Q. Thinking about the Australian manufacturing industry, which of the following statements is closest to your view?
| Oct’21 | Oct’13 | Jun’13 | Aug’12 | |
| With government support, Australia can have a successful manufacturing industry | 69% | 65% | 61% | 63% |
| There is no future for manufacturing in Australia and government support would be a waste of money | 15% | 19% | 22% | 17% |
| Unsure | 16% | 16% | 17% | 21% |
| Total | Gender | Age Group | Federal Voting Intention | |||||||
| Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Labor | TOTAL: Coalition | Greens | TOTAL: Other | ||
| With government support, Australia can have a successful manufacturing industry | 69% | 69% | 68% | 57% | 64% | 83% | 69% | 73% | 61% | 70% |
| There is no future for manufacturing in Australia and government support would be a waste of money | 15% | 19% | 12% | 22% | 16% | 8% | 16% | 16% | 18% | 17% |
| Unsure | 16% | 12% | 20% | 20% | 21% | 9% | 15% | 11% | 21% | 13% |
| Column n | 1,781 | 875 | 906 | 533 | 601 | 647 | 636 | 610 | 157 | 220 |
Q. For each of the following Australian industries and organisations, please indicate how affected by corruption you think they are:
| Widespread corruption | Some corruption | Very little corruption | Don’t know | |
| Government | 39% | 39% | 10% | 12% |
| Building and construction | 34% | 38% | 11% | 17% |
| Media | 27% | 44% | 12% | 16% |
| Finance sector (banks and insurance) | 27% | 42% | 14% | 17% |
| Mining | 25% | 43% | 15% | 18% |
| Law enforcement (police) | 17% | 49% | 19% | 15% |
| Health | 10% | 32% | 38% | 20% |
| Agriculture | 7% | 28% | 41% | 24% |
| Education | 6% | 29% | 43% | 21% |
| Science and technology | 6% | 22% | 47% | 24% |
The most corrupt industries and organisations were thought to be Government (39% widespread corruption), building and construction (34%), media (27%), finance (27%) and mining (25%).
The least corrupt were thought to be science and technology (47% very little corruption), education (43%) and agriculture (41%).
26 March 2012, 260312, Australian dollar, Australian economy, construction, economy, Farming & Grazing, Finance, finances, industries, industry, manufacturing, mining, Polling, polls, Retail, tourism
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.