Q. Australia is one of the few countries in the world where voting is compulsory at state and federal elections.
Do you support or oppose compulsory voting in Australia?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Total support |
71% |
79% |
74% |
71% |
|
| Total oppose |
25% |
19% |
24% |
26% |
|
| Strongly support |
38% |
47% |
40% |
30% |
|
| Support |
33% |
32% |
34% |
41% |
|
| Oppose |
15% |
13% |
17% |
15% |
|
| Strongly oppose |
10% |
|
6% |
7% |
11% |
| Don’t know |
4% |
|
2% |
2% |
3% |
71% support compulsory voting and 25% oppose.
There was strong majority support from all demographic groups – especially over 65’s (94%), Labor voters (79%) and those with university educations (78%).
balance of power, palmer united party, Senate
Q. Clive Palmer’s Palmer United Party now has the balance of power in the Senate.
With this in mind, do you think the election of micro parties in the Senate – such as Palmer United Party, Family First, Liberal Democrats, Motor Enthusiasts Party, Australian Sports Party – is good or bad for democracy?
|
Total
|
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Good for democracy |
36% |
41% |
28% |
35% |
|
| Bad for democracy |
26% |
23% |
38% |
19% |
|
| Makes no difference |
17% |
18% |
18% |
19% |
|
| Don’t know |
20% |
19% |
16% |
27% |
36% think that the election of micro parties to the Senate is good for democracy and 26% think it is bad. 17% think it makes no difference. Labor voters are more likely to think it is good (41%) while Liberal/National voters are more likely to think it is bad (38%).
44% of high income earners ($1,600+ pw) think it is good as do 45% of Queenslanders.
22 October 2013, 221013, gay marriage, marriage equality, same sex marriage
Q. Do you think people of the same sex should or should not be allowed to marry?
|
Total 22 Oct 13 |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
15 Nov 10 |
14 Mar 11 |
4 Jul 11 |
13 Aug 12 |
24 Sep 12 |
22 Apr 13 |
6 May 13 |
|
| Should be allowed to marry |
57% |
65% |
41% |
80% |
|
53% |
49% |
54% |
54% |
55% |
54% |
58% |
|
| Should not be allowed to marry |
31% |
23% |
45% |
10% |
|
36% |
40% |
35% |
33% |
36% |
33% |
32% |
|
| Don’t know |
12% |
11% |
14% |
11% |
|
11% |
10% |
11% |
13% |
9% |
13% |
10% |
57% agree that people of the same sex should be allowed to marry and 31% think they should not. These results are very similar to the last time this issue was measured in May. However, over the last 3 years support for same sex marriage has increased a little and opposition declined.
Support for same sex marriage is 49% among men but 65% among women. 66% of under 35’s and 62% of those with university education support same sex marriage.
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 = 1,887 respondents
| First preference/leaning to |
Election 7 Sep 13 (current figures) |
|
4 weeks ago 19/09/13 |
2 weeks ago 01/10/13 |
Last week 8/10/13 |
This week 15/10/13 |
| Liberal |
|
42% |
41% |
40% |
41% |
|
| National |
2% |
3% |
3% |
2% |
||
| Total Lib/Nat |
45.5% |
44% |
44% |
43% |
43% |
|
| Labor |
33.4% |
37% |
35% |
35% |
35% |
|
| Greens |
8.7% |
9% |
9% |
9% |
10% |
|
| Other/Independent |
12.4% |
10% |
12% |
12% |
12% |
| 2 Party Preferred |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
|
4 weeks ago xx |
2 weeks ago xx |
Last week 8/10/13 |
This week 15/10/13 |
| Liberal National |
53.4% |
51% |
53% |
52% |
52% |
|
| Labor |
46.6% |
49% |
47% |
48% |
48% |
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 2010 election.
15 October 2013, 151013, MP pay
Q. A federal Member of Parliament who has no ministerial responsibility is paid about $195,000 per annum.
Do you think this is:
|
% |
|
Lib/Nat voters voters |
Labor voters |
Green voters |
|
| Too high |
71% |
66% |
75% |
65% |
|
| About right |
27% |
31% |
23% |
35% |
|
| Too low |
2% |
3% |
2% |
– |
71% of people believe that the pay of federal MP’s who have no ministerial responsibilities is too high. 27% think it is about right, and 2% think it is too low.
Labor voters (75%) were more likely than Lib/Nat (66%) and Green (65%) voters to think it was too high.
