12 June 2012, 120612, Australia, Essential Report, favour, opinion, Republic
Q. Are you in favour or against Australia becoming a republic?
|
Jan 2010 |
March 2011 |
Oct 2011 |
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| In favour |
41% |
39% |
41% |
39% |
56% |
27% |
54% |
| Against |
32% |
34% |
33% |
35% |
22% |
51% |
21% |
| No opinion |
27% |
27% |
26% |
27% |
22% |
22% |
25% |
39% favour Australia becoming a republic and 35% are against – showing only a little change since this question was asked in October 2011 (from net +8 to net +4 in favour). 27% have no opinion.
Those most in favour were respondents aged 45-64 (45%), people earning $1,600+pw (45%), Labor voters (56%) and Greens voters (54%).
Those most against were aged 65+ (58%) and Liberal/National voters (51%).
36% of respondents aged under 35 had no opinion.
12 June 2012, 120612, Australia, australia republic, highly likely, Labor voters, Republic
Q. Do you think that Australia is likely or unlikely to ever become a republic?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Total likely |
52% |
65% |
48% |
57% |
| Total unlikely |
34% |
26% |
38% |
32% |
| Very likely |
12% |
16% |
9% |
16% |
| Somewhat likely |
40% |
49% |
39% |
41% |
| Somewhat unlikely |
25% |
21% |
26% |
28% |
| Very unlikely |
9% |
5% |
12% |
4% |
| Don’t know |
15% |
9% |
13% |
11% |
52% think that it is very or somewhat likely that Australia will ever become a republic – and 34% think it is somewhat or very unlikely.
For people aged 45+, 61%+ think it is likely and 29% unlikely while for those aged under 35, 42% think it is likely and 40% unlikely.
13 February 2012, advanced industrial countries, Australia, fair and just, fairness, industrial countries, justice, Polling, polls
Q. Compared to other advanced industrial countries would you say Australia is fairer and more just, about average, or less fair and just?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
| Total more fair and just | 46% | 53% | 47% | 40% |
| A lot more fair and just | 14% | 18% | 14% | 7% |
| A little more fair and just | 32% | 35% | 33% | 33% |
| About average | 38% | 35% | 39% | 47% |
| A little less fair and just | 8% | 7% | 7% | 8% |
| A lot less fair and just | 3% | 2% | 3% | 3% |
| Don’t know | 5% | 3% | 3% | 1% |
46% think that Australia is fairer and more just than other advanced industrial countries.
Labor voters (53%) are more likely to think Australia is more fair and just than Liberal/National voters (47%) or Greens voters (40%).
13 February 2012, Australia, Canada, China, fair and just, fairness, France, Japan, justice, New Zealand, Polling, polls, The UK, The United States
Q. Would you say that Australia is more or less fair and just as a nation and society than the following countries?
| More fair and just | About the same | Less fair and just | Don’t know | |
| China | 66% | 11% | 11% | 12% |
| The United States | 47% | 33% | 10% | 10% |
| Japan | 41% | 30% | 12% | 18% |
| France | 34% | 34% | 13% | 19% |
| The UK | 26% | 58% | 7% | 9% |
| Canada | 12% | 61% | 13% | 14% |
| New Zealand | 12% | 68% | 11% | 9% |
66% think Australia is a more fair and just society than China and 47% think Australia is more fair than the United States.
More than half think Australia is about as fair and just as New Zealand (68%), Canada (61%) and the UK (58%).
Views about the United States are similar across most demographic groups except for those on higher incomes – 51% of those on incomes over $1,600 pw think Australia is more fair and just than the United States.
