21 January 2013, 210113, unemployment benefits, welfare benefits
Q. Do you think unemployment benefits are …
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Income less than $31,200 |
Income $31,200 |
Income $52,000 |
Income $83,200 |
|
| Too generous |
25% |
18% |
32% |
21% |
13% |
18% |
24% |
35% |
| About right |
30% |
30% |
34% |
26% |
30% |
31% |
31% |
32% |
| Not high enough |
33% |
43% |
24% |
41% |
51% |
43% |
32% |
22% |
| Don’t know |
11% |
9% |
10% |
12% |
6% |
9% |
12% |
11% |
33% think that unemployment benefits are not high enough, 30% think they are about right and 25% think they are too generous.
Those most likely to think unemployment benefits were not high enough were Labor voters (43%), Greens voters (41%), those on lower incomes (51% of those earning less than $600pw and 43% of those earning $600-1,000pw), not working (40%) and respondents aged 45-64 (47%).
Those most likely to think unemployment benefits were too generous were Liberal/National voters (32%), aged under 45 (31%), in full-time employment (33%) and income over $1,600pw (35%).
21 January 2013, 210113, Australia's welfare system, culture of dependancy, welfare benefits
Q. Which of the following statements is closest to your view?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Income less than $31,200 |
Income $31,200 |
Income $52,000 |
Income $83,200 |
|
| Australia’s current welfare system has created a culture of dependency, whereby many people, and often whole families, get used to living off Government benefits; the system needs to be radically changed to get such people to take more responsibility for their lives and their families. |
53% |
42% |
67% |
32% |
40% |
44% |
47% |
69% |
| Most people who rely on welfare benefits are victims of circumstances beyond their control. The benefits they receive are far from generous, and are the least a civilised society should provide in order to help them and their families avoid living in poverty. |
30% |
45% |
20% |
44% |
42% |
41% |
36% |
19% |
| Neither |
10% |
6% |
8% |
18% |
11% |
10% |
9% |
7% |
| Don’t know |
7% |
7% |
6% |
6% |
7% |
5% |
8% |
5% |
53% agreed that Australia’s current welfare system has created a culture of dependency . . . . and 30% agreed that most people who rely on welfare benefits are victims of circumstances . . . .
Those most likely to agree with the first statement were Liberal/National voters (67%), respondents on incomes over $1,600pw (69%) and full-time workers (61%).
Those most likely to agree with the second statement were Labor voters (45%), Greens voters (44%), not working (37%) and incomes under $1,000pw (42%).
21 January 2013, 210113, agriculture, banking, construction, manufacturing, media, mining, power companies, public interest, Retail, telecommunications, tourism
Q. How much trust do you have in the following industries to act in the public interest
|
Total a lot/some trust |
A lot of trust |
Some trust |
Not much trust |
No trust at all |
Don’t know |
|
| Agriculture |
72% |
20% |
52% |
18% |
4% |
5% |
| Tourism |
68% |
12% |
56% |
22% |
6% |
5% |
| Manufacturing |
56% |
8% |
48% |
30% |
8% |
7% |
| Construction and development |
48% |
5% |
43% |
33% |
12% |
6% |
| Retail |
47% |
3% |
44% |
38% |
12% |
3% |
| Telecommunications |
37% |
3% |
34% |
41% |
18% |
3% |
| Banking |
33% |
5% |
28% |
36% |
29% |
3% |
| Mining |
32% |
3% |
29% |
35% |
25% |
8% |
| Media |
30% |
2% |
28% |
40% |
27% |
2% |
| Power companies |
18% |
1% |
17% |
37% |
41% |
4% |
The industries most trusted to act in the public interest were agriculture (72% some/a lot of trust), tourism (68%) and manufacturing (56%).
The industries least trusted to act in the public interest were power companies (18%), the media (30%), mining (32%) and banking (33%).
The only industry on which there were major differences was mining where 43% of Liberal/National voters had a lot/some trust compared to only 25% of Labor voters and 17% of Greens voters.
21 January 2013, 210113, job satisfaction
Q. Overall, how satisfied are you with your current job?
|
Total |
Men |
Women |
Aged 18 |
Aged 35 |
Aged 45 |
Income less than $31,200 |
Income $31,200 |
Income $52,000 |
Income $83,200 |
|
| Total satisfied |
71% |
67% |
77% |
71% |
75% |
70% |
73% |
58% |
74% |
74% |
| Total dissatisfied |
13% |
14% |
12% |
13% |
13% |
13% |
8% |
16% |
15% |
13% |
| Very satisfied |
30% |
26% |
36% |
30% |
31% |
31% |
21% |
26% |
30% |
32% |
| Somewhat satisfied |
41% |
41% |
41% |
41% |
44% |
39% |
52% |
32% |
44% |
42% |
| Neither satisfied nor dissatisfied |
15% |
19% |
10% |
15% |
12% |
17% |
19% |
25% |
12% |
13% |
| Somewhat dissatisfied |
9% |
9% |
9% |
11% |
8% |
8% |
8% |
10% |
9% |
9% |
| Very dissatisfied |
4% |
5% |
3% |
2% |
5% |
5% |
– |
6% |
6% |
4% |
| Don’t know |
1% |
1% |
* |
* |
1% |
1% |
– |
– |
– |
* |
71% of working people say they are satisfied with their current job while 13% are dissatisfied.
