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 |
10 Dec |
14 |
11 Feb |
11 Mar |
8 April |
13 May |
|
| Total approve |
38% |
65% |
20% |
49% |
13% |
31% |
39% |
35% |
30% |
32% |
34% |
35% |
|
| Total disapprove |
40% |
16% |
64% |
30% |
65% |
27% |
31% |
32% |
34% |
39% |
38% |
37% |
|
| Strongly approve |
7% |
15% |
3% |
2% |
– |
5% |
7% |
5% |
4% |
4% |
6% |
6% |
|
| Approve |
31% |
50% |
17% |
47% |
13% |
26% |
32% |
30% |
26% |
28% |
28% |
29% |
|
| Disapprove |
22% |
13% |
29% |
26% |
35% |
17% |
19% |
20% |
21% |
24% |
22% |
19% |
|
| Strongly disapprove |
18% |
3% |
35% |
4% |
30% |
10% |
12% |
12% |
13% |
15% |
16% |
18% |
|
| Don’t know |
22% |
20% |
16% |
21% |
22% |
43% |
31% |
32% |
35% |
29% |
28% |
28% |
38% (up 3% since May) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 40% (up 3%) disapprove.
65% (up 2%) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 16% (up 5%) disapprove. Greens voters were split with 49% approving and 30% disapproving.
41% of men and 35% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 43% of men and 37% of women disapprove.
Better Prime Minister, Bill Shorten, tony abbott
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 |
10 Dec |
14 Jan 2014 |
11 Feb |
11 Mar |
8 April |
13 May |
|
| Tony Abbott |
36% |
7% |
81% |
6% |
31% |
41% |
43% |
42% |
40% |
39% |
42% |
36% |
|
| Bill Shorten |
40% |
75% |
6% |
72% |
28% |
22% |
33% |
31% |
30% |
33% |
32% |
37% |
|
| Don’t know |
24% |
18% |
14% |
22% |
41% |
37% |
24% |
27% |
31% |
28% |
26% |
28% |
40% (up 3% since May) of respondents think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister and 36% (no change) think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister.
Men prefer Bill Shorten 39% to 37% and women prefer Bill Shorten 42% to 34%.
Q. Do you think Australian society is more or less equal and fair than 20 years ago?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
| Total more fair/equal |
28% |
23% |
38% |
14% |
22% |
|
| Total less fair/equal |
43% |
51% |
27% |
70% |
59% |
|
| A lot more equal and fair |
7% |
6% |
10% |
3% |
2% |
|
| A little more equal and fair |
21% |
17% |
28% |
11% |
20% |
|
| About the same |
23% |
18% |
31% |
14% |
14% |
|
| A little less equal and fair |
21% |
23% |
19% |
35% |
23% |
|
| A lot less equal and fair |
22% |
28% |
8% |
35% |
36% |
|
| Don’t know |
7% |
6% |
4% |
1% |
5% |
28% think that Australian society is more equal and fair than 20 years ago and 43% think it is less equal and fair. 23% think it is about the same.
Greens voters (70%), other party voters (59%) and Labor voters (51%) are more likely to think it is less equal/fair. 38% of Liberal/National voters think it is more equal/fair and 31% think it is about the same.
Younger respondents are split over whether Australia is more equal/fair (for age 18-34 – 35% more/32% less) while older respondents are more likely to think it is less equal/fair (for age 55+ – 22% more/53% less).
Q. How important is equality/fairness to Australian society?
|
Equality |
|
Fairness |
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|
Total
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
||||
| Very important |
51% |
62% |
42% |
63% |
41% |
62% |
72% |
44% |
77% |
77% |
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| Somewhat important |
38% |
32% |
47% |
21% |
49% |
30% |
20% |
47% |
14% |
21% |
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| Not very important |
6% |
3% |
8% |
12% |
6% |
4% |
4% |
6% |
4% |
1% |
|||
| Not at all important |
1% |
1% |
1% |
5% |
2% |
2% |
2% |
3% |
4% |
1% |
|||
| Don’t know |
3% |
3% |
1% |
– |
2% |
2% |
2% |
– |
– |
– |
|||
Note: Half the sample was asked about “equality” and half asked about “fairness”.
51% of respondents think equality is very important compared to 62% who say fairness is very important.
