Q. To what extent do you support or oppose political parties setting gender quotas when selecting candidates to achieve a representative number of women in parliament?
Total | Male | Female | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | |
NET: Support | 46% | 45% | 48% | 59% | 44% | 38% |
NET: Oppose | 40% | 44% | 36% | 29% | 40% | 49% |
Strongly support | 18% | 17% | 19% | 26% | 14% | 14% |
Somewhat support | 29% | 28% | 29% | 33% | 30% | 24% |
Somewhat oppose | 20% | 21% | 19% | 16% | 19% | 22% |
Strongly oppose | 20% | 23% | 18% | 12% | 21% | 26% |
Don’t know | 14% | 12% | 16% | 12% | 16% | 14% |
Just under one in five (18%) strongly support the introduction of gender quotas when selecting political candidates. Overall support was highest among 18-34 years olds (59%).
Total | Labor | Liberal + National | Greens | NET: Other | |
NET: Support | 46% | 59% | 37% | 65% | 32% |
NET: Oppose | 40% | 30% | 50% | 22% | 52% |
Strongly support | 18% | 24% | 13% | 27% | 11% |
Somewhat support | 29% | 36% | 24% | 38% | 22% |
Somewhat oppose | 20% | 17% | 22% | 16% | 25% |
Strongly oppose | 20% | 14% | 29% | 6% | 28% |
Don’t know | 14% | 10% | 12% | 13% | 15% |
Support for gender quotas was highest among Greens voters (65%), followed by Labor (59%). Under half of Coalition voters (37%) were in support.
Q. Will you personally be doing anything to celebrate Australia Day or do you treat it as just a public holiday?
Total | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | Jan ‘17 | Jan ‘16 | Jan ‘15 | |
Doing something to celebrate Australia Day | 40% | 45% | 38% | 38% | 34% | 38% | 40% |
Just a public holiday | 45% | 43% | 49% | 44% | 46% | 44% | 41% |
Working – I don’t get the Australia Day holiday | 6% | 7% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 7% |
Don’t know | 9% | 5% | 8% | 13% | 15% | 12% | 12% |
40% said they will be doing something to celebrate Australia Day, 45% treat Australia Day as just a public holiday and 6% are working because they don’t get the Australia Day holiday.
People aged 18-34 were most likely to be engaging in specific celebrations to mark the National Day (45%).
Q. It has been suggested that Australia should have a separate national day to recognise Indigenous Australians. Do you…?
Total | Labor | Liberal + National | Greens | NET: Other | Oct ‘18 | |
Support a separate day and keep Australia Day | 37% | 43% | 36% | 41% | 28% | 36% |
Support a separate day to replace Australia Day | 15% | 18% | 11% | 34% | 9% | 14% |
NET: Support a separate day | 52% | 61% | 46% | 74% | 38% | 50% |
Do not support a separate day | 40% | 30% | 49% | 21% | 58% | 37% |
Don’t know | 8% | 9% | 5% | 3% | 5% | 12% |
Support for a separate day to recognise Indigenous Australians (either in place, or alongside Australia Day) has increased 2%pts from Oct ’18, from 50% to 52%.
37% support including a separate national day with a further 15% supporting a replacement of Australia Day.
Support for a separate day was highest among Greens (74%) and Labor (61%) voters.
Total | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | |
Support a separate day and keep Australia Day | 38% | 51% | 37% | 26% |
Support a separate day to replace Australia Day | 15% | 21% | 17% | 9% |
NET: Support a separate day | 52% | 72% | 54% | 35% |
Do not support a separate day | 40% | 21% | 36% | 59% |
Don’t know | 8% | 7% | 10% | 6% |
Support for a separate day was highest among those aged 18-34, with 72% support. This dropped to 54% support among 35-54 year olds and 35% among those aged over 55.
Q. Which of the following values and characteristics, which would you describe as ‘Uniquely Australian’, ‘Australian, but shared with other countries’ or ‘Not Australian’?
Uniquely Australian | Australian, but shared with other countries | NET: Australian value | Not Australian | |
Mateship
Offering help to each other in times of need |
52% | 45% | 97% | 3% |
Larrikinism
We have a sense of humour and don’t take authority too seriously |
64% | 29% | 93% | 7% |
‘Fair-go’
People are judged on their merits and everyone has a chance to succeed |
46% | 47% | 93% | 7% |
Education
Learning and self-improvement should be available to everyone |
21% | 72% | 93% | 7% |
Freedom of speech
People can say what they what, how they want to |
25% | 67% | 92% | 8% |
Democracy
The political system provides safety to live peacefully |
21% | 71% | 92% | 8% |
Hard-working
Individual commitment and dedication is rewarded |
25% | 66% | 91% | 9% |
Tradition
Care for the land, its wildlife and respect for Indigenous peoples |
32% | 58% | 90% | 10% |
Innovation
Being creative, modern and moving with the times |
19% | 71% | 90% | 10% |
Fairness
Everyone is treated equally, regardless of background |
26% | 63% | 89% | 11% |
While over half of 18-34 years olds believe Larrikinism is a uniquely Australian characteristic (55%), it is lower than those aged 55+ (70%).
