Last 12 months

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).