Q. Australia’s defence forces have been awarded a 1.5% annual pay increase for the next three years. Do you think this pay increase is fair or unfair?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
Work full time |
Work part time |
No increase |
Increase up to 1.5% |
Increase more than 1.5% |
|
| Total fair |
42% |
37% |
50% |
42% |
39% |
45% |
38% |
50% |
55% |
34% |
||
| Total unfair |
47% |
52% |
43% |
33% |
56% |
45% |
44% |
37% |
38% |
61% |
||
| Very fair |
11% |
9% |
12% |
8% |
16% |
12% |
9% |
15% |
13% |
5% |
||
| Fair |
31% |
28% |
38% |
34% |
23% |
33% |
29% |
35% |
42% |
29% |
||
| Unfair |
28% |
25% |
31% |
30% |
37% |
26% |
33% |
24% |
26% |
37% |
||
| Very unfair |
19% |
|
27% |
13% |
3% |
19% |
19% |
11% |
13% |
12% |
24% |
|
| Don’t know |
12% |
|
11% |
6% |
25% |
5% |
10% |
17% |
14% |
7% |
5% |
42% think the 1.5% pay increase awarded to the defence forces is fair and 47% think it is unfair.
A majority of Labor voters (52%) and other voters (56%) think it is unfair.
A majority of workers who said they had received no pay increase or an increase of 1.5% or less in the last 12 months thought the defence forces pay increase was fair while 61% of those who had received a pay increase greater than 1.5% thought it was unfair.
19 March 2012, 190312, Australian Defence Force, Australian Military, Defence forces, Polling, polls, women, Women in Defence Forces
Q. From what you’ve read and heard, do you think that women are generally respected and treated fairly in Australia’s defence forces or are they not respected or treated fairly?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Men |
Women |
|
| Respected and treated fairly |
31% |
34% |
34% |
24% |
37% |
25% |
| Not respected or treated fairly |
44% |
43% |
41% |
58% |
40% |
48% |
| Don’t know |
25% |
23% |
25% |
18% |
23% |
27% |
44% think that women in Australia’s defence forces are not respected or treated fairly, 31% think they are respected and treated fairly and 25% don’t know.
Only 25% of women think women in the defence forces are respected and treated fairly compared to 37% of men. 54% of respondents aged 55+ think they are not respected or treated fairly.
Banking and finance, career opportunities, career path, Careers, Defence forces, EMC, ER, Essential Media, Essential Report, IT, Nursing, occupations, Police, Polling, polls, Retail, Teaching, Tourism and hospitality, Trades
Q. Which of the following occupations do you think provide good careers for young people?
| Yes | No | Don’t know | |
| Trades | 88% | 6% | 6% |
| Computing and information technology | 86% | 6% | 7% |
| Nursing | 78% | 15% | 7% |
| Teaching | 75% | 17% | 8% |
| Tourism and hospitality | 72% | 19% | 9% |
| Police | 71% | 20% | 9% |
| Defence forces | 71% | 20% | 9% |
| Banking and finance | 70% | 19% | 10% |
| Retail | 54% | 36% | 10% |
The most favoured occupations for providing good careers were thought to be trades (88%), computing and IT (86%) and nursing (78%).
All occupations tested scored at least 70% except for retail at 54%.
Younger respondents (aged 18-35) tended to have a similar order of preference to the general population – their most favoured occupations were trades (78%), computing and IT (76%), teaching (68%) and nursing (67%).