011013, 1 October 2013, manufacturing industry
Q. Thinking about the Australian manufacturing industry, which of the following statements is closest to your view?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
Aug 2012 |
Jun 2013 |
|
| With Government support, Australia can have a successful manufacturing industry |
65% |
70% |
64% |
60% |
63% |
61% |
||
| There is no future for manufacturing in Australia and Government support would be a waste of money |
19% |
17% |
23% |
17% |
17% |
22% |
||
| Don’t know |
16% |
13% |
14% |
23% |
21% |
17% |
65% agree that “With Government support, Australia can have a successful manufacturing industry” and 19% agree “There is no future for manufacturing in Australia and Government support would be a waste of money”. Those who think that “Australia can have a successful manufacturing industry” has increased 4% and those thinking “There is no future for manufacturing in Australia” has dropped 3% since this question was last asked in June.
Those most likely to agree that “Australia can have a successful manufacturing industry” were aged 45+ (69%), Labor voters (70%) and people on income of less than $1,000pw (75%).
Those most likely to agree that “There is no future for manufacturing in Australia” were men (25%), Liberal/National voters (23%) and people on incomes over $1,600pw (28%).
01 October 2013, 011013, car manufacturing
Q. How important is it that Australia has a car manufacturing industry, even if it costs hundreds of millions of dollars each year in Government support and subsidies?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
Jun 2013 |
|
| Total important |
58% |
63% |
59% |
45% |
52% |
||
| Total not important |
30% |
26% |
33% |
33% |
35% |
||
| Very important |
24% |
31% |
22% |
12% |
19% |
||
| Somewhat important |
34% |
32% |
37% |
33% |
33% |
||
| Not very important |
18% |
16% |
19% |
21% |
24% |
||
| Not at all important |
12% |
10% |
14% |
11% |
11% |
||
| Don’t know |
12% |
12% |
8% |
24% |
12% |
58% think that it is very or somewhat important that Australia has a car manufacturing industry, even if it costs hundreds of millions of dollars each year in Government support and subsidies. 30% think it is not very or not at all important. This represents a significant increase in “importance” since this question was previously asked in June.
Those most likely to think it was important were Labor voters (63%) and people on incomes under $1,000pw (65%).
33% of Liberal/National voters, 33% of Greens voters and 38% of people with university degrees thought it not important.
01 October 2013, 011013, arrivals, asylum seeker arrives, asylum seekers
Q. Under previous Governments the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service has issued statements whenever an asylum-seeker boat arrived. Do you approve or disapprove of the Abbott Government’s decision to stop providing this information about the arrival of asylum-seeker boats?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Total approve |
39% |
16% |
67% |
13% |
|
| Total disapprove |
48% |
75% |
21% |
74% |
|
| Strongly approve |
16% |
5% |
31% |
7% |
|
| Approve |
23% |
11% |
36% |
6% |
|
| Disapprove |
16% |
20% |
15% |
13% |
|
| Strongly disapprove |
32% |
55% |
6% |
61% |
|
| Don’t know |
13% |
9% |
12% |
12% |
39% approve of the Abbott Government’s decision to stop providing information about the arrival of asylum-seeker boats and 48% disapprove.
Views are strongly associated with political party preference – 75% of Labor voters and 74% of Greens voters disapprove while 67% of Liberal/National voters approve.
01 October 2013, 011013, ABCC, Australian building and construction commission
Q. The Abbott Government has committed to re-establish the Australian Building and Construction Commission to address claims of union militancy in the construction industry. The ABCC’s powers included preventing any person from revealing they had been forced to give testimony to the Commission, and overriding a person’s right to silence.
Do you support or oppose re-establishing the ABCC?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Total support |
29% |
13% |
52% |
12% |
|
| Total oppose |
22% |
39% |
5% |
46% |
|
| Strongly support |
12% |
4% |
25% |
4% |
|
| Support |
17% |
9% |
27% |
8% |
|
| Neither support nor oppose |
23% |
22% |
22% |
16% |
|
| Oppose |
9% |
13% |
3% |
21% |
|
| Strongly oppose |
13% |
26% |
2% |
25% |
|
| Don’t know |
25% |
27% |
21% |
25% |
29% support re-establishing the ABCC and 22% oppose. 48% have no opinion either way.
