Australian Values, Education, Gillard
Q. The Prime Minister Julia Gillard recently said that hard work and education, regarding everyone as equal, showing respect and plain speaking are Australian values. Do you agree or disagree that this is a good definition of Australian values?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | |
| Total agree | 79% | 91% | 76% |
| Total disagree | 11% | 2% | 20% |
| Strongly agree | 22% | 39% | 11% |
| Agree | 57% | 52% | 65% |
| Disagree | 9% | 2% | 16% |
| Strongly disagree | 2% | * | 4% |
| Don’t know | 10% | 6% | 4% |
79% of respondents agreed with Julia Gillard’s description of Australian values – 91% of Labor voters agreed, 76% of Liberal/National voters and 79% of Greens voters. Comments »
Abbott, Australian Values, Bob Brown, Gillard, Values
Q. Do you agree or disagree that this definition of Australian values describes the political leaders Julia Gillard, Tony Abbott and Bob Brown?
| Julia Gillard | Tony Abbott | Bob Brown | |
| Total agree | 64% | 39% | 36% |
| Total disagree | 18% | 40% | 31% |
| Strongly agree | 21% | 7% | 8% |
| Agree | 43% | 32% | 28% |
| Disagree | 12% | 25% | 18% |
| Strongly disagree | 6% | 15% | 13% |
| Don’t know | 17% | 21% | 34% |
64% agreed that the definition of Australian values describes Julia Gillard, 39% Tony Abbott and 36% Bob Brown.
Among their own voters – 90% of Labor voters agreed they describe Julia Gillard, 73% of Liberal/National voters agreed they describe Tony Abbott and 72% of Greens voters agreed they describe Bob Brown.
By gender – 62% of men and 68% of women agree they describe Julia Gillard and 43% of men and 34% of women agree they describe Tony Abbott. Comments »
Australia Day, Australian Values
Q. Tuesday 26th January is Australia Day. Will you personally be doing anything to celebrate Australia Day or do you treat it as just a public holiday?
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% |
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Doing something to celebrate Australia Day |
40% |
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Just a public holiday |
40% |
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Working – don’t get the Australia Day holiday |
6% |
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Don’t know |
14% |
40% of people surveyed will be doing something to celebrate Australia Day, a further 40% treat Australia Day as just a public holiday and 6% are working because they don’t get the Australia Day holiday.
Females were more likely to indicate they will be doing something to celebrate Australia Day (43%) while males were more likely to think it is just a public holiday (43%).
18 – 24 year olds were more likely than those in other age groups to be doing something to celebrate Australia Day (44%). Comments »