Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Dec 2018 | Nov 2018 | Oct 2018 | Sep 2018 | Sep 2018 | |||
| Scott Morrison | 42% | 16% | 77% | 25% | 48% | 40% | 41% | 42% | 39% | 39% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 30% | 63% | 11% | 39% | 10% | 29% | 29% | 27% | 27% | 29% | ||
| Don’t know | 28% | 21% | 12% | 37% | 42% | 31% | 29% | 31% | 34% | 32% |
42% thought that Scott Morrison would make the better Prime Minister (up 2%pts from last month), and 30% thought Bill Shorten would be better (up 1%pt). 28% did not know who would make a better Prime Minister.
The results were split by party, with 77% of Liberal/National voters saying that Scott Morrison would be a better Prime Minister (no change from last month), and 63% of Labor voters saying Bill Shorten would (up 7%pts from 56% in December).
Greens voters preferred Bill Shorten (39%) to Scott Morrison (25%).
Both men (45% vs. 32%) and women (39% vs. 28%) would prefer Scott Morrison to Bill Shorten as Prime Minister.
Q. Do you think the following types of crime have increased or decreased over the last few years?
| NET: Decreased | NET: Increased | Decreased a lot | Decreased a little | Increased a little | Increased a lot | Jan 18 NET: Increased | |
| Drug-related crime | 7% | 66% | 2% | 4% | 29% | 37% | 76% |
| Youth gang crime | 7% | 65% | 2% | 5% | 26% | 38% | 70% |
| Domestic violence | 8% | 59% | 2% | 6% | 32% | 26% | 63% |
| Violent crime (e.g. assault, murder) | 10% | 55% | 2% | 8% | 32% | 23% | 60% |
| Burglary | 11% | 49% | 2% | 9% | 28% | 22% | 57% |
| White-collar crime (e.g. fraud, corporate crime) | 8% | 48% | 2% | 6% | 29% | 20% | 55% |
| Car theft | 13% | 44% | 3% | 10% | 25% | 19% | 53% |
The majority believe that drug-related crime (66%), Youth gang crime (65%), domestic violence (59%) and violent crime (55%) have all increased over the past few years. Fewer people thought all types of crime were increasing than 12 months ago.
People aged 55+ were more likely to believe crime has increased in the past few years, while those aged 18-34 were less likely.
Q. And which of these types of crime are the most important for the Government to address?
| NET:
Top 3 |
Most Important | 2nd most important | 3rd most important | Jan 18 NET: Top 3 | |||
| Violent crime
(e.g. assault, murder) |
65% | 25% | 20% | 20% | 62% | ||
| Drug-related crime | 64% | 20% | 22% | 22% | 72% | ||
| Domestic violence | 63% | 25% | 24% | 15% | 67% | ||
| Youth gang crime | 52% | 18% | 18% | 17% | 53% | ||
| White-collar crime
(e.g. fraud, corporate crime) |
29% | 8% | 9% | 12% | 28% | ||
| Burglary | 16% | 2% | 5% | 9% | 13% | ||
| Car theft | 10% | 3% | 3% | 4% | 6% |
About two-thirds (65%) believe addressing violent crime should be a top priority for the government, followed by drug-related crime (64%) and domestic violence (63%).
Car theft (10%) and burglary (16%) are seen as lesser priorities.
Q. Thinking about drug policy, do you support or oppose pill testing services (where trained counsellors provide risk reduction advice informed by on-site, laboratory analysis of people’s drugs)?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | Dec 18 | |||
| NET: Support | 63% | 73% | 57% | 74% | 58% | 65% | 62% | 73% | 57% | 61% | 59% | ||
| NET: Oppose | 24% | 18% | 33% | 17% | 30% | 28% | 21% | 17% | 23% | 32% | 17% | ||
| Strongly support | 30% | 36% | 23% | 39% | 31% | 28% | 31% | 37% | 26% | 28% | 23% | ||
| Support | 34% | 37% | 33% | 36% | 28% | 36% | 31% | 36% | 31% | 34% | 36% | ||
| Oppose | 12% | 10% | 17% | 6% | 12% | 12% | 12% | 12% | 12% | 12% | 8% | ||
| Strongly oppose | 13% | 8% | 15% | 11% | 17% | 16% | 9% | 5% | 11% | 20% | 9% | ||
| Don’t know | 12% | 9% | 10% | 9% | 12% | 8% | 17% | 11% | 20% | 7% | 25% |
Over six in ten Australians (63%) support pill testing services. The majority of Labor (73%) and Coalition (57%) voters support pill testing as well as both genders (65% men and 62% women support) and age groups.
Support for these services has increased 4%pts from last month (up from 59% support in Dec’18).
