02 April 2012, 020412, 2PP, ER, Essential Report, Greens, Labor, Liberal, Nationals, Polling, polls, two party preferred, voting, Voting intention
Q. If a Federal Election was held today to which party will you probably give your first preference vote? If not sure, which party are you currently leaning toward?
Q. If don’t know -Well which party are you currently leaning to?
Sample size = 1,904 respondents
| First preference/leaning to |
Election 21 Aug 10 |
4 weeks ago 5/3/12 |
2 weeks ago 19/3/12 |
Last week 26/3/12 |
This week 2/4/12 |
| Liberal |
|
47% |
45% |
45% |
46% |
| National |
|
3% |
3% |
3% |
3% |
| Total Lib/Nat |
43.6% |
49% |
48% |
47% |
48% |
| Labor |
38.0% |
32% |
32% |
34% |
33% |
| Greens |
11.8% |
10% |
11% |
10% |
11% |
| Other/Independent |
6.6% |
9% |
9% |
9% |
8% |
| 2PP |
Election 21 Aug 10 |
4 weeks ago |
2 weeks ago |
Last week |
This week |
| Total Lib/Nat |
49.9% |
56% |
56% |
54% |
55% |
| Labor |
50.1% |
44% |
44% |
46% |
45% |
NB. The data in the above tables comprise 2-week averages derived from the first preference/leaning to voting questions. Respondents who select ‘don’t know’ are not included in the results. The two-party preferred estimate is calculated by distributing the votes of the other parties according to their preferences at the 2010 election.
02 April 2012, 020412, Polling, polls, super, super payments, superannuation, superannuation increase, superannuation payments
Q. Do you support or oppose the Federal Government’s plan to increase superannuation payments from nine per cent to 12 per cent by 2019-20?
|
23 May 2011 |
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Total support |
69% |
69% |
80% |
66% |
72% |
| Total oppose |
13% |
13% |
7% |
19% |
7% |
| Strongly support |
21% |
29% |
43% |
25% |
25% |
| Support |
48% |
40% |
37% |
41% |
47% |
| Oppose |
10% |
8% |
4% |
12% |
3% |
| Strongly oppose |
3% |
5% |
3% |
7% |
4% |
| Don’t know |
18% |
18% |
13% |
16% |
22% |
69% support the Federal Government’s plan to increase superannuation payments from nine per cent to 12 per cent by 2019-20 and 13% oppose – no change since this question was asked in May last year. However, the strength of support has increased with 29% strongly supporting the measure (up 8%).
Support is higher for those aged 35-54 (76%), full-time workers (76%) and those earning over $1,600pw (77%).
02 April 2012, 020412, Cost of Superannuation, employer superannuation payments, employers, Polling, polls, super, superannuation
Q. In the next two years employer superannuation payments will increase by 0.25% per year, and then by 0.5% each year up to 2019 when it reaches 12%. Do you agree or disagree that these increases are reasonable and affordable for employers or should employees bear the cost by accepting lower pay rises?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| This is a reasonable and affordable cost for employers |
58% |
68% |
50% |
62% |
| Employees should bear the cost by accepting lower pay rises |
19% |
12% |
26% |
14% |
| Don’t know |
23% |
20% |
23% |
24% |
58% think that the yearly superannuation increases are a reasonable and affordable cost for employers and 19% think employees should bear the cost by accepting lower pay rises.
Those most likely to think the increases are a reasonable and affordable cost for employers were aged 25-44 (67%), full-time workers (66%) and those earning over $1,0000pw (64%).
02 April 2012, 020412, attributes, Julia Gillard, Labor Party Attributes, leader attributes, Polling, polls, Prime Minister, Prime Minister attributes
Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard?
|
5 Jul 10 |
4 Oct 10 |
7 Feb 11 |
27 Jun 11 |
2 Apr 12 |
Difference |
|
| Intelligent |
87% |
81% |
75% |
73% |
61% |
-12% |
| Hard-working |
89% |
82% |
76% |
75% |
65% |
-10% |
| A capable leader |
72% |
59% |
52% |
42% |
38% |
-4% |
| Arrogant |
37% |
39% |
44% |
48% |
53% |
+5% |
| Out of touch with ordinary people |
35% |
44% |
50% |
60% |
65% |
+5% |
| Understands the problems facing Australia |
68% |
55% |
52% |
44% |
41% |
-3% |
| Visionary |
48% |
38% |
30% |
26% |
25% |
-1% |
| Superficial |
51% |
52% |
54% |
+2% |
||
| Good in a crisis |
61% |
46% |
46% |
41% |
36% |
-5% |
| Narrow-minded |
28% |
35% |
43% |
46% |
53% |
+7% |
| More honest than most politicians |
45% |
37% |
37% |
29% |
26% |
-3% |
| Trustworthy |
49% |
42% |
40% |
30% |
25% |
-5% |
Julia Gillard’s key attributes were hard-working (65%), out of touch with ordinary people (65%) and intelligent (61%).
