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Dec 15, 2015

Q. Thinking about the last 12 months, has it been a good or bad year for each of the following?

	Total good	Total poor	Net score	Very good	Good	Neither good nor poor	Poor	Very poor	Don’t know	Net score Dec 2013	Net score Dec 2014
The Australian economy	23%	34%	-11	3%	20%	39%	28%	6%	5%	-13	-13
Australian politics in general	14%	55%	-41	1%	13%	27%	35%	20%	5%	-62	-53
Large companies and corporations	28%	23%	+5	4%	24%	39%	19%	4%	9%	-9	+14
Small business	21%	33%	-12	2%	19%	37%	26%	7%	9%	-45	-28
Trade unions	11%	38%	-27	2%	9%	35%	25%	13%	15%	-25	-18
The average Australian	21%	35%	-14	2%	19%	40%	27%	8%	5%	-22	-23
Your personal financial situation	24%	30%	-6	3%	21%	42%	19%	11%	3%	-8	-11
Your workplace (employees only)	37%	23%	+14	5%	32%	37%	17%	6%	2%	+8	-5
You and your family overall	40%	19%	+21	5%	35%	38%	14%	5%	2%	+18	+3

Respondents believed that this year has been a poor for all groups except large companies (+5), your workplace (+14) and you and your family overall (+21). It was considered a particularly bad year for Australian politics in general (-41) and trade unions (-27).

Relative to 2014 (as measured in December last year), this year was considered better for politics in general (up 12), small businesses (up 16), your workplace (up 19) and you and your family overall (up 18) but worse for large companies and corporations (down 9) and trade unions (down 9).

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