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		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).