While Liberal/National voters gave very similar answers to both equality and fairness, Labor voters, Greens voters and other voters think fairness is more important.
affordable health care, cutting company tax, equality in Australia, inheritance tax, minimum wage, public schools, social welfare system
Q. Which areas of government policy are most important to fostering equality in Australia? (select 2)
|
Total |
|
First |
Second |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
| Access to affordable health care |
60% |
32% |
28% |
69% |
53% |
54% |
60% |
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| A minimum wage that covers the basics of life |
45% |
22% |
23% |
44% |
49% |
53% |
46% |
||
| Well resourced public schools |
28% |
12% |
16% |
26% |
30% |
34% |
35% |
||
| A strong social welfare system |
24% |
12% |
12% |
37% |
13% |
33% |
19% |
||
| Policies that ensure strong economic growth like cutting company tax |
20% |
11% |
9% |
8% |
38% |
4% |
17% |
||
| Taxes that redistribute wealth across generations e.g. inheritance tax |
8% |
4% |
4% |
10% |
6% |
10% |
11% |
||
| Don’t know |
7% |
7% |
7% |
5% |
7% |
3% |
7% |
The most important areas of Government policy in fostering equality in Australia were access to affordable health care (60%) and a minimum wage that covers the basics of life (45%).
Labor voters were more likely to nominate a strong social welfare system (37%) while Liberal/National voters were more likely to favour policies that ensure strong economic growth like cutting company tax (38%).
Q. Do you think the standard of living for the next generation will be better or worse than today?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
| Total better |
21% |
15% |
34% |
7% |
15% |
|
| Total worse |
48% |
57% |
26% |
73% |
62% |
|
| A lot better |
4% |
3% |
7% |
– |
1% |
|
| A little better |
17% |
12% |
27% |
7% |
14% |
|
| Much the same |
27% |
24% |
37% |
16% |
19% |
|
| A little worse |
13% |
14% |
8% |
28% |
11% |
|
| A lot worse |
35% |
43% |
18% |
45% |
51% |
|
| Don’t know |
4% |
4% |
2% |
3% |
3% |
21% think that the standard of living of the next generation will be better, 48% think it will be worse and 27% much the same.
Liberal/National voters were much more optimistic that other voters – 34% think it will be better and 26% worse. A majority of all other voters think it will be worse.
Younger respondents were more optimistic (for age 18-34 – 29% better/34% worse) than older respondents (for age 55+ – 18% better/65% worse).
afghanistan, civillians, United States, US drone strikes, Yemen
Q. The United States has a policy of targeting terrorists with remote controlled drone strikes in countries such as Afghanistan and Yemen. These attacks also sometimes kill and injure nearby civilians. Do you approve or disapprove of this policy?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
| Total approve |
35% |
30% |
48% |
19% |
33% |
|
| Total disapprove |
45% |
50% |
33% |
63% |
51% |
|
| Strongly approve |
11% |
7% |
16% |
4% |
15% |
|
| Approve |
24% |
23% |
32% |
15% |
18% |
|
| Disapprove |
28% |
32% |
25% |
24% |
26% |
|
| Strongly disapprove |
17% |
18% |
8% |
39% |
25% |
|
| Don’t know |
21% |
19% |
19% |
18% |
16% |
35% approve of the US policy of targeting terrorists with remote controlled drone strikes and 45% disapprove.
A majority of Labor voters (50%), Greens voters (63%) and other voters (51%) disapprove while Liberal/National voters were more likely to approve (48% approve/33% disapprove).
Men were more likely to approve (47% approve/39% disapprove) while women were more likely to disapprove (23% approve/51% disapprove).
Q. Recently, two male Australian citizens were killed in a drone strike in Yemen that targeted alleged terrorists. The government has said it doesn’t have a view about how they were killed. How concerned are you about the potential for Australians to be killed or injured in drone strikes?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
| Total concerned |
58% |
67% |
51% |
60% |
59% |
|
| Very concerned |
22% |
29% |
15% |
33% |
18% |
|
| Somewhat concerned |
36% |
38% |
36% |
27% |
41% |
|
| Not very concerned |
21% |
20% |
24% |
18% |
18% |
|
| Not at all concerned |
12% |
5% |
17% |
19% |
19% |
|
| Don’t know |
9% |
8% |
8% |
2% |
4% |
58% said they were very or somewhat concerned about the potential for Australians to be killed or injured in drone strikes while 33% said they were not very or not at all concerned.
A majority of all voter groups said they were concerned.
55% of men and 63% of women were very/somewhat concerned. There were no substantial differences by age.