Q. Do you think Australian society is more or less equal and fair than 20 years ago?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
| Total more fair/equal |
28% |
23% |
38% |
14% |
22% |
|
| Total less fair/equal |
43% |
51% |
27% |
70% |
59% |
|
| A lot more equal and fair |
7% |
6% |
10% |
3% |
2% |
|
| A little more equal and fair |
21% |
17% |
28% |
11% |
20% |
|
| About the same |
23% |
18% |
31% |
14% |
14% |
|
| A little less equal and fair |
21% |
23% |
19% |
35% |
23% |
|
| A lot less equal and fair |
22% |
28% |
8% |
35% |
36% |
|
| Don’t know |
7% |
6% |
4% |
1% |
5% |
28% think that Australian society is more equal and fair than 20 years ago and 43% think it is less equal and fair. 23% think it is about the same.
Greens voters (70%), other party voters (59%) and Labor voters (51%) are more likely to think it is less equal/fair. 38% of Liberal/National voters think it is more equal/fair and 31% think it is about the same.
Younger respondents are split over whether Australia is more equal/fair (for age 18-34 – 35% more/32% less) while older respondents are more likely to think it is less equal/fair (for age 55+ – 22% more/53% less).
Q. How important is equality/fairness to Australian society?
|
Equality |
|
Fairness |
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|
Total
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
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| Very important |
51% |
62% |
42% |
63% |
41% |
62% |
72% |
44% |
77% |
77% |
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| Somewhat important |
38% |
32% |
47% |
21% |
49% |
30% |
20% |
47% |
14% |
21% |
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| Not very important |
6% |
3% |
8% |
12% |
6% |
4% |
4% |
6% |
4% |
1% |
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| Not at all important |
1% |
1% |
1% |
5% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
3% |
4% |
1% |
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| Don’t know |
3% |
3% |
1% |
– |
2% |
2% |
2% |
– |
– |
– |
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Note: Half the sample was asked about “equality” and half asked about “fairness”.
51% of respondents think equality is very important compared to 62% who say fairness is very important.
While Liberal/National voters gave very similar answers to both equality and fairness, Labor voters, Greens voters and other voters think fairness is more important.