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  • Mar, 2012

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    Impact of Dollar on Industry

    Q. The Australian dollar is now at $1.05 US and has been historically higher than the normal range of 60c-80c US. Is the high Australian dollar good or bad for the following industries?

     

    Total good

    Total bad

    Very good

    Good

    Neither good nor bad

    Bad

    Very bad

    Don’t know

    Mining industry

    29%

    29%

    10%

    19%

    20%

    24%

    5%

    22%

    Farming & Grazing Industry

    16%

    49%

    4%

    12%

    16%

    36%

    13%

    19%

    Finance Industry

    38%

    15%

    9%

    29%

    25%

    12%

    3%

    21%

    Construction Industry

    24%

    26%

    4%

    20%

    28%

    22%

    4%

    23%

    Manufacturing industry

    15%

    50%

    3%

    12%

    14%

    29%

    21%

    20%

    Retail Industry

    23%

    47%

    6%

    17%

    14%

    30%

    17%

    16%

    Australian Tourism Industry

    20%

    56%

    8%

    12%

    10%

    31%

    25%

    14%

    Overall, respondents think that the high Australian dollar has only been good for the finance industry (38% good/15% bad).

    They believe that it has been particularly bad for the tourism industry (20% good/56% bad), the manufacturing industry (15%/50%), the farming and grazing industry (16%/49%) and the retail industry (23%/47%)

    On the mining industry, they were split 29% good/29% bad.

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  • Feb, 2012

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    Importance of Industries for Providing Jobs

    Q. How important are the following industries for providing jobs for Australians into the future?

    Very important Quite important Somewhat important Not very important Don’t know
    Mining 64% 24% 7% 2% 3%
    Construction 58% 30% 9% 0% 2%
    Manufacturing 55% 29% 12% 2% 2%
    Tourism 53% 33% 11% 1% 2%
    Retail 47% 35% 13% 2% 2%
    Hospitality 46% 38% 12% 1% 3%
    Finance 39% 38% 18% 3% 3%
    Telecommunications 39% 37% 18% 3% 3%

    Respondents regard the mining (64%), construction (58%) and manufacturing (55%) industries to be the most important for providing jobs for Australians in the future.

    This was followed closely by the tourism (53%), retail (47%) and hospitality (46%) industries.

    The finance (39%) and telecommunications (39%) industries are the most likely to be seen as only ‘somewhat important’ (18%) for providing jobs.

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  • Sep, 2011

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    Australian Industries

    Q. Thinking about Australian industries, how would you rate the current state of the following industries?

    Total good Total poor Very good Good Poor Very poor
    Mining 85% 15% 76% 9% 2% 13%
    Construction 77% 23% 47% 30% 7% 16%
    Hospitality 81% 19% 46% 35% 7% 12%
    Tourism 81% 19% 45% 36% 7% 12%
    Finance 76% 24% 44% 32% 8% 16%
    Telecommunications 78% 22% 43% 35% 11% 11%
    Media 72% 28% 38% 34% 12% 16%
    Agriculture 75% 25% 36% 39% 9% 16%
    Retail 75% 25% 26% 49% 16% 9%
    Manufacturing 62% 38% 19% 43% 22% 16%

    76% rate the state of the mining industry as very good – the only industry to score above 50%. However at least 75% think all other industries except manufacturing are in a very good or good state.

    Only 19% rate manufacturing as very good – and 38% rate it poor or very poor.

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  • Sep, 2011

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    Most Important Industries

    Q. And which of these industries are the three most important for Australia’s economic future?

    Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
    Mining 67% 77% 67% 61%
    Agriculture 58% 57% 59% 58%
    Tourism 46% 47% 43% 56%
    Manufacturing 37% 30% 40% 36%
    Construction 25% 26% 26% 31%
    Finance 21% 18% 23% 17%
    Retail 17% 18% 17% 12%
    Telecommunications 14% 16% 11% 20%
    Hospitality 10% 10% 9% 6%
    Media 1% 1% 1% 1%
    Don’t know 4% * 4% 3%

    Australia’s most important industries are thought to be mining (67%), agriculture (58%), tourism (46%) and manufacturing (37%). Opinions are consistent across voter groups in terms of order of importance.

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  • Feb, 2010

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    Approve of Lindsay Tanner, Finance Minister

    Q Do you approve or disapprove of the job Lindsay Tanner is doing as Finance Minister?

      %
    Total approve 31%
    Total disapprove 24%
    Net rating +7%
    Strongly approve 5%
    Approve 26%
    Disapprove 18%
    Strongly disapprove 6%
    Don’t know 45%

    31% approve of the job Lindsay Tanner is doing as Finance Minister, 24% disapprove and 45% don’t know.

    Results followed party lines – Labor voters were more likely to approve (56%), while Coalition voters were more likely to disapprove (49%).  43% of Green voters approve of the job Tanner is doing as Finance Minister.  

    Males were more likely to approve of the job Tanner is doing (39%), while females were more likely to indicate they don’t know (55%). 

     People aged 55 years and over were more likely that those in other age groups to disapprove (36%).  Comments »

  • Feb, 2010

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    Approval of Barnaby Joyce, Opposition Shadow Finance Minister

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barnaby Joyce is doing as opposition shadow Finance Minister?

      %
    Total approve 25%
    Total disapprove 36%
    Net rating -11%
    Strongly approve 4%
    Approve 21%
    Disapprove 22%
    Strongly disapprove 14%
    Don’t know 39%

     One quarter (25%) of those surveyed approve of the job Barnaby Joyce is doing as opposition shadow Finance Minister, 36% disapprove and 39% don’t know.

     Results followed party lines – Coalition voters were more likely to approve of the job Joyce is doing (47%), while Labor voters were more likely to disapprove (53%).  

     56% of Green voters and 23% of Coalition voters disapprove of the job Joyce is doing as opposition shadow Finance Minister.

     Males were more likely to disapprove of the job Joyce is doing (43%), while females were more likely to indicate they don’t know (47%). Comments »

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