Total
(Uniquely Australian) |
18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | |
Larrikinism | 64% | 55% | 65% | 70% |
Mateship | 52% | 50% | 49% | 55% |
‘Fair-go’ | 46% | 42% | 45% | 50% |
Tradition | 32% | 33% | 31% | 33% |
Fairness | 26% | 28% | 24% | 27% |
Freedom of speech | 25% | 26% | 21% | 28% |
Hard-working | 25% | 29% | 21% | 25% |
Education | 21% | 24% | 18% | 22% |
Democracy | 21% | 26% | 17% | 21% |
Innovation | 19% | 23% | 16% | 20% |
While over half of 18-34 years olds believe Larrikinism is a uniquely Australian characteristic (55%), it is lower than those aged 55+ (70%).
Q. Which party do you think each of the following groups would prefer to win the next federal election in 2019?
Labor | Liberal/National Coalition | Don’t know | |
Big business | 13% | 63% | 24% |
Mining companies | 17% | 54% | 29% |
Major banks | 14% | 54% | 31% |
Private health insurance companies | 16% | 50% | 34% |
Small business owners | 29% | 43% | 27% |
Farmers | 30% | 39% | 31% |
The media | 25% | 32% | 43% |
Pensioners | 42% | 28% | 30% |
People with a disability | 44% | 22% | 34% |
Families with young children | 50% | 21% | 30% |
People who are unemployed | 55% | 16% | 30% |
The majority of people believe big businesses (63%), mining companies (54%), major banks (54%) and private health insurers (50%) would prefer to see a Coalition victory at the next election, whereas they believe families with young children (50%) and those who are unemployed (55%) would welcome a Labor triumph.
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 | 3 weeks ago | 5 weeks ago | Election | |||
18/12/18 | 04/12/18 | 02/07/16 | ||||
Liberal | 34% | 34% | 34% | |||
National | 4% | 3% | 4% | |||
Total Liberal/National | 38% | 37% | 38% | 42.0% | ||
Labor | 38% | 36% | 36% | 34.7% | ||
Greens | 10% | 11% | 11% | 10.2% | ||
Pauline Hanson’s One Nation | 7% | 7% | 7% | |||
Other/Independent | 8% | 9% | 9% | 13.1% | ||
2 party preferred | ||||||
Liberal/National | 47% | 47% | 47% | 50.4% | ||
Labor | 53% | 53% | 53% | 49.6% |
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Scott Morrison is doing as Prime Minister?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Dec 2018 | Nov 2018 | Oct
2018 |
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2018 |
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Total approve | 43% | 24% | 77% | 24% | 36% | 42% | 41% | 43% | 37% | ||
Total disapprove | 39% | 62% | 13% | 53% | 49% | 34% | 37% | 28% | 31% | ||
Strongly approve | 9% | 5% | 19% | 3% | 3% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 9% | ||
Approve | 34% | 19% | 58% | 22% | 33% | 32% | 31% | 33% | 28% | ||
Disapprove | 25% | 38% | 11% | 35% | 32% | 19% | 21% | 17% | 17% | ||
Strongly disapprove | 14% | 24% | 2% | 19% | 17% | 15% | 16% | 11% | 14% | ||
Don’t know | 18% | 14% | 10% | 22% | 15% | 24% | 23% | 28% | 33% |
43% approved of the job Scott Morrison is doing as Prime Minister (up 1%pt from last month) and 39% disapproved (up 5%pts from 34% in December). Just under a fifth of people (18%) could not give an opinion of his leadership of the country.
77% (no change from Dec’18) of Liberal/National voters approved of the job Scott Morrison is doing, compared to 24% of ALP voters, 24% of Greens and 36% of other voters.
By gender, men were 47% approve/42% disapprove, and of women 38% approve/37% 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 | Dec 2018 | Nov 2018 | Oct 2018 | Sep 2018 | Jun 2018 | Mar 2018 | |
Total approve | 35% | 66% | 22% | 29% | 15% | 35% | 38% | 33% | 35% | 33% | 37% |
Total disapprove | 47% | 21% | 68% | 41% | 73% | 43% | 44% | 45% | 43% | 46% | 44% |
Strongly approve | 8% | 20% | 4% | 5% | 1% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 8% | 6% | 8% |
Approve | 27% | 47% | 19% | 25% | 14% | 27% | 30% | 25% | 27% | 27% | 29% |
Disapprove | 25% | 17% | 30% | 30% | 36% | 21% | 24% | 23% | 21% | 23% | 23% |
Strongly disapprove | 21% | 4% | 38% | 11% | 37% | 22% | 20% | 22% | 22% | 23% | 21% |
Don’t know | 18% | 13% | 10% | 30% | 12% | 22% | 18% | 23% | 22% | 21% | 19% |
35% approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader (no change from last month), and 47% disapproved (up 4%pts from 43%).
66% of ALP voters approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing, compared to 29% of Greens voters and 122 of Liberal/National voters.
By gender, men were 42% approve/46% disapprove and women 29% approve/47% disapprove. Bill Shorten has positive approval among 18-34 year olds, with 41% approving and 34% disapproving. However 57% of those aged over 55 disapprove of his performance as opposition leader, with just 34% approving.