Q. Last week, the Federal Parliament passed legislation to allow doctors, not politicians, to determine the appropriate medical treatment offered to people in offshore detention. This may include medical evacuation (Medivac) transfer to Australia if necessary.
Which of the following statements most closely aligns with your views of this legislation?
| Total | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | |
| This legislation does not go far enough to provide humane treatment for people in offshore detention | 15% | 16% | 15% | 21% | 15% | 12% |
| This legislation strikes a balance between strong borders and humane treatment for people in offshore detention | 38% | 41% | 35% | 43% | 39% | 32% |
| This legislation will weaken our borders and result in boats arriving in Australia as they have in the past | 30% | 31% | 30% | 16% | 27% | 47% |
| Unsure | 16% | 12% | 20% | 20% | 20% | 9% |
A plurality of respondents said that the legislation struck the right balance between strong borders and humane treatment (38%), while 15% said it did not go far enough to protect people in offshore detention, and 30% said it will weaken our borders.
Those most likely to think the measure did not go far enough to provide humane treatment for those in offshore detention were Greens voters (45%), Labor voters (21%), and those aged 18-34 (21%).
Those most likely to think that the measure would weaken our borders were “Other voters” (48% agree), Coalition voters (47%) and those aged 55+ (47%).
| Total | Labor | Liberal + National | Greens | NET: Other | |
| This legislation does not go far enough to provide humane treatment for people in offshore detention | 15% | 21% | 5% | 45% | 10% |
| This legislation strikes a balance between strong borders and humane treatment for people in offshore detention | 38% | 48% | 35% | 34% | 30% |
| This legislation will weaken our borders and result in boats arriving in Australia as they have in the past | 30% | 14% | 47% | 8% | 48% |
| Unsure | 16% | 16% | 13% | 13% | 12% |
Q. To what extent will the issue of medical evacuations have on your voting intention at the next Federal Election?
| Total | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | |
| It will have a strong influence on my vote at the upcoming election | 27% | 30% | 23% | 24% | 25% | 30% |
| It will have a moderate influence on my vote at the upcoming election | 35% | 32% | 38% | 47% | 35% | 25% |
| It will have no influence on my vote at the upcoming election | 38% | 38% | 39% | 29% | 40% | 44% |
Just over a quarter said that the Medivac bill will have a strong influence on their vote at the next Federal Election. Those most likely to say this were “Other voters” (36%), Liberal/National voters (32%), males (30%) and those aged 55+ (30%).
35% said it will have a moderate influence on their vote at the next election, with those most likely to say this being those aged 18-34 (47%), women (38%), and Greens voters (38%).
38% said it will have no influence on their vote at the next election, with those most likely to say this being those aged 55+ (44%), Labor voters (42%), and those aged 35-54 (40%).
| Total | Labor | Liberal + National | Greens | NET: Other | |
| It will have a strong influence on my vote at the upcoming election | 27% | 21% | 32% | 25% | 36% |
| It will have a moderate influence on my vote at the upcoming election | 35% | 37% | 34% | 38% | 33% |
| It will have no influence on my vote at the upcoming election | 38% | 42% | 34% | 37% | 31% |
Crosstabulation – Importance of Medivac bill by attitude to Medivac bill
| Strong influence | Moderate influence | No influence | |
| This legislation does not go far enough to provide humane treatment for people in offshore detention | 19% | 17% | 12% |
| This legislation strikes a balance between strong borders and humane treatment for people in offshore detention | 20% | 46% | 44% |
| This legislation will weaken our borders and result in boats arriving in Australia as they have in the past | 57% | 24% | 18% |
| Unsure | 4% | 14% | 26% |
Of those who said that the Medivac bill will have a strong influence in how they vote at the upcoming election, 57% were of the view that the legislation will weaken our borders, and 19% said it does not go far enough to provide humane treatment for those in offshore detention.
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? If don’t know – Well which party are you currently leaning to?
| Q | Total | 2 weeks ago | 4 weeks ago | Election | ||
| 01/02/19 | 14/01/19 | 02/07/16 | ||||
| Liberal | 31% | 34% | 34% | |||
| National | 3% | 4% | 4% | |||
| Total Liberal/National | 34% | 38% | 38% | 42.0% | ||
| Labor | 38% | 36% | 38% | 34.7% | ||
| Greens | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10.2% | ||
| Pauline Hanson’s One Nation | 7% | 7% | 7% | |||
| Other/Independent | 11% | 9% | 8% | 13.1% | ||
| 2 party preferred | ||||||
| Liberal/National | 45% | 48% | 47% | 50.4% | ||
| Labor | 55% | 52% | 53% | 49.6% |
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 2016 election.
