Q. Thinking about the last 12 months, has it been a good or bad year for each of the following?
| Total good | Total bad | NET | Very good | Good | Neither good nor bad | Bad | Very bad | Don’t know | 2013 NET | 2014 NET | 2015 NET | 2016 NET | |||
| The Australian economy | 35% | 24% | +11 | 5% | 30% | 35% | 19% | 5% | 6% | -13 | -13 | -11 | -19 | ||
| Australian politics in general | 18% | 54% | -36 | 3% | 15% | 22% | 32% | 22% | 6% | -62 | -53 | -41 | -53 | ||
| Large companies and corporations | 39% | 17% | +22 | 8% | 31% | 35% | 13% | 4% | 10% | -9 | +14 | +5 | +5 | ||
| Small business | 30% | 32% | -2 | 5% | 25% | 31% | 24% | 8% | 8% | -45 | -28 | -12 | -22 | ||
| Trade unions | 19% | 26% | -7 | 5% | 14% | 39% | 18% | 8% | 17% | -25 | -18 | -27 | -18 | ||
| The average Australian | 28% | 34% | -6 | 5% | 23% | 34% | 24% | 10% | 6% | -22 | -23 | -14 | -18 | ||
| Your personal financial situation | 32% | 31% | +1 | 4% | 28% | 35% | 18% | 13% | 3% | -8 | -11 | -6 | -8 | ||
| Your workplace (workers) | 50% | 16% | +34 | 10% | 40% | 31% | 11% | 5% | 3% | +8 | -5 | +14 | +12 | ||
| You and your family overall | 48% | 21% | +27 | 10% | 38% | 28% | 14% | 7% | 3% | +18 | +3 | +21 | +12 | ||
| The planet | 20% | 42% | -22 | 3% | 17% | 32% | 29% | 13% | 6% | – | – | -32 |
Respondents believed that 2016 has been a relatively good year for large companies (+22), your workplace (+34), you and your family overall (+27) and the Australian economy (+11). It was considered a particularly bad year for Australian politics in general (-36).
Relative to 2016 (as measured in December last year), this year was considered substantially better on all measures – but especially for the economy (up 30), small business (up 20) and your workplace (up 22).