15 October 2013, 151013, GFC, party trust
Q. The shutdown of the US Government has sparked fears of another global recession.
If there was another Global Financial Crisis, which party would you trust most to deal with it?
|
% |
|
Lib/Nat voters |
Labor voters |
Green voters |
|
15 Aug 2011 |
7 May 2012 |
29 Jan 2103 |
|
| The Liberal Party |
38% |
78% |
6% |
5% |
40% |
42% |
40% |
||
| The Labor Party |
29% |
4% |
68% |
39% |
31% |
25% |
26% |
||
| No Difference |
23% |
13% |
16% |
47% |
20% |
23% |
22% |
||
| Don’t know |
10% |
5% |
9% |
9% |
9% |
10% |
11% |
If there was another GFC, 38% of people would trust the Liberal Party most to deal with it. 29% trusted Labor while 23% said there was no difference.
Trust generally followed party lines, with 78% of Lib/Nat voters selecting the Liberals and 68% of Labor voters selecting Labor. 47% of Green voters selected ‘no difference’.
The overall figures are generally in line with those from 2011, 2012 and early in 2013.
080413, 8 April 2013, cost of living, economy, GFC, government, State of the Economy
Q. What is the main reason you don’t think the state of the economy is good? *
|
28 May 12 |
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
|
| Poor economic management by Government |
27% |
40% |
17% |
52% |
| Increasing cost of living |
34% |
27% |
41% |
22% |
| Businesses are struggling |
13% |
11% |
7% |
13% |
| Increasing gap between rich and poor |
9% |
7% |
15% |
3% |
| Incomes aren’t increasing fast enough to keep up |
7% |
6% |
7% |
5% |
| Global financial problems |
7% |
5% |
7% |
4% |
| Other reason |
2% |
3% |
6% |
2% |
| Don’t know |
1% |
1% |
– |
– |
* Based on those who disagree that economy is good.
Those who disagreed that the economy was good said the main reasons were poor economic management by Government (40%) and the increasing cost of living (27%). Those who blame poor economic management by the Government has increased 13% and cost of living has decreased 7% since May last year.
62% of respondents aged 55+ blamed poor economic management by Government while the increasing cost of living was the major factor for 41% of respondents aged 25-44.
29 January 2013, 290113, Australian economy, GFC, State of the Economy, world economy
Q. Thinking about the state of the world economy, how do you think the Australian economy has performed over the last few years compared to other countries?
|
15 Aug 11 |
7 May 12 |
Total 29 Jan 13 |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Total better |
70% |
66% |
70% |
84% |
64% |
71% |
| Total worse |
10% |
15% |
12% |
5% |
16% |
10% |
| A lot better |
31% |
29% |
29% |
45% |
18% |
35% |
| A little better |
39% |
37% |
41% |
39% |
46% |
36% |
| About the same |
16% |
16% |
16% |
10% |
19% |
17% |
| A little worse |
7% |
9% |
7% |
3% |
9% |
6% |
| A lot worse |
3% |
6% |
5% |
2% |
7% |
4% |
| Don’t know |
3% |
3% |
3% |
2% |
1% |
2% |
70% think that Australia’s economy has performed better than other countries over the last few years, 16% say about the same and 12% think it has been worse. This represents a shift from net +51 to net +58 since this question was previously asked in May last year.
There were no substantial differences across demographic groups although those on lower incomes were a little more likely to believe it has performed worse – for those on income under $600pw, 56% think Australia’s economy has performed better and 20% worse.
29 January 2013, 290113, GFC, global financial crisis, Labor, Liberal, trust in party
Q. If there was another Global Financial Crisis, which party would you trust most to deal with it?
|
15 Aug 11 |
7 May 12 |
Total 29 Jan 13 |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| The Labor Party |
31% |
25% |
26% |
68% |
2% |
23% |
| The Liberal Party |
40% |
42% |
40% |
4% |
84% |
6% |
| No difference |
20% |
23% |
22% |
18% |
10% |
52% |
| Don’t know |
9% |
10% |
11% |
10% |
4% |
19% |
If there was another GFC, 40% would trust the Liberal Party more to handle it and 26% would trust the Labor Party more. This represents a slight shift to the Labor Party from net -17% to net -14% since May last year.
The Liberal Party was rated higher than Labor with all demographic groups except for low income earners – 35% of those earning under $600pw would trust the Labor Party more and 29% the Liberal Party. Those most likely to trust the Liberal Party more were aged 55+ (52%), full-time workers (45%) and income over $1,600 pw (44%).
10 September 2012, 100912, age pension, ALP, Carbon Tax, decisions, GFC, Gonski, low incomes, marine reserves, NBN, ndis, tax free threshold
Q. Thinking about the decisions the Labor Government has made over the last few years, do you think the following decisions were good or bad for Australia?
