zealand (40%) and Japan (28%)
Those aged 18-25 were more likely to favour closer relationships with Japan (45%), New Zealand (48%), China (51%) and Germany (28%).
Since this question was asked last year, the percentages wanting a closer relationship with the New Zealand (+8%) has increased.
08 October 2013, 081013, International Relations, liberal government, tony abbott
Q. How much trust do you have in Tony Abbott and the Liberal Government to handle Australia’s international relations?
|
|
|
| A lot of trust |
18% |
| Some trust |
23% |
| A little trust |
16% |
| No trust |
37% |
| Don’t know |
7% |
Just 18% of people have ‘a lot of trust’ in Tony Abbott and the Liberal Government to handle Australia’s international relations.
37% have no trust.
Females (41%) were more likely than males (32%) to have no trust.
Labor (67%) and Green (63%) voters were far more likely to have ‘no trust’. Liberal/National voters were far less likely (2%) to have no trust.
08 October 2013, 081013, Government information
Q. It has recently been revealed that US agencies have been secretly monitoring most of the world’s phone and internet traffic. This information is shared with friendly governments such as Australia’s.
Do you support or oppose the US government’s secret collecting of this information?
|
|
|
| Support |
24% |
| Oppose |
45% |
| Strongly support |
6% |
| Support |
18% |
| Neither support nor oppose |
26% |
| Oppose |
20% |
| Strongly oppose |
25% |
| Don’t know |
6% |
Just 24% of people support the US government’s secret collecting of the world’s phone and internet traffic. 45% oppose it.
Liberal/National voters (34%) were more likely to support the US collecting this information.
Labor (58%) and Green (62%) voters were more likely to oppose it.