Government spending, Terrorism
Q. Do you think the Australian Government should be spending more or less on anti-terrorism measures or is current spending about right?
|
Total
|
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
| Spending more |
28% |
23% |
39% |
15% |
28% |
|
| Spending less |
19% |
22% |
12% |
37% |
21% |
|
| Current spending about right |
36% |
40% |
37% |
22% |
40% |
|
| Don’t know |
16% |
15% |
12% |
26% |
11% |
28% think the Australian Government should be spending more on anti-terrorism measures and 19% think they should be spending less – 36% think the current spending is about right.
Those most likely to support spending more were aged 55+ (40%), Liberal/National voters (39%) and those who had not completed secondary education (38%).
Those most likely to support spending less were aged under 25 (27%), Greens voters (37%) and those with university education (26%).
Q. Surrogacy entails a woman agreeing to bear a child, which is then transferred to other persons. Do you approve or disapprove of surrogacy in the following circumstances?
|
Total approve |
Total dis-approve
|
|
Strongly approve |
Approve |
Dis-approve |
Strongly dis-approve |
Don’t know |
|
| Where the woman bearing the child is a close friend or relation and is not paid |
69% |
19% |
23% |
46% |
9% |
10% |
12% |
|
| Where the woman bearing the child lives in Australia and is paid |
58% |
28% |
15% |
43% |
15% |
13% |
13% |
|
| Where the woman bearing the child lives in another country and is paid |
33% |
51% |
8% |
25% |
21% |
30% |
15% |
A majority approve of surrogacy where the woman bearing the child is a close friend or relation and is not paid (69%) and where the woman bearing the child lives in Australia and is paid (58%) but disapprove if the woman bearing the child lives in another country and is paid (33% approve/51% disapprove).
A majority of all demographic and voter groups approved of surrogacy where the woman bearing the child lives in Australia – whether paid or unpaid.
For situations where the woman bearing the child lives in another country and is paid, those most likely to approve were aged under 45 (41%), Greens voters (53%) and those earning $1,600pw (44%). Those most likely to disapprove were aged 55+ (67%) and Liberal/National voters (58%).
federal politics voting intention
Q. If a Federal Election was held today to which party will you probably give your first preference vote? If not sure, which party are you currently leaning toward?
Q. If don’t know -Well which party are you currently leaning to?
Sample size = 1,845 respondents
| First preference/leaning to |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
|
4 weeks ago 15/7/14 |
2 weeks ago 29/7/14 |
Last week 5/8/14 |
This week 12/8/14 |
| Liberal |
|
35% |
38% |
39% |
38% |
|
| National |
3% |
2% |
2% |
3% |
||
| Total Lib/Nat |
45.6% |
38% |
41% |
41% |
41% |
|
| Labor |
33.4% |
40% |
38% |
39% |
39% |
|
| Greens |
8.6% |
9% |
9% |
9% |
8% |
|
| Palmer United Party |
5.5% |
6% |
5% |
4% |
5% |
|
| Other/Independent |
6.9% |
7% |
7% |
7% |
7% |
| 2 Party Preferred |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
|
4 weeks ago 15/7/14 |
2 weeks ago 29/7/14 |
Last week 5/8/14 |
This week 12/8/14 |
| Liberal National |
53.5% |
47% |
49% |
49% |
49% |
|
| Labor |
46.5% |
53% |
51% |
51% |
51% |
NB. The data in the above tables comprise 2-week averages derived from the first preference/leaning to voting questions. Respondents who select ‘don’t know’ are not included in the results. The two-party preferred estimate is calculated by distributing the votes of the other parties according to their preferences at the 2013 election.
approval of PM, Approval of Tony Abbott
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib /Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
Tony Abbott as Opp-osition Leader 2 Sep 13 |
Tony Abbott as Prime Minister 24 Sep |
14 Jan |
11 Feb |
13 May |
8 July |
|
| Total approve |
37% |
7% |
80% |
5% |
22% |
|
40% |
41% |
47% |
41% |
35% |
34% |
|
| Total dis-approve |
54% |
89% |
12% |
86% |
70% |
|
49% |
36% |
43% |
47% |
55% |
58% |
|
| Strongly approve |
13% |
3% |
31% |
– |
* |
13% |
14% |
13% |
12% |
12% |
8% |
||
| Approve |
24% |
4% |
49% |
5% |
22% |
27% |
27% |
34% |
29% |
23% |
26% |
||
| Disapprove |
19% |
28% |
9% |
27% |
21% |
19% |
13% |
18% |
19% |
18% |
22% |
||
| Strongly disapprove |
35% |
61% |
3% |
59% |
49% |
30% |
23% |
25% |
28% |
37% |
36% |
||
| Don’t know |
9% |
4% |
8% |
9% |
8% |
10% |
23% |
11% |
12% |
10% |
7% |
54% of respondents disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister – down 4% since the last time this question was asked in July – and 37% approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing (up 3%). This represents an improvement in net rating from -24 to -17.
80% (up 3%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Tony Abbott’s performance, with 12% (down 4%) disapproving. 89% of Labor voters and 86% of Greens voters disapprove of Tony Abbott’s performance.
