06 August 2012, 060812, Australian olympic team, gold medals, London olympics, Performance, winning
Q. How important is it that Australia wins gold medals at the 2012 Olympics being held in London?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
A lot/some interest |
A little/no interest |
|
| Very important |
12% |
12% |
15% |
7% |
18% |
4% |
| Quite important |
32% |
34% |
35% |
22% |
41% |
20% |
| Not so important |
36% |
37% |
35% |
33% |
34% |
41% |
| Not at all important |
17% |
16% |
12% |
37% |
6% |
32% |
| Don’t know |
3% |
1% |
2% |
1% |
1% |
4% |
44% think it is very/quite important that Australia wins gold medals at the 2012 Olympics and 53% think it is not so or not at all important.
Of those with a lot/some interest in the Olympics, 59% think it is very/quite important and 40% not so/not at all important.
65% of those aged 55+ think it is not so/not at all important while 53% of those aged 18-34 think it is very/quite important.
06 August 2012, 060812, Australian olympic team, Performance, public satisfaction
Q. How satisfied are you with the performance of the Australian Olympic team?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
A lot/some interest |
A little/no interest |
Very/quite important |
Not so/not at all important |
|
| Total satisfied |
41% |
46% |
40% |
39% |
53% |
26% |
43% |
41% |
| Total dissatisfied |
20% |
15% |
23% |
17% |
22% |
16% |
32% |
9% |
| Very satisfied |
11% |
12% |
8% |
11% |
14% |
7% |
10% |
12% |
| Satisfied |
30% |
34% |
32% |
28% |
39% |
19% |
33% |
29% |
| Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied |
33% |
34% |
33% |
30% |
25% |
44% |
23% |
41% |
| Dissatisfied |
14% |
10% |
17% |
15% |
15% |
12% |
23% |
6% |
| Very dissatisfied |
6% |
5% |
6% |
2% |
7% |
4% |
9% |
3% |
| Don’t know |
6% |
4% |
3% |
13% |
1% |
12% |
2% |
8% |
41% say they are satisfied with the performance of the Australian Olympic team and 20% are dissatisfied.
Of those who take a lot/some interest in the Olympics, 53% are satisfied and 22% dissatisfied.
Of those who think winning gold medals is very/quite important, 43% are satisfied and 32% dissatisfied with the performance of the Australian team.
06 August 2012, 060812, 2012 olympics, Australian olympic team, funding, London olympics
Q. Direct Federal funding of Australia’s Olympic team over the past four years has been at least $589 million – which equates to about $39 million for each gold medal. Do you think this investment is too much, not enough or about right?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Very/quite important |
Not so/not at all important |
|
| Too much |
58% |
60% |
55% |
71% |
47% |
68% |
| Not enough |
9% |
8% |
11% |
6% |
14% |
5% |
| About right |
19% |
21% |
20% |
14% |
25% |
14% |
| Don’t know |
14% |
11% |
13% |
9% |
14% |
13% |
58% think that funding invested in the Australian Olympic team over the last 4 years has been too much, 9% think it is not enough and 19% think it is about right.
Of those who think winning gold medals is very/quite important, 47% think that funding has been too much, 14% think it is not enough and 25% think it is about right.
31 July 2012, 310712, full time worker, gardening, house cleaning, kids sport, prepare meals, socialising, time for leisure, work life balance