35% of men support compared to 23% of women.
24 September 2013, 240913, 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 = 1,886 respondents
| First preference/leaning to |
Election 7 Sep 13 (current figures) |
|
4 weeks ago 26/8/13 |
2 weeks ago 9/9/13 |
Last week 16/9/13 |
This week 23/9/13 |
| Liberal |
|
40% |
41% |
42% |
41% |
|
| National |
2% |
3% |
3% |
2% |
||
| Total Lib/Nat |
45.6% |
43% |
45% |
44% |
43% |
|
| Labor |
33.4% |
38% |
35% |
36% |
37% |
|
| Greens |
8.6% |
11% |
9% |
9% |
9% |
|
| Other/Independent |
12.4% |
9% |
12% |
11% |
11% |
| 2 Party Preferred |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
|
4 weeks ago 26/8/13 |
2 weeks ago 9/9/13 |
Last week 16/9/13 |
This week 23/9/13 |
| Liberal National |
53.4% |
50% |
53% |
53% |
51% |
|
| Labor |
46.6% |
50% |
47% |
47% |
49% |
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.
24 September 2013, 240913, Approval of 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 |
|
Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister 2 Sep |
Tony Abbott as Opposition Leader 2 Sep |
|
| Total approve |
41% |
10% |
82% |
6% |
42% |
40% |
||
| Total disapprove |
36% |
67% |
3% |
72% |
47% |
49% |
||
| Strongly approve |
14% |
2% |
32% |
– |
13% |
13% |
||
| Approve |
27% |
8% |
50% |
6% |
29% |
27% |
||
| Disapprove |
13% |
22% |
2% |
25% |
19% |
19% |
||
| Strongly disapprove |
23% |
45% |
1% |
47% |
28% |
30% |
||
| Don’t know |
23% |
22% |
14% |
22% |
11% |
10% |
41% approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister and 36% disapprove. This represents an improvement on his last approval rating as Opposition Leader, but is a little lower than Julia Gillard’s rating immediately after winning the 2010 election (45% approve/37% disapprove).
By gender – 44% of men approve and 34% disapprove; 38% of women approve and 39% disapprove.
Anthony Albanese, 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 Anthony Albanese?
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 |
|
| Tony Abbott |
37% |
7% |
74% |
11% |
|
| Anthony Albanese |
31% |
58% |
5% |
51% |
|
| Don’t know |
33% |
35% |
21% |
38% |
|
| Tony Abbott |
37% |
7% |
75% |
2% |
|
| Bill Shorten |
32% |
58% |
6% |
55% |
|
| Don’t know |
32% |
35% |
19% |
43% |
Tony Abbott is preferred to Anthony Albanese as Prime Minister by 37% to 31% and to Bill Shorten by 37% to 32%.
Among Labor voters both Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese are preferred 58% to 7%.
In comparison, immediately after the 2010 election Julia Gillard was preferred over Tony Abbott by 47% to 35%.
Q. Are you concerned or not concerned that Tony Abbott has appointed only one woman to his Cabinet?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Total concerned |
45% |
67% |
17% |
90% |
|
| Total not concerned |
50% |
29% |
80% |
7% |
|
| Very concerned |
22% |
40% |
4% |
50% |
|
| Somewhat concerned |
23% |
27% |
13% |
40% |
|
| Not very concerned |
17% |
14% |
22% |
4% |
|
| Not at all concerned |
33% |
15% |
58% |
3% |
|
| Don’t know |
5% |
4% |
3% |
3% |
45% say they are concerned that Tony Abbott has appointed only one woman to his Cabinet and 50% are not concerned. Opinions closely follow party preferences – 67% of Labor voters say they are concerned compared to only 17% of Liberal/National voters.
By gender – men 39% concerned/57% not concerned; women 51% concerned/42% not concerned. 52% of respondents aged under 35 say they are concerned and 41% not concerned.