Q. How important to you were the following issues in deciding who you voted for in the recent Federal election?
| Very import-ant | Somewhat import-ant | Not so import-ant | Don’t know | |
| Health policies | 60% | 30% | 6% | 5% |
| Medicare | 58% | 30% | 7% | 5% |
| Economic management | 53% | 34% | 6% | 6% |
| Better for me and my family | 53% | 35% | 6% | 6% |
| Education policies | 43% | 36% | 15% | 5% |
| Taxation policies | 38% | 44% | 12% | 6% |
| Superannuation policies | 36% | 39% | 19% | 6% |
| Environment, climate change policies | 34% | 38% | 21% | 6% |
| The party leader | 28% | 42% | 24% | 7% |
| The actual candidate | 27% | 44% | 23% | 7% |
| The CFA issue | 17% | 29% | 31% | 22% |
| Very important | Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | |
| Health policies | 60% | 75% | 50% | 65% | 56% | |
| Medicare | 58% | 79% | 42% | 63% | 55% | |
| Economic management | 53% | 53% | 68% | 25% | 50% | |
| Better for me and my family | 53% | 64% | 51% | 33% | 52% | |
| Education policies | 43% | 53% | 32% | 60% | 43% | |
| Taxation policies | 38% | 44% | 38% | 36% | 34% | |
| Superannuation policies | 36% | 40% | 38% | 35% | 35% | |
| Environment, climate change policies | 34% | 43% | 18% | 71% | 35% | |
| The party leader | 28% | 28% | 33% | 14% | 28% | |
| The actual candidate | 27% | 28% | 27% | 20% | 33% | |
| The CFA issue | 17% | 17% | 18% | 13% | 21% |
The most important issues in voting at the recent Federal election were health policies (60% very important), Medicare (58%), economic management (53%) and which party was better for me and my family (53%).
The most important issues for Labor voters were Medicare (79%), health policies (75%) and better for me and my family (53%). The most important issues for Liberal/National voters were economic management (68%), better for me and my family (51%) and health policies (50%). The most important issues for Greens voters were environment and climate change policies (71%), health policies (65%), Medicare (63%) and education policies (60%).