Q. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements regarding the Banking Royal Commission?
| Strongly agree + Somewhat agree | Strongly disagree + Somewhat disagree | Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | Don’t know | |
| A more ethical banking sector would be good for the Australian economy | 72% | 6% | 48% | 24% | 14% | 3% | 4% | 8% |
| Regardless of the rules, the banks will always find a way to make money and exploit customers | 71% | 8% | 40% | 31% | 14% | 5% | 3% | 6% |
| Scott Morrison should not end this session of Parliament before the Government deals with all the recommendations of the Royal Commission | 59% | 11% | 32% | 26% | 19% | 6% | 5% | 11% |
| The banks have more power than politicians and will find a way to block meaningful reform | 55% | 15% | 25% | 30% | 20% | 10% | 5% | 10% |
72% of Australians agree that a more ethical financial sector would be good for the economy, however a similar percentage (71%) also believe banks will always find a way to exploit customers and over half (54%) agree that the banks will find a way to block any meaningful reform in the sector.
| Strongly agree + Somewhat agree | Strongly disagree + Somewhat disagree | Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | Don’t know | |
| The Coalition never supported the Royal Commission and will do all it can to water down the recommendations | 39% | 17% | 20% | 20% | 28% | 10% | 7% | 16% |
| If the new regulations are too restrictive on banks it will harm the economy and we will all suffer | 37% | 28% | 12% | 25% | 25% | 16% | 11% | 10% |
| Since the start of the Royal Commission, I have considered moving my savings into a smaller bank or credit union | 31% | 32% | 15% | 16% | 29% | 17% | 15% | 8% |
While 37% of Australians agree the economy would suffer due to too restrictive regulations, 28% disagreed with this statement.
Just under a third of Australians (31%) agree that they have considered moving their money away from bigger banks as a result of the revelations exposed in the Banking Royal Commission.
| Total (Strongly agree + somewhat agree) |
Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | |
| A more ethical banking sector would be good for the Australian economy | 72% | 72% | 72% | 62% | 74% | 78% |
| Regardless of the rules, the banks will always find a way to make money and exploit customers | 71% | 73% | 70% | 63% | 71% | 78% |
| Scott Morrison should not end this session of Parliament before the Government deals with all the recommendations of the Royal Commission | 59% | 58% | 59% | 48% | 59% | 67% |
| The banks have more power than politicians and will find a way to block meaningful reform | 55% | 56% | 54% | 48% | 53% | 63% |
| The Coalition never supported the Royal Commission and will do all it can to water down the recommendations | 39% | 44% | 35% | 36% | 43% | 38% |
| If the new regulations are too restrictive on banks it will harm the economy and we will all suffer | 37% | 39% | 36% | 42% | 40% | 31% |
| Since the start of the Royal Commission, I have considered moving my savings into a smaller bank or credit union | 31% | 34% | 27% | 34% | 34% | 25% |
Males are more likely than females to agree that the Coalition never supported the Royal Commission and will attempt to minimise its impact (44% vs. 35%).
People aged 55 and over were most likely to agree that banks will always find ways to exploit customers (78%) and the banks will find a way to block meaningful reform (63%).
| Total (Strongly agree + somewhat agree) |
Labor | Liberal + National | Greens | NET: Other | |
| A more ethical banking sector would be good for the Australian economy | 72% | 74% | 72% | 70% | 79% |
| Regardless of the rules, the banks will always find a way to make money and exploit customers | 71% | 74% | 71% | 67% | 82% |
| Scott Morrison should not end this session of Parliament before the Government deals with all the recommendations of the Royal Commission | 59% | 63% | 62% | 51% | 64% |
| The banks have more power than politicians and will find a way to block meaningful reform | 55% | 60% | 48% | 56% | 69% |
| The Coalition never supported the Royal Commission and will do all it can to water down the recommendations | 39% | 58% | 24% | 39% | 41% |
| If the new regulations are too restrictive on banks it will harm the economy and we will all suffer | 37% | 37% | 46% | 28% | 39% |
| Since the start of the Royal Commission, I have considered moving my savings into a smaller bank or credit union | 31% | 34% | 31% | 33% | 32% |
Both Labor voters (63%) and Coalition voters (62%) have high agreement that this session of parliament should not conclude, until the recommendations of the Royal Commission are dealt with.
Coalition voters were most likely to agree that restrictions on banks could damage the economy (46%).
Q. Who do you trust to implement the recommendations of the Banking Royal Commission?
| Total | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | |
| Scott Morrison and the Liberal Party | 23% | 28% | 18% | 21% | 18% | 29% |
| Bill Shorten and the Labor Party | 27% | 30% | 25% | 27% | 30% | 25% |
| No difference | 35% | 34% | 37% | 33% | 37% | 36% |
| Don’t know | 15% | 9% | 20% | 19% | 15% | 10% |
Over a third of people (35%) believe it will make no difference whether a Coalition or Labor Government implement the recommendations of the Banking Royal Commission.
Males (28%) and voters over the age of 55 (29%) are most likely to trust the Coalition to deliver the recommendations.
| Total | Labor | Liberal + National | Greens | NET: Other | |
| Scott Morrison and the Liberal Party | 23% | 5% | 56% | 6% | 17% |
| Bill Shorten and the Labor Party | 27% | 60% | 5% | 32% | 8% |
| No difference | 35% | 26% | 29% | 45% | 58% |
| Don’t know | 15% | 9% | 9% | 18% | 16% |
Trust to deliver the Banking Royal Commission recommendations generally follow party voting intention, with 60% of Labor voters, and 56% of Coalition voters trusting their own party.