Q. Do you think the levels of immigration into Australia over the past ten years has been…?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | Apr 18 | |||
| NET: Too high | 56% | 47% | 67% | 28% | 77% | 55% | 57% | 38% | 58% | 69% | 64% | ||
| NET: Too low | 12% | 16% | 5% | 29% | 3% | 11% | 12% | 17% | 11% | 8% | 5% | ||
| Much too high | 33% | 26% | 37% | 11% | 57% | 32% | 34% | 19% | 35% | 42% | 37% | ||
| A little too high | 23% | 21% | 30% | 16% | 20% | 23% | 23% | 19% | 23% | 28% | 27% | ||
| About right | 26% | 32% | 25% | 38% | 16% | 31% | 22% | 36% | 24% | 20% | 23% | ||
| A little too low | 7% | 10% | 4% | 14% | 2% | 6% | 8% | 10% | 7% | 5% | 4% | ||
| Much too low | 4% | 7% | 1% | 15% | 1% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 3% | 1% | ||
| Don’t know | 6% | 5% | 3% | 6% | 3% | 3% | 9% | 9% | 7% | 3% | 7% |
Over half of Australians (56%) think that the level of immigration into Australia over the last ten years has been too high, but this has decreased from 64% in April 2018. 26% think it is about right and only 12% think it is too low.
Over 60% of Liberal/National voters (67%) think it is too high.
38% of people aged 18-35 think the immigration level is too high, this rises to 58% of 35-54 years olds and 69% among those aged over 55.
Q. To what extent do you agree or disagree with each of the following statements regarding multiculturalism in Australia?
| NET: Agree | NET: Disagree | Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | Don’t know | |
| Immigration has made a positive contribution to Australian society | 67% | 26% | 27% | 40% | 16% | 10% | 7% |
| Multiculturalism enriches the social and economic lives of Australians | 67% | 27% | 27% | 40% | 18% | 9% | 6% |
| Multiculturalism causes social division and religious extremism in Australia | 53% | 40% | 19% | 34% | 24% | 16% | 7% |
Over two-thirds of Australians agree that ‘Immigration has made a positive contribution to Australian society’ (67%) and ‘Multiculturalism enriches the social and economic lives of Australians’ (67%).
However, over half (53%) expressed a concern that ‘Multiculturalism causes social division and religious extremism in Australia’. Concern was highest among those aged over 55 years (60%).
Q. There was a far-right rally held in Melbourne last week opposing immigration the alleged crimes committed by African “gangs” in the city.
To what extent do you support agree or disagree with each of the following statements relating to this rally?
| NET: Agree | NET: Disagree | Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | Don’t know | |
| There is no place in Australian society for the use of racist and fascist symbols used by participants in the rally | 74% | 17% | 48% | 26% | 10% | 7% | 9% |
| All Australians have the right to peacefully protest, no matter how extreme their views | 73% | 19% | 31% | 42% | 14% | 5% | 8% |
| Those attending the rally do not represent the views of the majority of Australians | 60% | 27% | 31% | 29% | 17% | 10% | 13% |
| Scott Morrison demonstrated poor leadership by not immediately condemning the rally, and those who attended it, in stronger terms | 48% | 36% | 21% | 27% | 23% | 13% | 16% |
| It was appropriate for Queensland senator Fraser Anning to use taxpayer money to attend the rally | 22% | 66% | 8% | 14% | 18% | 48% | 12% |
While 73% of Australians believe that ‘All Australians have the right to peacefully protest, no matter how extreme their views’, a similar proportion (74%) also feel agree that ‘There is no place in Australian society for the use of racist and fascist symbols used by participants in the rally’.
Six in ten believe that ‘Those attending the rally do not represent the views of the majority of Australians’.
Almost half (48%) agreed that ‘Scott Morrison demonstrated poor leadership by not immediately condemning the rally, and those who attended it, in stronger terms’.
Just 22% agreed ‘It was appropriate for Queensland senator Fraser Anning to use taxpayer money to attend the rally’ with 48% strongly disagreeing with this statement and 66% disagreeing overall.
Q. Is your home or workplace connected to the NBN?
| Is your home connected to the NBN? | Is your workplace connected to the NBN? | NET: Home or work connected to NBN | |
| Yes | 59% | 28% | 65% |
| No | 38% | 19% | 33% |
| Don’t know | 3% | 15% | 2% |
| Not applicable | – | 37% | – |
Almost two-thirds (65%) of Australians are now connected to the NBN – either in their home (59%) or workplace (28%).
Residents say NBN connection has been supplied to 71% of properties outside state capital cities and 53% within the main metropolitan areas.