There were few major differences across demographic groups – women (77%) tended to be more satisfied than men (67%) and those on incomes of $600-$1,000pw were least likely to be satisfied (58%).
21 January 2013, 210113, career satisfaction, job choices, job satisfaction
Q. If you had a choice, would you prefer to be –
|
Total |
Men |
Women |
Aged 18 |
Aged 35 |
Aged 45 |
Income less than $31,200 |
Income $31,200 |
Income $52,000 |
Income $83,200 |
|
| Working in a different occupation |
30% |
35% |
24% |
35% |
25% |
28% |
22% |
36% |
36% |
30% |
| Working in the same occupation but with a different employer |
18% |
18% |
18% |
19% |
18% |
17% |
33% |
9% |
19% |
18% |
| Working in my current occupation with my current employer |
40% |
33% |
48% |
35% |
43% |
43% |
37% |
44% |
31% |
44% |
| Don’t know |
12% |
14% |
9% |
11% |
14% |
12% |
7% |
12% |
14% |
8% |
40% agreed that if they had a choice they would prefer to be working in their current occupation with their current employer.
30% would prefer to be in a different occupation and 18% would prefer a different employer.
Those most likely to prefer a different occupation were men (35%), aged 18-34 (35%) and those on incomes of $600-$1,600pw (36%).
33% of those earning under $600pw would prefer to be working in the same occupation with a different employer.
21 January 2013, 210113, employees, employment, religious beliefs, Religious organisations
Q. Should religious organisations be allowed to refuse to hire people who don’t live according to the organisations’ beliefs?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Men |
Women |
Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 |
Aged 55+ |
|
| Yes |
34% |
26% |
42% |
22% |
34% |
33% |
35% |
31% |
37% |
| No |
52% |
58% |
48% |
63% |
54% |
51% |
54% |
50% |
54% |
| Don’t know |
14% |
16% |
10% |
15% |
12% |
15% |
11% |
19% |
9% |
34% think that religious organisations should be allowed to refuse to hire people who don’t live according to the organisations’ beliefs and 52% think they should not.
Those most likely to think they should not were Labor voters (58%), Greens voters (63%) and respondents on lower incomes (57% of those earning less than $1,000pw).
14 January 2013, 140113, 2PP, Labor, Labor Party, Liberal, Liberal Party, two party preferred, 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 = 1,878 respondents
| First preference/leaning to |
Election 21 Aug 10 |
4 weeks ago 17/12/12 |
This week 14/01/13 |
| Liberal |
|
45% |
44% |
| National |
|
3% |
4% |
| Total Lib/Nat |
43.6% |
48% |
48% |
| Labor |
38.0% |
36% |
36% |
| Greens |
11.8% |
8% |
8% |
| Other/Independent |
6.6% |
8% |
8% |
| 2PP |
Election 21 Aug 10 |
4 weeks ago |
This week |
| Total Lib/Nat |
49.9% |
55% |
54% |
| Labor |
50.1% |
45% |
46% |
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. These estimates have a confidence interval of approx. plus or minus 2-3%.
14 January 2013, 140113, Approval of Julia Gillard, Prime Minister
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister?
|
|
19 Jul 2010 |
20 Dec |
14 Mar 2011 |
14 June |
12 Sept |
12 Dec |
12 Mar 2012 |
12 Jun |
10 Sept |
10 Dec |
14 Jan 2013 |
| Total approve |
52% |
43% |
41% |
34% |
28% |
34% |
32% |
32% |
35% |
37% |
41% |
| Total disapprove |
30% |
40% |
46% |
54% |
64% |
54% |
61% |
56% |
54% |
53% |
49% |
| Strongly approve |
11% |
10% |
7% |
6% |
5% |
6% |
8% |
6% |
7% |
10% |
9% |
| Approve |
41% |
33% |
34% |
28% |
23% |
28% |
24% |
26% |
28% |
27% |
32% |
| Disapprove |
17% |
24% |
22% |
29% |
28% |
25% |
29% |
22% |
27% |
25% |
23% |
| Strongly disapprove |
13% |
16% |
24% |
25% |
36% |
29% |
32% |
34% |
27% |
28% |
26% |
| Don’t know |
18% |
17% |
13% |
13% |
8% |
11% |
7% |
12% |
11% |
11% |
10% |
41% (up 4%) approve of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister and 49% (down 4%) disapprove – an 8-point change in net rating from -16 to -8.
87% of Labor voters approve (up 5%) and 7% disapprove (down 6%).
By gender – men 40% approve/53% disapprove, women 42% approve/45% disapprove. In net terms this represents an improvement with men from -21 to -13 and with women from -10 to -3.