Greens voters (45%) and minor party/independent voters (58%) are most likely to think it will no make a difference who implements the recommendations.
Q. Following a fourteen-month investigation, the Banking Royal Commission released its findings and recommendations regarding changes to the financial sector this week. Based on what you have heard, do you think the Royal Commission…
| Total | Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | |
| Will lead to significant changes to the way banks operate | 28% | 30% | 27% | 29% | 29% | 27% |
| Will lead to minor changes to the way banks operate | 47% | 47% | 47% | 51% | 40% | 50% |
| Will make no real difference to the way banks operate | 25% | 23% | 27% | 20% | 31% | 23% |
A quarter of people do not think the Banking Royal Commission will make a real difference to the way banks will operate (25%) and just under half (47%), think it will only lead to minor changes.
People aged 35-54 were most likely to believe there will be no difference to the way banks operate (31%).
There was no difference between men and women regarding the anticipated impact of the Royal Commission.
| Total | Labor | Liberal + National | Greens | NET: Other | |
| Will lead to significant changes to the way banks operate | 28% | 32% | 31% | 18% | 23% |
| Will lead to minor changes to the way banks operate | 47% | 45% | 55% | 53% | 41% |
| Will make no real difference to the way banks operate | 25% | 23% | 14% | 29% | 37% |
People who indent to votes for smaller parties (One Nation, Australian Conservatives) and Independent candidates are most likely to think there will be no change as a result of the Royal Commission (37%).
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? If don’t know – Well which party are you currently leaning to?
| Total | 2 weeks ago | 5 weeks ago | Election | |||
| 14/01/19 | 18/12/18 | 02/07/16 | ||||
| Liberal | 34% | 34% | 34% | |||
| National | 4% | 4% | 3% | |||
| Total Liberal/National | 38% | 38% | 37% | 42.0% | ||
| Labor | 36% | 38% | 36% | 34.7% | ||
| Greens | 10% | 10% | 11% | 10.2% | ||
| Pauline Hanson’s One Nation | 7% | 7% | 7% | |||
| Other/Independent | 9% | 8% | 9% | 13.1% | ||
| 2 party preferred | ||||||
| Liberal/National | 48% | 47% | 47% | 50.4% | ||
| Labor | 52% | 53% | 53% | 49.6% |
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 2016 election.
Q. Currently there are 43 (out of 150) federal MPs who are women. To what extent to you agree or disagree with the following reasons why there are fewer women than men in parliament?
| Strongly agree + Somewhat agree | Somewhat disagree + Strongly disagree | Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | Don’t know | |
| Political parties do not do enough to ensure gender equality in their organisations | 57% | 30% | 22% | 35% | 19% | 11% | 14% |
| The process used by political parties to select electoral candidates favours men, rather than women | 54% | 28% | 20% | 34% | 17% | 11% | 18% |
| Women choose not to get involved with politics | 47% | 41% | 12% | 35% | 23% | 19% | 12% |
| Voters prefer to elect men, rather than women | 39% | 46% | 10% | 29% | 28% | 18% | 15% |
| Women are less likely than men to have the experience and skills to make a good politician | 20% | 72% | 7% | 14% | 23% | 49% | 8% |
Over half of all people agreed that “Political parties do not do enough to ensure gender equality in their organisations” (57%), “The process used by political parties to select electoral candidates favours men, rather than women” (54%) and disagreed that “Women are less likely than men to have the experience and skills to make a good politician” (72%).
| Total
(Strongly agree + Somewhat agree) |
Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | |
| Political parties do not do enough to ensure gender equality in their organisation | 57% | 53% | 61% | 59% | 55% | 56% |
| The process used by political parties to select electoral candidates favours men, rather than women | 54% | 50% | 57% | 56% | 48% | 57% |
| Women choose not to get involved with politics | 47% | 50% | 44% | 43% | 44% | 53% |
| Voters prefer to elect men, rather than women | 39% | 38% | 40% | 46% | 37% | 35% |
| Women are less likely than men to have the experience and skills to make a good politician | 20% | 25% | 15% | 29% | 17% | 15% |
By gender, males were more likely than females to agree that “Women choose not to get involved with politics” (50% vs. 48%) and “Women are less likely than men to have the experience and skills to make a good politician” (25% vs. 15%).
| Total
(Strongly agree + Somewhat agree) |
Labor | Liberal + National | Greens | NET: Other | |
| Political parties do not do enough to ensure gender equality in their organisation | 57% | 64% | 51% | 70% | 51% |
| The process used by political parties to select electoral candidates favours men, rather than women | 54% | 65% | 48% | 64% | 45% |
| Women choose not to get involved with politics | 47% | 41% | 56% | 38% | 52% |
| Voters prefer to elect men, rather than women | 39% | 40% | 42% | 45% | 35% |
| Women are less likely than men to have the experience and skills to make a good politician | 20% | 16% | 27% | 14% | 19% |
Over half of voters for all political parties agreed that “Political parties do not do enough to ensure gender equality in their organisation”.