By gender men were 40% approve/51% disapprove and women 32% approve/57% disapprove.
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib /Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
12 Nov |
14 Jan |
11 Feb |
11 Mar |
8 Apr |
13 May |
11 Jun |
8 Jul |
|
| Total approve |
34% |
63% |
14% |
35% |
26% |
31% |
35% |
30% |
32% |
34% |
35% |
38% |
36% |
||
| Total dis-approve |
40% |
14% |
70% |
30% |
52% |
27% |
32% |
34% |
39% |
38% |
37% |
40% |
39% |
||
| Strongly approve |
7% |
15% |
2% |
4% |
3% |
5% |
5% |
4% |
4% |
6% |
6% |
7% |
6% |
||
| Approve |
27% |
48% |
12% |
31% |
23% |
26% |
30% |
26% |
28% |
28% |
29% |
31% |
30% |
||
| Dis- approve |
21% |
11% |
32% |
23% |
27% |
17% |
20% |
21% |
24% |
22% |
19% |
22% |
22% |
||
| Strongly dis -approve |
19% |
3% |
38% |
7% |
25% |
10% |
12% |
13% |
15% |
16% |
18% |
18% |
17% |
||
| Don’t know |
25% |
23% |
17% |
34% |
22% |
43% |
32% |
35% |
29% |
28% |
28% |
22% |
25% |
34% (down 2% since July) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 40% (up 1%) disapprove. This represents a decline in net rating from -3 to -6.
63% (down 1%) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 14% (down 2%) disapprove.
33% of men and 36% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 46% of men and 35% of women disapprove.
Better Prime Minister, Bill Shorten as Prime Minister, Tony Abbott as Prime Minister
Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/ Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
22 Oct 2013 |
14 Jan |
11 Feb |
11 Mar |
8 April |
13 May |
11 June |
8 July |
|
| Tony Abbott |
37% |
6% |
84% |
6% |
22% |
41% |
42% |
40% |
39% |
42% |
36% |
36% |
34% |
||
| Bill Shorten |
36% |
73% |
2% |
55% |
31% |
22% |
31% |
30% |
33% |
32% |
37% |
40% |
37% |
||
| Don’t know |
27% |
22% |
14% |
39% |
47% |
37% |
27% |
31% |
28% |
26% |
28% |
24% |
29% |
37% (up 3% since July) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 36% (down 1%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.
Men prefer Tony Abbott 42% to 35% and women prefer Bill Shorten 36% to 33%.
climate change, endangered species, great barrier reef, native forests, protecting the environment
Q. How important are the following environmental issues to you?
|
Total import-ant |
Total not import-ant |
|
Very import-ant |
Moder-ately import-ant |
|
Import -ant Vote Labor |
Import -ant Vote Lib/ Nat |
Import -ant Vote Greens |
Import -ant Vote Other |
|
| Protecting the Great Barrier Reef |
91% |
7% |
58% |
33% |
94% |
89% |
94% |
90% |
||
| Protecting endangered species |
87% |
11% |
49% |
38% |
91% |
83% |
89% |
87% |
||
| Cutting air and water pollution |
87% |
11% |
46% |
41% |
91% |
83% |
89% |
85% |
||
| Protecting native forests |
86% |
11% |
45% |
41% |
91% |
83% |
91% |
87% |
||
| Deforestation (for timber and paper) |
80% |
17% |
35% |
45% |
83% |
76% |
77% |
76% |
||
| Strengthen environmental protection laws |
77% |
20% |
35% |
42% |
84% |
69% |
88% |
79% |
||
| Deforestation (for palm oil products) |
74% |
22% |
37% |
37% |
78% |
67% |
82% |
75% |
||
| Population growth |
73% |
25% |
33% |
40% |
72% |
77% |
67% |
74% |
||
| Addressing climate change |
71% |
27% |
37% |
34% |
84% |
57% |
85% |
67% |
The most important environmental issues were protecting the Great Barrier Reef (91%), protecting endangered species (87%), cutting air and water pollution (87%) and protecting native forests (86%). All issues were thought to be important by over 70% of respondents.
The ranking of issues was similar across party voting groups except for –
Population growth, which was rated more important by Liberal/National voters (77%).
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the government proposal to require telecommunications companies and internet service providers to retain records of your telephone and internet activity for intelligence and criminal investigation purposes?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
| Total approve |
39% |
31% |
59% |
15% |
26% |
|
| Total disapprove |
51% |
58% |
33% |
80% |
64% |
|
| Strongly approve |
10% |
6% |
18% |
2% |
6% |
|
| Approve |
29% |
25% |
41% |
13% |
20% |
|
| Disapprove |
21% |
22% |
18% |
28% |
22% |
|
| Strongly disapprove |
30% |
36% |
15% |
52% |
42% |
|
| Don’t know |
11% |
10% |
9% |
5% |
9% |
39% approve of the government proposal to require telecommunications companies and internet service providers to retain records of your telephone and internet activity for intelligence and criminal investigation purposes and 51% disapprove.
80% of Greens voters and 58% of Labor voters disapprove while 59% of Liberal/National voters approve.
64% of respondents aged 18-34 disapprove while 54% of those aged 55+ approve.