Q. Over the last few years, do you feel you have had enough time for the following activities?
|
Have enough time |
Don’t have enough time |
Doesn’t apply to me |
Don’t know |
|
| Keeping house clean |
56% |
36% |
8% |
* |
| Preparing meals at home |
66% |
26% |
7% |
* |
| Keeping in touch with friends and relatives |
56% |
41% |
2% |
* |
| Attending kids sport |
22% |
13% |
62% |
2% |
| Participating in community events |
30% |
36% |
30% |
3% |
| Gardening |
35% |
39% |
25% |
1% |
| General home maintenance (odd jobs) |
40% |
45% |
13% |
1% |
| Working full-time or part-time |
Have enough time |
Don’t have enough time |
Doesn’t apply to me |
Don’t know |
| Keeping house clean |
50% |
44% |
6% |
* |
| Preparing meals at home |
62% |
33% |
5% |
* |
| Keeping in touch with friends and relatives |
48% |
49% |
3% |
* |
| Attending kids sport |
25% |
18% |
55% |
2% |
| Participating in community events |
28% |
43% |
26% |
3% |
| Gardening |
31% |
45% |
23% |
1% |
| General home maintenance (odd jobs) |
33% |
54% |
11% |
2% |
Don’t have enough time
|
Total |
Men |
Women |
Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 |
Aged 55+ |
|
| Keeping house clean |
36% |
30% |
42% |
39% |
45% |
20% |
| Preparing meals at home |
26% |
26% |
26% |
35% |
30% |
10% |
| Keeping in touch with friends and relatives |
41% |
39% |
43% |
46% |
46% |
25% |
| Attending kids sport |
13% |
16% |
11% |
16% |
17% |
4% |
| Participating in community events |
36% |
37% |
36% |
45% |
41% |
20% |
| Gardening |
39% |
34% |
43% |
43% |
45% |
19% |
| General home maintenance (odd jobs) |
45% |
41% |
49% |
48% |
56% |
27% |
31 July 2012, 310712, financial situation, fulltime workers, leisure time, part-time workers, struggling
Q. How would you rate your current situation in terms of the following?
|
Struggling |
Just coping |
Doing well |
Don’t know |
|
| Your financial situation |
16% |
53% |
29% |
1% |
| The time you have for the things you want to do |
17% |
45% |
37% |
1% |
| Working full-time or part-time |
Struggling |
Just coping |
Doing well |
Don’t know |
| Your financial situation |
14% |
55% |
31% |
* |
| The time you have for the things you want to do |
22% |
49% |
29% |
* |
Struggling
|
Total |
Men |
Women |
Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 |
Aged 55+ |
|
| Your financial situation |
16% |
15% |
18% |
17% |
15% |
17% |
| The time you have for the things you want to do |
17% |
15% |
18% |
19% |
21% |
8% |
31 July 2012, 310712, flexible work, fulltime workers, part-time workers, physical well-being, responsibilities, work life balance
Q. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
| Full-time workers |
Total agree |
Total disagree |
Strongly agree |
Agree |
Disagree |
Strongly disagree |
Don’t know |
| I find it difficult to balance work and other responsibilities |
51% |
45% |
12% |
39% |
35% |
10% |
4% |
| Where there is a conflict between work and other responsibilities, work comes first. |
47% |
47% |
7% |
40% |
36% |
11% |
6% |
| Where there is conflict between work and other responsibilities I feel I can ask my employer for some flexibility |
67% |
24% |
13% |
54% |
17% |
7% |
10% |
| There are times I feel the stress from juggling work and other responsibilities is impacting on my physical well-being |
63% |
32% |
18% |
45% |
26% |
6% |
4% |
| Part-time workers |
Total agree |
Total disagree |
Strongly agree |
Agree |
Disagree |
Strongly disagree |
Don’t know |
| I find it difficult to balance work and other responsibilities |
43% |
54% |
9% |
34% |
46% |
8% |
2% |
| Where there is a conflict between work and other responsibilities, work comes first. |
36% |
56% |
5% |
31% |
46% |
10% |
8% |
| Where there is conflict between work and other responsibilities I feel I can ask my employer for some flexibility |
