Q. Do you expect that, as a result of superannuation increases being deferred, workers will now receive larger salary increases?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
Work full time |
Work part time |
|
| Yes |
10% |
9% |
14% |
8% |
5% |
13% |
7% |
||
| No |
65% |
68% |
60% |
83% |
77% |
70% |
66% |
||
| Don’t know |
25% |
23% |
26% |
9% |
18% |
17% |
27% |
Only 10% believe that as a result of superannuation increases being deferred, workers will now receive larger salary increases.
13% of full-time workers and 7% of part-time workers believe workers will now receive larger salary increases.
banking regulation, debt, Housing affordability, inflation, party best at, pension, salaries, superannuation, tax, unemployment, wages
Q. Between Liberal and Labor, which party do you think would be best at managing each of the following issues?
| Labor | Liberal | No difference | Don’t know | Labor-Liberal difference | |
| Improving wages for low income earners | 34% | 20% | 34% | 13% | +14 |
| The age pension | 27% | 23% | 37% | 13% | +4 |
| Executive salaries | 22% | 20% | 44% | 14% | +2 |
| Unemployment | 24% | 25% | 38% | 13% | -1 |
| Regulation of large corporations | 21% | 24% | 41% | 14% | -3 |
| Affordability of housing | 19% | 24% | 44% | 13% | -5 |
| Jobs going overseas | 18% | 24% | 44% | 14% | -6 |
| Superannuation | 18% | 27% | 40% | 15% | -9 |
| Petrol and energy prices | 16% | 26% | 45% | 13% | -10 |
| Regulation of banks | 19% | 29% | 39% | 14% | -10 |
| Interest rates | 17% | 30% | 41% | 13% | -13 |
| Food prices and inflation generally | 18% | 31% | 38% | 13% | -13 |
| Taxation | 18% | 32% | 37% | 13% | -14 |
| Government debt | 15% | 42% | 31% | 12% | -27 |
The only substantial lead for the Labor Party is on improving wages for low income earners (34% to 20%).
Liberal Party strengths are in managing Government debt (42%/15%), taxation (32%/18%), food prices and inflation (31%/18%) and interest rates (30%/17%).
Although overall opinions are closely related to voting intention, the Liberal Party generally performs better among its voters than the Labor Party does with its voters. On Government debt Labor voters split 35% Labor/14% Liberal/42% no difference and on petrol and energy prices 37%/2%/50%. Comments »
bank fees, banking, banking regulation, banks, controlling interest rates, Interest rates, loans, off-shoring, Reserve Bank, salaries
Q. Would you support or oppose the following regulations for Australia’s banks?
| Total support | Total oppose | Strongly support | Support | Oppose | Strongly oppose | Don’t know | |
| Stopping banks from sending jobs off-shore | 83% | 7% | 46% | 37% | 5% | 2% | 9% |
| Only permitting banks to change interest rates in line with Reserve Bank rates | 82% | 11% | 53% | 29% | 8% | 3% | 7% |
| Capping bank CEO’s salaries | 84% | 9% | 60% | 24% | 7% | 2% | 6% |
| Ensuring bank fees are not higher than the actual cost of the service | 91% | 4% | 67% | 24% | 3% | 1% | 4% |
| A requirement to let customers know if their personal data is being sent to other countries for processing | 93% | 2% | 71% | 22% | 2% | * | 6% |
| Tougher rules about giving loans and credit | 74% | 15% | 32% | 42% | 13% | 2% | 12% |
More than 90% support regulations requiring banks to let customers know if their personal data is being sent to other countries for processing and ensuring bank fees are not higher than the actual cost of the service. Over 80% support stopping banks from sending jobs off-shore, only permitting banks to change interest rates in line with Reserve Bank rates and capping bank CEO’s salaries.
There were no substantial differences by voting intention – all regulations were strongly supported by all voter groups.
| Total support | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
| Stopping banks from sending jobs off-shore | 83% | 85% | 85% | 83% |
| Only permitting banks to change interest rates in line with Reserve Bank rates | 82% | 87% | 82% | 73% |
| Capping bank CEO’s salaries | 84% | 88% | 83% | 86% |
| Ensuring bank fees are not higher than the actual cost of the service | 91% | 93% | 93% | 90% |
| A requirement to let customers know if their personal data is being sent to other countries for processing | 93% | 94% | 93% | 94% |
| Tougher rules about giving loans and credit | 74% | 71% | 80% | 77% |
Q. Do you think the salaries of the following occupations are too low, too high or bout right?
| Too high | Too low | About right | Don’t know | |
| CEO’s of large companies | 84% | 2% | 7% | 7% |
| Members of Parliament | 62% | 6% | 24% | 8% |
| Tradesmen | 29% | 16% | 44% | 11% |
| Doctors | 27% | 15% | 46% | 12% |
| Public servants – clerical and admin | 26% | 15% | 44% | 15% |
| Bank customer service staff | 12% | 18% | 47% | 23% |
| Office workers in private companies – clerical and admin | 7% | 24% | 54% | 16% |
| Workers in call centres | 8% | 25% | 42% | 25% |
| Shop sales staff | 3% | 40% | 42% | 14% |
| Teachers | 8% | 45% | 38% | 8% |
| Police | 5% | 55% | 27% | 12% |
| Aged care workers | 2% | 76% | 12% | 10% |
The majority believe that the salaries of CEO’s of large companies (84%) and members of Parliament (62%) are too high.
Occupations where salaries were considered too low were aged care workers (76%), police (55%) and teachers (45%). Comments »
Q. Over the last few years, do you think that the gap between the incomes of richest and poorest people in Australia has increased, decreased or stayed much the same?
| % | |
| Increased | 77% |
| Decreased | 4% |
| Stayed much the same | 13% |
| Don’t know | 6% |
77% believe that the gap between the incomes of richest and poorest people in Australia has increased over the last few years.
Older respondents were more likely to think the gap had increased – 88% of those aged 55+ compared to 58% of those aged 18-35.
There were no significant differences by voting intention. Comments »
Q. Should the Federal Government regulate the salaries of CEO’s of large companies?
| % | |
| Yes | 74% |
| No | 17% |
| Don’t know | 9% |
There was strong majority support (74%) for the Federal Government to regulate the salaries of CEO’s of large companies.
82% of Labor voters support regulation compared to 74% of Greens voters and 69% of Liberal/National voters. Support was also stronger among those on lower incomes (86% of incomes under $600pw). Comments »