government trust, personal data, privacy
Q. How much trust do you have in the government and telecommunications companies and internet service providers to store retained personal data safely and in a way that would prevent abuse?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
| Total lot/some trust |
26% |
18% |
45% |
5% |
17% |
|
| Total little/no trust |
68% |
77% |
50% |
91% |
82% |
|
| A lot of trust |
6% |
5% |
11% |
– |
3% |
|
| Some trust |
20% |
13% |
34% |
5% |
14% |
|
| A little trust |
23% |
20% |
26% |
23% |
20% |
|
| No trust |
45% |
57% |
24% |
68% |
62% |
|
| Don’t know |
6% |
5% |
5% |
4% |
2% |
68% say they have little or no trust in the government and telecommunications companies and internet service providers to store retained personal data safely and in a way that would prevent abuse and 26% have a lot or some trust.
Those with highest levels of trust were Liberal/National voters (45%) and people aged 65+ (44%).
personal data, personal information, privacy, Terrorism
Q. Which of the following statements is closest to your view?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
| Governments having access to personal telephone and internet information is necessary to protect society from terrorist or criminal actions. |
37% |
23% |
62% |
17% |
26% |
|
| Governments are increasingly using the argument about terrorism to collect and store personal data and information, and this is a dangerous direction for society |
49% |
63% |
27% |
80% |
60% |
|
| Don’t know |
13% |
14% |
11% |
3% |
14% |
49% of respondents agreed more with the statement that “Governments are increasingly using the argument about terrorism to collect and store personal data and information, and this is a dangerous direction for society “ and 37% agreed more with “Governments having access to personal telephone and internet information is necessary to protect society from terrorist or criminal actions”.
A majority of Liberal/National voters (62%) agreed more with “Governments having access to personal telephone and internet information is necessary to protect society from terrorist or criminal actions” while all other voter groups agreed more with the alternative statement.
55% of those aged 55+ also agreed more with the first statement and a majority of all other age groups agreed more with the second.
approach to asylum seekers, asylum seeker issue, asylum seeker policy
Q. Which of the following words would you use to describe the Government’s handling of the issue of asylum seekers?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
Men |
Women |
Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 |
Aged 55+ |
|
| Responsible |
45% |
26% |
75% |
14% |
42% |
50% |
40% |
30% |
43% |
64% |
||
| Fair |
45% |
25% |
76% |
10% |
44% |
48% |
41% |
29% |
43% |
66% |
||
| Too secretive |
45% |
69% |
16% |
75% |
54% |
44% |
46% |
50% |
45% |
40% |
||
| Just playing politics |
45% |
65% |
20% |
66% |
56% |
48% |
41% |
51% |
45% |
36% |
||
| Principled |
43% |
28% |
69% |
25% |
29% |
49% |
36% |
30% |
45% |
54% |
||
| Stubborn |
42% |
57% |
24% |
72% |
44% |
43% |
41% |
47% |
39% |
42% |
||
| Balanced |
37% |
20% |
65% |
13% |
26% |
42% |
32% |
23% |
37% |
54% |
||
| Unethical |
33% |
50% |
10% |
69% |
37% |
32% |
35% |
41% |
32% |
26% |
||
| Populist |
31% |
38% |
23% |
37% |
37% |
36% |
25% |
28% |
33% |
31% |
||
| Cruel |
30% |
46% |
10% |
64% |
34% |
29% |
32% |
39% |
29% |
23% |
||
| Too hard |
29% |
44% |
10% |
61% |
32% |
27% |
31% |
36% |
28% |
23% |
||
| Too soft |
26% |
22% |
30% |
12% |
37% |
29% |
24% |
19% |
27% |
34% |
Respondents were more likely to describe the Government’s handling of the issue of asylum seekers as “responsible” and “fair” but also as “too secretive” and “just playing politics” (all 45%). 26% describe their handling of the issue as “too soft”, 29% as “too hard” and 30% as “cruel”.
Liberal/National voters were most likely to think the handling was “fair” (76%) and “responsible” (75%).
Labor voters were most likely to think the handling was “too secretive” (69%) and “just playing politics” (65%).
Greens voters were most likely to think the handling was “too secretive” (75%), “stubborn” (72%) and “unethical” (69%).
Of those aged under 35, only 23% thought the handling of the issue was “balanced” and 29% thought it was “fair”.
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 = 1,873 respondents
| First preference/leaning to |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
|
4 weeks ago 8/7/14 |
2 weeks ago 22/7/14 |
Last week 29/7/14 |
This week 5/8/14 |
| Liberal |
|
36% |
36% |
38% |
39% |
|
| National |
3% |
3% |
2% |
2% |
||
| Total Lib/Nat |
45.6% |
39% |
39% |
41% |
41% |
|
| Labor |
33.4% |
40% |
39% |
38% |
39% |
|
| Greens |
8.6% |
9% |
9% |
9% |
9% |
|
| Palmer United Party |
5.5% |
6% |
6% |
5% |
4% |
|
| Other/Independent |
6.9% |
7% |
7% |
7% |
7% |
| 2 Party Preferred |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
|
4 weeks ago 8/7/14 |
2 weeks ago 22/7/14 |
Last week 29/7/14 |
This week 5/8/14 |
| Liberal National |
53.5% |
47% |
48% |
49% |
49% |
|
| Labor |
46.5% |
53% |
52% |
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.
