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Last 12 months

Dec 15, 2020

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
The Australian economy	15%	62%	-47	6%	9%	18%	39%	23%	3%
Australian politics in general	24%	31%	-7	7%	17%	35%	23%	10%	7%
The Australian Government	27%	34%	-7	8%	19%	31%	23%	10%	8%
Large companies and corporations	27%	32%	-5	9%	18%	32%	26%	6%	9%
Small business	17%	60%	-43	7%	10%	18%	34%	27%	5%
Trade unions	17%	26%	-9	6%	11%	37%	19%	7%	20%
The average Australian	18%	50%	-32	7%	11%	27%	38%	11%	6%
Your personal financial situation	26%	30%	-4	7%	18%	40%	20%	9%	4%
Your workplace	21%	17%	+4	7%	14%	33%	12%	5%	29%
You and your family overall	29%	25%	+4	8%	21%	42%	18%	7%	4%
The planet	32%	36%	-4	9%	23%	25%	20%	16%	7%

	2020 NET	2019 NET	2018 NET	2017 NET	2016 NET	2015 NET	2014 NET	2013 NET
The Australian economy	-47	-13	+6	+11	-19	-11	-13	-13
The Australian Government	-7	-7	-41	–	–	–	–	–
Australian politics in general	-7	-20	-50	-36	-53	-41	-53	-62
Large companies and corporations	-5	+23	+9	+22	+5	+5	+14	-9
Small business	-43	-12	+6	-2	-22	-12	-28	-45
Trade unions	-9	-11	-1	-7	-18	-27	-18	-25
The average Australian	-32	-4	-1	-6	-18	-14	-23	-22
Your personal financial situation	-4	-2	0	+1	-8	-6	-11	-8
Your workplace (workers)	+4	+14	+28	+34	+12	+14	-5	+8
You and your family overall	+4	+19	+28	+27	+12	+21	+3	+18
The planet	-4	-29	-19	-22	-32	–	–	–

In a generally poor year, most aspects of society received a negative net score in 2020 (more people thinking it was a bad year, than good year).
2020 has been a particularly poor year for the economy (-47), small businesses (-43) and the average Australian (-32).

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Labor

45%

Coalition

48%