Q. Australia hosted the G20 summit of world leaders in Brisbane last weekend. Which of the following is closest to your view?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
18 Nov |
|
| The G20 summit delivered real outcomes for Australia and the global economy |
26% |
23% |
40% |
24% |
13% |
16% |
||
| The G20 was an expensive talk fest, it’s unlikely to change anything |
55% |
63% |
43% |
65% |
72% |
62% |
||
| Don’t know |
18% |
14% |
17% |
11% |
15% |
21% |
55% were more likely to agree that the G20 is an expensive talk fest, it’s unlikely to change anything and 26% agreed more that the G20 summit delivered real outcomes for Australia and the global economy. This represents a shift to a slightly more positive view of the G20 since this question was asked over the weekend of the G20.
G20, Tony Abbott as Prime Minister
Q. How would you rate the Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s performance at the G20?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
| Total good |
31% |
11% |
67% |
4% |
15% |
|
| Total poor |
37% |
59% |
6% |
75% |
46% |
|
| Very good |
9% |
2% |
22% |
– |
6% |
|
| Good |
22% |
|
9% |
45% |
4% |
9% |
| Neither good nor poor |
24% |
|
23% |
21% |
20% |
31% |
| Poor |
13% |
|
19% |
6% |
17% |
15% |
| Very poor |
24% |
|
40% |
* |
58% |
31% |
| Don’t know |
9% |
|
7% |
5% |
1% |
9% |
31% think that Tony Abbott’s performance at the G20 was good and 37% think it was poor – 24% think it was neither good nor poor.
Those most likely to rate his performance good were Liberal/National voters (67%) and respondents aged 65+ (52%).
Q. Australia is hosting the G20 summit of world leaders in Brisbane on the weekend of 15th and 16th November. Which of the following is closest to your view?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
| The G20 summit will deliver real outcomes for Australia and the global economy |
16% |
16% |
23% |
8% |
9% |
|
| The G20 is an expensive talk fest, it’s unlikely to change anything |
62% |
66% |
54% |
75% |
79% |
|
| Don’t know |
21% |
18% |
23% |
17% |
11% |
62% were more likely to agree that the G20 is an expensive talk fest, it’s unlikely to change anything.
Those most likely to favour this statement were aged 55+ (72%) and live in Queensland (72%).
Q. In November, Australia will host the G20, an annual meeting of the leaders of the 20 major economies of the world to discuss economic issues. How important do you think the G20 meeting is to Australia’s economy?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
Jun 2014 |
||
| Total important |
73% |
77% |
79% |
82% |
60% |
72% |
|||
| Total not important |
17% |
14% |
16% |
14% |
33% |
20% |
|||
| Very important |
29% |
27% |
36% |
31% |
22% |
29% |
|||
| Somewhat important |
44% |
50% |
43% |
51% |
38% |
43% |
|||
| Not very important |
12% |
9% |
14% |
9% |
20% |
14% |
|||
| Not at all important |
5% |
5% |
2% |
5% |
13% |
6% |
|||
| Don’t know |
10% |
10% |
5% |
4% |
7% |
9% |
|||
73% think the G20 meeting is very or somewhat important to Australia’s economy and 17% think it is not very or not at all important. These figures have changed little since this question was asked in June.
A substantial majority of all voters groups think it is very/somewhat important. There were no major demographic differences.
G20, Malaysian Airlines disaster
Q. Based on Russia’s response to the shooting down of the Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine, do you think the Russian President, Vladimir Putin should be allowed to attend the G20 meeting in Brisbane in November?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
| Should be allowed to attend |
29% |
32% |
26% |
37% |
27% |
|
| Should not be allowed to attend |
49% |
47% |
54% |
44% |
51% |
|
| Don’t know |
23% |
21% |
20% |
19% |
22% |
About half (49%) of respondents think that based on Russia’s response to the shooting down of the Malaysia Airlines plane over Ukraine, the Russian President, Vladimir Putin should not be allowed to attend the G20 meeting in Brisbane in November and 29% think he should be allowed to attend.
Although Liberal/National voters were a little more likely to think he should not be allowed to attend (54%), there were not major differences by voting intention.
58% of those aged 55+ think he should not be allowed to attend while those aged under 35 were more evenly divided (34% allow/37% not allow).
Q. In November, Australia will host the G20, an annual meeting of the leaders of the 20 major economies of the world to discuss economic issues. How important do you think the G20 meeting is to Australia’s economy?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
| Total important |
72% |
71% |
79% |
74% |
65% |
|
| Total not important |
20% |
21% |
16% |
20% |
29% |
|
| Very important |
29% |
29% |
31% |
28% |
27% |
|
| Somewhat important |
43% |
42% |
48% |
46% |
38% |
|
| Not very important |
14% |
14% |
13% |
10% |
20% |
|
| Not at all important |
6% |
7% |
3% |
10% |
9% |
|
| Don’t know |
9% |
8% |
6% |
6% |
6% |
72% think the G20 meeting is very or somewhat important to Australia’s economy and 20% think it is not very or not at all important.
A substantial majority of all voters groups think it is very/somewhat important. There were no major demographic differences.
Q. The G20 was established to discuss world economic issues. Some have proposed that climate change should be included in G20 discussions because it is an economic issue as well as an environmental issue. Do you think climate change should be discussed at the G20 meeting?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
| Should be discussed |
67% |
80% |
54% |
93% |
58% |
|
| Does not need to be discussed |
19% |
10% |
31% |
4% |
31% |
|
| Don’t know |
13% |
10% |
15% |
4% |
11% |
67% think that climate change should be discussed at the G20 meeting and 19% think it does not need to be discussed.
Liberal/National voters were more likely to be opposed (31%), although more than half (54%) thought it should be discussed.