010713, 07 July 2013, good or bad, Value of the dollar
Q. Do you think it is good or bad for you personally?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Total good |
14% |
15% |
14% |
14% |
|
| Total bad |
42% |
36% |
49% |
43% |
|
| Very good |
3% |
4% |
2% |
– |
|
| Good |
11% |
11% |
12% |
14% |
|
| Neither good nor bad |
38% |
43% |
34% |
36% |
|
| Bad |
31% |
29% |
35% |
30% |
|
| Very bad |
11% |
7% |
14% |
13% |
|
| Don’t know |
7% |
5% |
3% |
6% |
14% think that the falling value of the dollar is good for them personally and 42% think it is bad for them personally. 38% think it is neither good nor bad.
49% of those on income above $1,600pw think it is bad for them personally while 49% of those earning less than $1,000pw think it is neither good nor bad.
10 September 2012, 100912, australian unions, Australian workers, good or bad, unions
Q. Overall, do you think unions have been good or bad for Australian working people?
|
19 Mar 2012 |
This week 10 Sept 12 |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Work full time |
Work part time |
|
| Total good |
48% |
45% |
67% |
30% |
74% |
47% |
51% |
| Total bad |
17% |
20% |
4% |
36% |
6% |
22% |
18% |
| Very good |
12% |
11% |
20% |
4% |
28% |
11% |
12% |
| Good |
36% |
34% |
47% |
26% |
46% |
36% |
39% |
| Neither good nor bad |
28% |
27% |
24% |
30% |
13% |
25% |
21% |
| Bad |
11% |
12% |
3% |
20% |
5% |
12% |
11% |
| Very bad |
6% |
8% |
1% |
16% |
1% |
10% |
7% |
| Don’t know |
6% |
8% |
6% |
4% |
7% |
5% |
9% |
The largest portion of respondents polled believe that overall, unions have been good for Australian working people (45% total good), whilst a fifth of respondents (20%) felt that they had been bad for working people. Results have moved slightly since the last time the question was polled in March 2012, with those respondents regarding unions as good dropping from 48% to 45% and those regarding them as bad rising the equivalent amount from 17% to 20% in the same period.
Looking at the results by voting intention, Greens voters were by the most likely to believe that unions had been good for working people (74%), whilst Coalition voters were by far the most likely to believe that unions had been bad for Australian working people (36%).
The majority of part time workers believed that unions had been good for Australian working people (51%) compared with 47% of full time workers.