|
|
Total good |
Total bad |
Very good |
Good |
Neither good nor bad |
Bad |
Very bad |
Don’t know |
| Expanding dental health services for people on low incomes |
77% |
5% |
33% |
44% |
14% |
2% |
3% |
5% |
| Increasing the tax free threshold from $6,000 to $18,200 |
75% |
4% |
36% |
39% |
16% |
3% |
1% |
5% |
| Increasing the age pension |
70% |
11% |
30% |
40% |
13% |
7% |
4% |
6% |
| Increasing superannuation from 9% to 12% |
68% |
9% |
27% |
41% |
16% |
6% |
3% |
6% |
| Protecting large areas of Australia’s marine environment in a network of marine reserves |
67% |
8% |
28% |
39% |
20% |
5% |
3% |
7% |
| Introducing the National Disability Insurance Scheme |
58% |
5% |
21% |
37% |
23% |
3% |
2% |
14% |
| Implementing the recommendations of the Gonski report to increase education funding |
54% |
8% |
20% |
34% |
25% |
5% |
3% |
13% |
| Stimulus spending to tackle the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) |
54% |
22% |
22% |
32% |
18% |
14% |
8% |
8% |
| Spending on new school buildings during the GFC |
53% |
22% |
15% |
38% |
18% |
12% |
10% |
6% |
| Paid parental leave |
52% |
20% |
17% |
35% |
23% |
12% |
8% |
5% |
| Introducing a tax on large profits of mining companies |
49% |
25% |
24% |
25% |
17% |
13% |
12% |
8% |
| Implementing the recommendations of the expert committee on asylum seekers including offshore processing |
45% |
15% |
15% |
30% |
28% |
8% |
7% |
12% |
| Building the NBN (National Broadband Network) |
43% |
28% |
17% |
26% |
22% |
14% |
14% |
7% |
| Abolished WorkChoices |
42% |
27% |
23% |
19% |
19% |
17% |
10% |
12% |
| Introducing a carbon tax to tackle climate change |
28% |
51% |
14% |
14% |
15% |
16% |
35% |
7% |
The two most popular decisions of the Labor Government are ‘expanding dental health services for people on low incomes’ (77% total good) and ‘increasing the tax free threshold from $6,000 to $18,000 (75% total good). The least popular decisions were ‘Building the NBN’ (43% total good), ‘Abolished WorkChoices’ (42% total good) and ‘introducing a carbon tax to tackle climate change’ (28% total good).
Of the fifteen decisions put to respondents, the majority of respondents believed that 10 of the 15 decisions were good for Australia. For the remaining 5 decisions, a larger portion of respondents generally regarded the decision to be good for Australia except for ‘introducing a carbon tax to tackle climate change’, where the majority of respondents (51%) believed it to be bad for Australia.
Female respondents were more likely to endorse the dental health reforms (80% total good) compared with male respondents (74% total good).
Increasing the age pension was most strongly supported by respondents aged 65+ (77% total good).
Introducing paid parental leave was more popular with female respondents (57% total good), compared with male respondents (46% total good). Looking at this decision by age, it was most popular amongst respondents aged 25-34 (62%) and 35-44 (62%) whereas respondents aged 65+ were the most likely to regard the decision as a bad one (36% total bad).
Implementing the recommendations of the expert committee on asylum seekers including offshore processing proved to be a very popular decision amongst respondents aged 65+ (65% total good), whereas respondents aged 25-34 were the most likely to regard it as a bad decision (43% total bad).
Female respondents were more likely to regard ‘protecting large areas of Australia’s marine environment’ as a good decision (72% total good) compared with male respondents (60% total good).
09 July 2012, 090712, Australian economy, European economic crisis, GFC, impact on Australia, major impact, no impact, small impact
Q. How much impact do you think the current economic and financial problems in Europe have on the Australian economy— a major impact, some impact, only a small impact or no impact?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| A major impact |
14% |
12% |
18% |
8% |
| Some impact |
60% |
61% |
65% |
55% |
| Only a small impact |
16% |
18% |
12% |
24% |
| No impact |
3% |
2% |
1% |
6% |
| Don’t know |
7% |
7% |
3% |
6% |
14% think the financial and economic problems in Europe have a major impact on the Australian economy and 60% think they have some impact. Only 19% think they have only a small or no impact.
82% of respondents aged 55+ and 83% of Liberal/National voters think they have major/some impact.
Those most likely to think they have only a small or no impact were aged under 35 (23%) and Greens voters (30%).
Of those who had heard or read a lot about the problems in Europe, 26% think they have a major impact on the Australian economy and 58% think they have some impact.
09 July 2012, 090712, GFC, global economic problems, global financial crisis, Julia Gillard, Labor Party, Liberal Party, public trust, tony abbott
Q. Who do you trust most to deal effectively with global economic problems – Julia Gillard and the Labor Party or Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Julia Gillard and the Labor Party |
32% |
80% |
3% |
68% |
| Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party |
42% |
3% |
84% |
11% |
| Don’t know |
26% |
17% |
13% |
21% |
42% would trust Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party more to deal effectively with global economic problems and 32% would trust Julia Gillard and the Labor Party more.
Those more likely to trust Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party were aged 55+ (51%), full-time workers (46%) and income $1,600+ pw (48%).
Respondents earning less than $1,000 pw were more likely to trust Julia Gillard and the Labor Party (39%) than Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party (35%).
Of those who had heard or read a lot about the crisis in Europe, 46% would trust Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party more to deal effectively with global economic problems and 41% would trust Julia Gillard and the Labor Party more.
03 July 2012, 030712, Financial literact, GFC, Ian Silk, superannuation
Ian Silk shares some frightening statistics about our lack of literacy when it comes to super and investing.
At a time when people are being asked to make more financial decisions than ever before, study after study shows the vast majority are overwhelmed by increasingly complex transactions.. It’s a startling fact for a country with the greatest number of shareholders in the world.
When it comes to super, as many as 43% of people rate themselves as having “none” (8%) or “only minimal” (35%) levels of knowledge about superannuation. CEO of AustralianSuper Ian Silk explains why one solution to start financial education at school level and embed the basic concepts could be the answer.