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 | 2017 NET | |||
| The Australian economy | 32% | 26% | +6 | 6% | 26% | 36% | 21% | 5% | 6% | +11 | ||
| Australian politics in general | 15% | 65% | -50 | 3% | 12% | 16% | 32% | 33% | 4% | -36 | ||
| The Australian Government | 16% | 57% | -41 | 4% | 12% | 22% | 30% | 27% | 5% | na | ||
| Large companies and corporations | 31% | 22% | +9 | 6% | 25% | 37% | 16% | 6% | 11% | +22 | ||
| Small business | 29% | 23% | +6 | 4% | 25% | 39% | 18% | 5% | 9% | -2 | ||
| Trade unions | 21% | 23% | -2 | 3% | 18% | 39% | 14% | 9% | 17% | -7 | ||
| The average Australian | 28% | 29% | -1 | 4% | 24% | 37% | 23% | 6% | 6% | -6 | ||
| Your personal financial situation | 30% | 30% | – | 5% | 25% | 36% | 18% | 12% | 4% | +1 | ||
| Your workplace (workers) | 46% | 18% | +28 | 9% | 37% | 32% | 12% | 6% | 4% | +34 | ||
| You and your family overall | 46% | 18% | +28 | 11% | 35% | 33% | 13% | 5% | 3% | +27 | ||
| The planet | 19% | 38% | -19 | 4% | 15% | 38% | 27% | 11% | 6% | -22 | ||
| The Australian cricket team | 30% | 28% | +2 | 5% | 25% | 33% | 21% | 7% | 10% | na |
Respondents believed that 2018 has been a relatively good year for your workplace (+28) and you and your family overall (+28). It was considered a particularly bad year for Australian politics in general (-50) and the Australian Government (-41).
Relative to 2017 (as measured in December last year), this year was considered somewhat worse in terms of – Australian politics in general (down 14) and large companies (down 13). However, it was considered a little better for small business (up 8).