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the following actions Australia is taking or might take to secure and search the Malaysia Airlines crash site in Ukraine?
|
Total approve |
Total dis-approve |
|
Strongly approve |
Approve |
Dis-approve |
Strongly dis-approve |
Don’t know |
|
| Sending unarmed Australian Federal Police to secure and search the crash site |
51% |
38% |
17% |
34% |
23% |
15% |
11% |
|
| Sending armed Australian Federal Police to secure and search the crash site |
64% |
25% |
25% |
39% |
16% |
9% |
11% |
|
| Sending armed Australian Federal Police to secure and search the crash site without the agreement of the Ukraine Government |
26% |
60% |
10% |
16% |
29% |
31% |
13% |
51% approve of sending unarmed Australian Federal Police to secure and search the Malaysia Airlines crash site and 64% approve sending armed forces. However, only 26% approve sending armed forces without the agreement of the Ukraine Government – and 60% disapprove.
Liberal/National voters were more likely to approve of each action – 57% approve of unarmed forces, 71% approve armed forces and 37% approve armed forces without agreement.
There was a significant split on gender on approval of sending unarmed forces – 58% of men and 42% of women.
Q. Do you think Australia currently has good or poor relationships with the following countries?
|
Total good |
Total poor |
|
Very good |
Good |
Neither good nor poor |
Poor |
Very poor |
Don’t know |
|
| USA |
88% |
2% |
43% |
45% |
7% |
1% |
1% |
3% |
|
| New Zealand |
87% |
2% |
50% |
37% |
7% |
1% |
1% |
4% |
|
| United Kingdom |
86% |
2% |
43% |
43% |
8% |
1% |
1% |
4% |
|
| Japan |
68% |
5% |
18% |
50% |
18% |
4% |
1% |
8% |
|
| China |
65% |
7% |
10% |
55% |
22% |
6% |
1% |
6% |
|
| India |
48% |
9% |
6% |
42% |
34% |
8% |
1% |
10% |
|
| Indonesia |
31% |
30% |
4% |
27% |
33% |
25% |
5% |
6% |
|
| Russia |
10% |
48% |
1% |
9% |
32% |
33% |
15% |
10% |
More than eight in ten think that Australia has good relationships with USA, New Zealand and United Kingdom. About two thirds think relationships with China and Japan are good.
There were mixed opinions on the relationship with Indonesia (31% good/30% poor) and only 10% thought our relationship with Russia is “good”.
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the Government’s proposal to require people receiving unemployment benefits to apply for 40 jobs a month?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
| Total approve |
44% |
31% |
63% |
33% |
38% |
|
| Total disapprove |
48% |
63% |
30% |
63% |
57% |
|
| Strongly approve |
21% |
13% |
32% |
13% |
21% |
|
| Approve |
23% |
18% |
31% |
20% |
17% |
|
| Disapprove |
25% |
27% |
21% |
23% |
31% |
|
| Strongly disapprove |
23% |
36% |
9% |
40% |
26% |
|
| Don’t know |
7% |
6% |
7% |
4% |
4% |
44% approve of the Government’s proposal to require people receiving unemployment benefits to apply for 40 jobs a month and 48% disapprove.
Those most likely to approve were aged under 35 (52%), Liberal/National voters (63%) and full-time workers (49%).
Those most likely to disapprove were aged 45-64 (57%), Labor voters (63%) and incomes under $1,000pw (58%).
community service, government policy, unemployment benefits
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the Government’s proposal to require people receiving unemployment benefits to carry out up to 25 hours a week of community service?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
| Total approve |
68% |
53% |
85% |
53% |
67% |
|
| Total disapprove |
25% |
40% |
8% |
38% |
27% |
|
| Strongly approve |
31% |
22% |
44% |
21% |
24% |
|
| Approve |
37% |
31% |
41% |
32% |
43% |
|
| Disapprove |
14% |
20% |
7% |
17% |
18% |
|
| Strongly disapprove |
11% |
20% |
1% |
21% |
9% |
|
| Don’t know |
8% |
8% |
6% |
8% |
6% |
68% approve of the Government’s proposal to require people receiving unemployment benefits to carry out up to 25 hours a week of community service and 25% disapprove
Those most likely to approve were aged 55+ (81%) and Liberal/National voters (85%).
Those most likely to disapprove were aged under 25 (35%), Labor voters (40%) and incomes under $600pw (39%).