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  • Jul, 2012

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    Opinion of Gonski Report Recommendations

    Q. The Gonski report on funding education has recommended a new model for school funding that would mean all students are entitled to a set level of funding regardless of where they go to school, disadvantaged schools receive more funding and taxpayer funding for private schools is adjusted down based on parents’ capacity to pay.

    Do you support or oppose these recommendations?

     

    Total

    27 Feb 12

    Total

    30 Jul 12

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Total support

    68%

    65%

    71%

    59%

    83%

    Total oppose

    13%

    14%

    14%

    20%

    2%

    Strongly support

    25%

    25%

    34%

    16%

    47%

    Support

    43%

    40%

    37%

    43%

    36%

    Oppose

    9%

    10%

    10%

    14%

    2%

    Strongly oppose

    4%

    4%

    4%

    6%

    Don’t know

    19%

    20%

    14%

    21%

    15%

    65% say they support the recommendations of the Gonski report on funding education and 14% were opposed. Support has weakened very slightly (-3%) since this question was asked in February after the release of the Gonski Report.

    Strongest support was shown by Labor voters (71%), Greens voters (83%) and people aged 55+ (70%).

  • Feb, 2012

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    Opinion of Gonski Report Recommendations

    Q. The Gonski report on funding education has recommended a new model for school funding that would mean all students are entitled to a set level of funding regardless of where they go to school, disadvantaged schools receive more funding and taxpayer funding for private schools is adjusted down based on parents’ capacity to pay.

    Do you support or oppose these recommendations?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Total support

    68%

    79%

    64%

    76%

    Total oppose

    13%

    7%

    17%

    14%

    Strongly support

    25%

    37%

    17%

    35%

    Support

    43%

    42%

    47%

    41%

    Oppose

    9%

    5%

    12%

    9%

    Strongly oppose

    4%

    2%

    5%

    5%

    Don’t know

    19%

    14%

    19%

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    68% say they support the recommendations of the Gonski report on funding education and 13% were opposed.
    Strongest support was shown by Labor voters (79%), Greens voters (76%) and people aged 55+ (75%).

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  • May, 2011

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    Interests Represented by Parties

    Q. Which political party do you think best represents the interests of –

    Labor Liberal Greens Don’t know
    Families with young children 34% 31% 5% 29%
    Students 30% 28% 10% 33%
    Working people on average incomes 40% 32% 5% 23%
    Working people on low incomes 43% 27% 6% 24%
    Working people on high incomes 13% 63% 2% 22%
    People on welfare 38% 23% 8% 30%
    Pensioners 33% 28% 5% 34%
    Small businesses and self-employed 20% 47% 4% 29%
    Big business 13% 62% 2% 23%
    The next generation of Australians 19% 31% 17% 33%
    Indigenous people 23% 21% 16% 40%
    Ethnic communities 22% 21% 15% 42%
    Rural and regional Australians 18% 34% 11% 36%

    The Labor Party is considered the party which best represents the interests of working people on low and average incomes, people on welfare and pensioners. The Liberal Party is considered best at representing the interests of people on high incomes, big business, small business and self-employed, rural and regional Australians and the next generation. The Greens’ main strengths are in representing the next generation, indigenous people and ethnic communities.

    There was little difference between the major parties in terms of representing the interests of families with young children, students, indigenous people and ethnic communities.

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