Australia, Essential Report, International relationships, Polling
Q. How important is it for Australia to have a close relationship with the following nations?
| Very important | Quite important | Not very important | Don’t know | Very Important 28 Mar | Change | ||
| New Zealand | 61% | 31% | 5% | 3% | 69% | -8 | |
| United States | 55% | 37% | 4% | 3% | 60% | -5 | |
| China | 48% | 44% | 5% | 3% | 48% | – | |
| United Kingdom | 47% | 43% | 7% | 3% | 56% | -9 | |
| Japan | 32% | 53% | 11% | 4% | 39% | -7 | |
| Indonesia | 27% | 49% | 19% | 5% | 31% | -4 | |
| India | 23% | 48% | 24% | 6% | 26% | -3 | |
| Germany | 18% | 44% | 32% | 6% | 23% | -5 | |
| South Africa | 12% | 37% | 42% | 8% | 16% | -4 |
More than half the respondents think it is very important to have close relationships with the New Zealand (61%) and the United States (55%) and just under half think it is very important to have a close relationship with the China (48%) and the United Kingdom (47%).
A close relationship with the United States is considered very important by 60% of Liberal/National voters, 58% of Labor voters and 42% of Greens voters.
Since this question was asked in March, there have been substantial decreases in the rating of the importance of relations with New Zealand (-8%), United Kingdom (-9%) and Japan (-7%). The importance of relations with all other listed countries has also fallen a little – with the exception of China which is unchanged. China is now ranked above United Kingdom in importance.
Australia, Essential Report, International relationships, Polling
Q. Would you like to see Australia’s relationship with these countries get closer, stay the same or become less close?
| Get closer | Stay the same | Become less close | Don’t know | Get closer
28 Mar |
Change | ||
| China | 35% | 48% | 9% | 8% | 32% | +3 | |
| New Zealand | 33% | 57% | 3% | 8% | 37% | -4 | |
| Japan | 24% | 59% | 7% | 9% | 26% | -2 | |
| India | 23% | 50% | 16% | 12% | 19% | +4 | |
| Indonesia | 23% | 48% | 20% | 10% | 21% | +2 | |
| Germany | 20% | 58% | 10% | 12% | 18% | +2 | |
| United Kingdom | 19% | 67% | 7% | 7% | 25% | -6 | |
| United States | 18% | 63% | 12% | 7% | 24% | -6 | |
| South Africa | 14% | 58% | 14% | 14% | 13% | +1 |
35% think that Australia’s relationship with China should get closer and 33% think our relationship with New Zealand should get closer.
Labor voters are most likely to favour closer relationships with China (41%) and New Zealand (37%).
Liberal/National voters are also most likely to favour closer relationships with China (34%) and New Zealand (29%).
Greens voters are most likely to favour closer relationships with New Zealand (47%), Indonesia (40%) and China (31%).
Since this question was asked in March, the percentage wanting a closer relationship with the United Kingdom and the United States has declined 6%.
Australia, Essential Report, Greens, Labor, Liberal, Nationals, Polling
Q. To which region do you think Australia’s future is most closely tied?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
| Europe | 7% | 6% | 7% | 5% |
| Asia | 74% | 81% | 76% | 82% |
| North America | 9% | 6% | 10% | 10% |
| Don’t know | 10% | 6% | 8% | 4% |
74% think Australia’s future is most closely tied to Asia – only 9% think it is tied to North America and 7% Europe.
Views are similar across major voter groups. However, younger respondents were a little less likely to agree – 68% of those aged under 35 think Australia’s future is most closely tied to Asia compared to 81% of those aged 55+.
Australia, Australian society, EMC, ER, Essential Media, Essential Report, Greens, Islam, Labor, Liberal, multiculturalism, Muslim, Muslims, Polling, polls, Religion, religious concern, religious issues, voting
Q. In your view, should the Australian government exclude Muslims from our migrant intake?
(Question commissioned by Network Ten)
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-44 | Aged 55+ | |
| Yes | 25% | 21% | 33% | 8% | 26% | 25% | 19% | 26% | 31% |
| No | 55% | 62% | 49% | 83% | 55% | 54% | 56% | 57% | 49% |
| Don’t know/Refused | 20% | 17% | 18% | 8% | 19% | 21% | 25% | 17% | 20% |
25% of respondents believed that the Australian government should exclude Muslims from our migrant intake and 55% disagreed. Those most likely to think Muslims should be excluded from our migration intake were Liberal/National voters (33%) and people aged 55+ (31%).
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