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  • Jun, 2015

    Foreign aid budget

    Q. As far as you know, about how much of the Federal budget is spent on foreign aid?

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote Other

    Jul 2011

    Less than 1%

    13%

    14%

    10%

    31%

    17%

    7%

    About 1%

    11%

    12%

    12%

    12%

    8%

    8%

    About 2%

    14%

    14%

    18%

    8%

    9%

    17%

    About 5%

    10%

    10%

    11%

    11%

    14%

    11%

    More than 5%

    9%

    11%

    8%

    7%

    16%

    16%

    Don’t know

    43%

    39%

    41%

    32%

    35%

    41%

    19% (down 8% since July 2011) think Australia spends 5% or more of the Federal Budget on foreign aid – 24% (up 9%) think it is 1% or less. 43% could not give an estimate.

    The majority of respondents who gave an answer over-estimated how much Australia spends on foreign aid – the actual figure for the 2014-15 budget was less than 1%.

  • Jan, 2012

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    Federal politics – 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 = 1,899 respondents

    First preference/leaning to Election

    21 Aug 10

    2 weeks ago Last week

    This week
    Liberal 45% 45% 44%
    National 3% 3% 3%
    Total Lib/Nat 43.6% 48% 48% 47%
    Labor 38.0% 35% 35% 34%
    Greens 11.8% 9% 10% 10%
    Other/Independent 6.6% 8% 7% 8%
    2PP Election

    21 Aug 10

    2 weeks ago Last week This week
    Total Lib/Nat 49.9% 54% 54% 54%
    Labor 50.1% 46% 46% 46%

    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.

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  • Jan, 2012

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    Federal politics – 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 = 1,896 respondents

    First preference/leaning to Election

    21 Aug 10

    Last week

    This week
    Liberal 45% 45%
    National 3% 3%
    Total Lib/Nat 43.6% 48% 48%
    Labor 38.0% 35% 35%
    Greens 11.8% 9% 10%
    Other/Independent 6.6% 8% 7%
    2PP Election

    21 Aug 10

    Last week This week
    Total Lib/Nat 49.9% 54% 54%
    Labor 50.1% 46% 46%

    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.

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  • Jan, 2012

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    Federal politics – 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 = 1,899 respondents

    First preference/leaning to Election

    21 Aug 10

    Last poll

    (19.12.11)

    This week
    Liberal 45% 45%
    National 3% 3%
    Total Lib/Nat 43.6% 47% 48%
    Labor 38.0% 35% 35%
    Greens 11.8% 9% 9%
    Other/Independent 6.6% 8% 8%
    2PP Election

    21 Aug 10

    Last poll This week
    Total Lib/Nat 49.9% 54% 54%
    Labor 50.1% 46% 46%

    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.

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  • Nov, 2010

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    Federal politics – 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 = 1,869

    First preference/leaning to 6 months ago 4 weeks ago 2 weeks ago Last week This week
    Liberal 39% 41% 42% 42% 42%
    National 2% 3% 4% 3% 3%
    Total Lib/Nat 41% 44% 46% 45% 45%
    Labor 40% 41% 39% 39% 38%
    Greens 10% 8% 8% 10% 10%
    Other/Independent 9% 7% 7% 7% 8%
    2PP 6 months ago 4 weeks ago 2 weeks ago Last week

    This week
    Total Lib/Nat 48% 50% 51% 51% 51%
    Labor 52% 50% 49% 49% 49%

    NB.  The data in the above tables comprise 2-week averages derived 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.

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  • Nov, 2010

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    Approval of Julia Gillard

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister?

    Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard
    31 May 5 Jul 19 Jul 26 Jul 2 Aug 9 Aug 16 Aug 20 Sep 18 Oct 22 Nov
    Total approve 41% 48% 52% 49% 46% 45% 46% 45% 45% 43%
    Total disapprove 47% 27% 30% 33% 38% 40% 40% 37% 37% 38%
    Strongly approve 7% 14% 11% 12% 10% 13% 13% 12% 10% 7%
    Approve 34% 34% 41% 37% 36% 32% 33% 33% 36% 36%
    Disapprove 25% 13% 17% 19% 23% 24% 24% 21% 20% 23%
    Strongly disapprove 22% 14% 13% 14% 15% 16% 16% 16% 17% 15%
    Don’t know 12% 26% 18% 17% 15% 15% 13% 19% 18% 18%

    43% (down 2%) approve of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister and 38% (up 1%) disapprove – a change in net rating from +8 to +5.

    87% of Labor voters approve and 4% disapprove.

    By gender – men 39% approve/44% disapprove, women 47% approve/33% disapprove. Men have shifted from a net rating of  +4 to -5 while women have changed from +10 to +14.

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  • Nov, 2010

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    Approval of Tony Abbott

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader?

    18 Jan 22 Feb 29 Mar 3 May 31 May 5 Jul 2 Aug 16 Aug 20 Sep 18 Oct 22 Nov
    Total approve 37% 45% 33% 39% 35% 37% 38% 41% 43% 39% 40%
    Total disapprove 37% 36% 50% 43% 50% 47% 48% 44% 37% 45% 40%
    Strongly approve 5% 12% 8% 5% 5% 8% 8% 9% 12% 8% 6%
    Approve 32% 33% 25% 34% 30% 29% 30% 32% 31% 31% 34%
    Disapprove 20% 20% 28% 24% 28% 23% 27% 22% 21% 22% 22%
    Strongly disapprove 17% 16% 22% 19% 22% 24% 21% 22% 16% 23% 18%
    Don’t know 26% 18% 16% 18% 16% 16% 14% 15% 19% 17% 19%

    40% (up 1%) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader and 40% (down 5%) disapprove – a shift from a net rating from -6 to level.

    78% of Coalition voters approve and 12% disapprove.

    By gender – men 46% approve/38% disapprove, women 35% approve/43% disapprove. Men have shifted from a net rating of  -7 to +8 while women have changed from -4 to -8.

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  • Nov, 2010

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    Better Prime Minister

    Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott?

    5 Jul 10 19 Jul 10 26 Jul 10 2 Aug 10 9 Aug 10 16 Aug 10 20 Sep 10 18 Oct 10 22 Nov 10 Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Kevin Rudd v Tony Abbott

    21 Jun 10

    Julia Gillard 53% 50% 51% 48% 45% 46% 47% 49% 45% 94% 6% 76% 47%
    Tony Abbott 26% 27% 26% 30% 33% 35% 35% 33% 34% 1% 78% 3% 30%
    Don’t know 21% 23% 23% 22% 21% 19% 18% 17% 21% 5% 17% 21% 23%

    45% (down 4%) believe Julia Gillard would make the better Prime Minister and 34% (up 1%) prefer Tony Abbott – a closing of the gap from 16% to 11% since last month’s figures.

    Men favour Julia Gillard over Tony Abbott 41%/40% and women 49%/28%.

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