Major changes since this question was asked in June last year were decreases for intelligent (-12%), hard-working (-10%) and an increase of 7% for narrow-minded.
02 April 2012, 020412, attributes, leader attributes, LIB, Liberals, Opposition leader, Opposition Leader attributes, Polling, polls, tony abbott
Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott?
|
5 Jul 10 |
4 Oct 10 |
7 Feb 11 |
27 Jun 11 |
2 Apr 12 |
Change |
|
| Intelligent |
70% |
71% |
64% |
61% |
56% |
-5% |
| Hard-working |
76% |
78% |
72% |
75% |
68% |
-7% |
| A capable leader |
47% |
52% |
48% |
45% |
41% |
-4% |
| Arrogant |
59% |
60% |
58% |
60% |
61% |
+1% |
| Out of touch with ordinary people |
57% |
53% |
54% |
57% |
54% |
-3% |
| Understands the problems facing Australia |
50% |
53% |
50% |
48% |
49% |
+1% |
| Visionary |
32% |
31% |
27% |
27% |
26% |
-1% |
| Superficial |
|
|
45% |
49% |
49% |
– |
| Good in a crisis |
40% |
42% |
41% |
40% |
36% |
-4% |
| Narrow-minded |
56% |
53% |
51% |
54% |
54% |
– |
| More honest than most politicians |
33% |
32% |
31% |
32% |
30% |
-2% |
| Trustworthy |
33% |
35% |
34% |
32% |
32% |
– |
Tony Abbott’s key attributes were hard-working (68%), arrogant (61%) and intelligent (56%).
Major changes since this question was asked in June last year were decreases for hard-working (-7%) and intelligent (-5%).
02 April 2012, 020412, Comparison of Leaders, Julia Gillard, Labor, leader attributes, leaders, Liberal, political leaders, Polling, polls, tony abbott
|
Julia Gillard |
Tony Abbott |
Difference |
|
| Intelligent |
61% |
56% |
+5% |
| Hard-working |
65% |
68% |
-3% |
| A capable leader |
38% |
41% |
-3% |
| Arrogant |
53% |
61% |
-8% |
| Out of touch with ordinary people |
65% |
54% |
+11% |
| Understands the problems facing Australia |
41% |
49% |
-8% |
| Visionary |
25% |
26% |
-1% |
| Superficial |
54% |
49% |
+5% |
| Good in a crisis |
36% |
36% |
– |
| Narrow-minded |
53% |
54% |
-1% |
| More honest than most politicians |
26% |
30% |
-4% |
| Trustworthy |
25% |
32% |
-7% |
Julia Gillard rates higher than Tony Abbott on out of touch with ordinary people (+11%), intelligent (+5%) and superficial (+5%).
She rates lower than Tony Abbott on arrogant (-8%), understands the problems facing Australia (-8%) and trustworthy (-7%).
02 April 2012, 020412, Federal Government, government, Polling, polls, Role of Government, Size of Government
Q. Overall, do you think Government in Australia is too large and tries to do too much?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Government is too large |
44% |
32% |
55% |
32% |
| Government is not too large |
28% |
44% |
20% |
31% |
| Don’t know |
28% |
24% |
25% |
37% |
44% think that Government in Australia is too large and tries to do too much and 28% think it is not too large.
Those most likely to think Government is too large were men (55%), aged 55+ (58%), and Liberal/National voters (55%).
Those most likely to think Government is not too large were aged under 35 (36%) and Labor voters (44%).
02 April 2012, 020412, active Government, Federal Government, financial groups, government, industrial groups, market, policies, Polling, polls, public services, Type of Government, unfair policies
Q. Which of the following statements is closest to your view?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| An active Government is necessary to provide important public services, and to protect ordinary Australians from unfair policies and practices on the part of large financial and/or industrial groups. |
67% |
82% |
59% |
82% |
| We don’t need big government and extensive regulation of business and finance to take care of these matters: the market itself can deal with many of these issues on their own. |
20% |
10% |
28% |
11% |
| Don’t know |
13% |
8% |
13% |
8% |
67% agree more that an active Government is necessary and 20% agree more with the view that the market can deal with many issues.
Strongest support for an active Government came from Labor and Greens voters (82%), women (70%) and aged under 25 (77%).