Females (76%) were more likely than males (65%) to think it was too high.
Q. Which political expenses should taxpayers reimburse politicians for:
|
Yes |
No |
Don’t Know |
|
Lib/Nat voters ‘Yes’ |
Labor voters ‘Yes’ |
Green voters ‘Yes’ |
|
| Overseas study trips (a limited number per year) |
36% |
49% |
15% |
41% |
33% |
34% |
|
| Travel for events directly related to their electoral or parliamentary work (unlimited if work related) |
70% |
21% |
9% |
72% |
67% |
80% |
|
| Printing of materials to inform their electorate |
53% |
36% |
11% |
59% |
51% |
60% |
|
| Publications allowance (for books and magazines) |
31% |
55% |
14% |
35% |
30% |
45% |
|
| Travel for politicians families to visit them in Canberra |
18% |
71% |
11% |
23% |
17% |
16% |
|
| Travel for politicians spouses to accompany them on overseas trips |
15% |
74% |
11% |
21% |
13% |
6% |
|
| Free use of a taxpayer funded car |
29% |
57% |
14% |
34% |
26% |
35% |
|
| A $240 per night allowance for nights spent in Canberra, regardless of where the MP stays |
19% |
68% |
13% |
21% |
17% |
18% |
|
| A $32,000 electorate allowance that covers the cost of serving the electorate, which MP’s can keep if it is not spent |
16% |
70% |
14% |
21% |
14% |
15% |
|
| Social events for networking purposes |
19% |
64% |
16% |
27% |
15% |
7% |
The majority of people think that the following political expenses should not be reimbursed to politicians; ‘travel for politicians spouses to accompany them on overseas trips’ (74%), ‘travel for politicians families to visit them in Canberra’ (71%), ‘a $32,000 electorate allowance, which MP’s can keep if not spent’ (70%), ‘A $240 per night allowance for nights spent in Canberra, regardless of where MP’s stay’ (68%), ‘social events for networking purposes’ (64%), ‘free use of taxpayer funded car’ (57%), ‘publications allowance’ (55%).
Q. Attorney-General George Brandis has had to repay taxpayer reimbursements he had claimed for attending the wedding of a radio announcer.
As the Attorney-General, George Brandis is responsible for a review of all politician entitlements.
The Opposition is arguing that given his own actions, he is not fit to undertake that inquiry.
|
% |
|
Lib/Nat voters voters |
Labor voters |
Green voters |
|
| Attorney-General Brandis has re-paid the incorrect claim, and should be able to undertake the inquiry into politician entitlements |
26% |
41% |
16% |
8% |
|
| Attorney-General Brandis is not fit to undertake the inquiry into politician entitlements |
48% |
33% |
61% |
69% |
|
| Don’t know |
27% |
26% |
24% |
23% |
Almost half (48%) of people think that Attorney-General George Brandis is not fit to undertake the inquiry into politician entitlements.
Just 26% think that as he has re-paid his incorrect claim, he should be able to undertake the inquiry.
27% don’t know.
Although Lib/Nat voters (41%) were more likely to think he should be able to undertake the inquiry (compared to just 16% of Labor voters and 8% of Greens voters), 33% still thought he is not fit to undertake the inquiry.
Q. For each of the following Australian industries and organisations, please indicate how affected by corruption you think they are:
|
Extremely corrupt |
Some corruption |
Not at all corrupt |
Don’t know |
|
| Building and construction |
25% |
54% |
4% |
17% |
| Finance sector (banks and insurance) |
18% |
52% |
13% |
18% |
| Mining |
20% |
50% |
9% |
20% |
| Agriculture |
7% |
36% |
30% |
27% |
| Health |
11% |
43% |
25% |
20% |
| Science and technology |
5% |
35% |
35% |
25% |
| Media |
34% |
43% |
7% |
16% |
| Education |
8% |
40% |
30% |
23% |
| Law enforcement (police) |
18% |
58% |
9% |
14% |
| Government |
32% |
51% |
4% |
14% |
From the industries and organisations listed, those that were most likely to be considered ‘extremely corrupt’ were the ‘Media’ (34%) and ‘Government’ (32%).
The industries that were most likely to be considered ‘not at all corrupt’ were ‘Science and technology’ (35%), ‘agriculture’ (30%), ‘education’ (30%) and ‘health’ (25%).
At least 40% of people considered each of the industries to be ‘extremely corrupt’, or have at least ‘some corruption’.