64% |
21% |
12% |
52% |
16% |
5% |
14% |
| There are times I feel the stress from juggling work and other responsibilities is impacting on my physical well-being |
53% |
42% |
15% |
38% |
31% |
11% |
5% |
Total workers – Agree
|
Total |
Men |
Women |
Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 |
Aged 55+ |
|
| I find it difficult to balance work and other responsibilities |
48% |
45% |
51% |
53% |
50% |
36% |
| Where there is a conflict between work and other responsibilities, work comes first. |
41% |
43% |
38% |
44% |
40% |
45% |
| Where there is conflict between work and other responsibilities I feel I can ask my employer for some flexibility |
66% |
66% |
65% |
76% |
64% |
54% |
| There are times I feel the stress from juggling work and other responsibilities is impacting on my physical well-being |
58% |
57% |
59% |
67% |
62% |
43% |
2PP, 30 July 2012, 300712, ALP, first preference vote, Greens, Independent, Labor, Liberals, two party preferred
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 = 1,837 respondents
| First preference/leaning to |
Election 21 Aug 10 |
4 weeks ago 2/7/12 |
2 weeks ago 16/7/12 |
Last week 23/7/12 |
This week 30/7/12 |
| Liberal |
45% |
46% |
45% |
45% |
|
| National |
3% |
3% |
4% |
3% |
|
| Total Lib/Nat |
43.6% |
49% |
49% |
49% |
49% |
| Labor |
38.0% |
32% |
31% |
33% |
33% |
| Greens |
11.8% |
10% |
10% |
10% |
10% |
| Other/Independent |
6.6% |
9% |
9% |
9% |
8% |
| 2PP |
Election 21 Aug 10 |
4 weeks ago |
2 weeks ago |
Last week |
This week |
| Total Lib/Nat |
49.9% |
56% |
57% |
56% |
55% |
| Labor |
50.1% |
44% |
43% |
44% |
45% |
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. These estimates have a confidence interval of approx. + or – 2%.
30 July 2012, 300712, asylum seekers, climate change, economy, Education, Election Issues, environment, healthy system, Housing affordability, Industrial Relations, Interest rates, local industries, political leadership, population growth, taxation, Terrorism, water supply
Q. Which are the three most important issues in deciding how you would vote at a Federal election?
|
First |
Second |
Third |
Total 30 Jul 12 |
5 Dec 11 |
6 June 11 |
25 Jan 10 |
|
| Management of the economy |
38% |
16% |
10% |
64% |
62% |
61% |
63% |
| Ensuring a quality education for all children |
5% |
10% |
11% |
26% |
22% |
26% |
23% |
| Ensuring the quality of Australia’s health system |
10% |
19% |
18% |
47% |
47% |
49% |
48% |
| Protecting the environment |
3% |
4% |
4% |
11% |
13% |
15% |
16% |
| A fair industrial relations system |
4% |
3% |
5% |
12% |
11% |
8% |
* |
| Political leadership |
11% |
7% |
7% |
25% |
18% |
17% |
23% |
| Addressing climate change |
3% |
3% |
3% |
9% |
10% |
15% |
16% |
| Controlling interest rates |
2% |
2% |
5% |
9% |
11% |
13% |
15% |
| Australian jobs and protection of local industries |
13% |
15% |
13% |
41% |
36% |
32% |
33% |
| Ensuring a quality water supply |
* |
1% |
2% |
3% |
4% |
5% |
12% |
| Housing affordability |
3% |
5% |
5% |
13% |
13% |
16% |
14% |
| Ensuring a fair taxation system |
4% |
7% |
7% |
18% |
16% |
17% |
14% |
| Security and the war on terrorism |
1% |
1% |
3% |
5% |
4% |
8% |
9% |
| Treatment of asylum seekers |
3% |
4% |
3% |
10% |
8% |
5% |
* |
| Managing population growth |
2% |
3% |
3% |
8% |
8% |
12% |
* |
*Not asked
64% of people surveyed rated management of the economy as one of their three most important issues, followed by 47% ensuring the quality of Australia’s health system and 41% Australian jobs and protection of local industries.
Since December, there has been an increase in the importance of political leadership (+7%), Australian jobs and protection of local industries (+5%) and ensuring a quality education for all children (+4%).