Essential Report

The last 12 months

Dec 17, 2013

Q. Thinking about the last 12 months, has it been a good or bad year for each of the following?

	Total good	Total bad	Very good	Good	Neither good nor bad	Bad	Very bad	Don’t know	Good 2012	Bad 2012
The Australian economy	25%	38%	3%	22%	34%	31%	7%	4%	29%	37%
Australian politics in general	8%	70%	1%	7%	18%	35%	35%	4%	9%	61%
Large companies and corporations	25%	34%	4%	21%	33%	25%	9%	7%	32%	31%
Small business	10%	55%	1%	9%	29%	38%	17%	6%	10%	62%
Trade unions	11%	36%	2%	9%	39%	24%	12%	14%	18%	30%
The average Australian	19%	41%	1%	18%	36%	31%	10%	4%	17%	45%
Your personal financial situation	26%	34%	3%	23%	39%	23%	11%	2%	–	–
Your workplace *	35%	27%	5%	30%	35%	20%	7%	2%	–	–
You and your family overall	39%	21%	7%	32%	37%	15%	6%	2%	29%	36%

* working people

70% think 2013 has been a bad year for Australian politics in general and 55% think it has been a bad year for small business.

The only issues on which more think it has been a good year were “you and your family overall (39% good/21% bad) and “your workplace” (35%/27%).

Compared to 2012, respondents were more likely to think 2013 had been a bad year for Australian politics (up 8%) and trade unions (up 6%).

However, they were more likely to think 2013 had been a good year to “you and your family overall (up 10%).

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