12 November 2012, 121112, Aged Care, Gonski, Murray river, National Disability Insurance Scheme, ndis, water for the Murray
Q. The Federal Government are proposing to implement a number of reforms , which will require funding of billions of dollars. Which of the following reforms do you think is most important?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| National disability insurance scheme |
16% |
20% |
16% |
10% |
| Extra school funding recommended by the Gonski Review |
31% |
35% |
28% |
41% |
| Increased resources for aged care |
29% |
25% |
37% |
20% |
| Returning water to the Murray River |
12% |
12% |
9% |
18% |
| Don’t know |
12% |
8% |
10% |
9% |
31% think that the Government’s most important proposed reform is extra school funding as recommended by the Gonski Review and 29% favour increased resources for aged care.
Extra school, funding is supported more by Labor voters, (35%), Greens voters (41%) and those aged under 45 (40%).
Increased resources for aged care is favoured by Liberal/National voters (37%) and those aged 45+ (42%).
12 November 2012, 121112, family tax benefit, family trust tax, private health rebate, reduce baby bonus
Q. If the Government decided to reduce spending in other areas to pay for these reforms, which of the following options would you favour?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Reduce the Baby Bonus to $2000 or eliminate it for people earning over $75,000 |
53% |
52% |
56% |
55% |
| Eliminate Family Tax Benefit A for families earning over $75,000 |
13% |
15% |
12% |
12% |
| Increase taxation of family trusts |
13% |
16% |
12% |
14% |
| Remove the private health insurance rebate altogether |
4% |
4% |
4% |
6% |
| None of them |
11% |
7% |
14% |
1% |
| Don’t know |
6% |
6% |
2% |
11% |
53% favour reducing the Baby Bonus to $2000 or eliminating it for people earning over $75,000 if the Government decided to reduce spending to pay for reforms. More than half of all voter groups support this measure. It is favoured by 57% of women and 49% of men.
43% of those aged under 35 support it compared to 62% of those aged 45+.
Only 4% favour removing the private health insurance rebate altogether.
12 November 2012, 121112, extend GST, high income earners, increase GST, increase taxes
Q. If the Government decided to increase its revenue to pay for these reforms, which of the following options would you favour?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Increase income taxes for those on high incomes |
46% |
53% |
40% |
51% |
| Increase the GST rate to 11 or 12% |
10% |
11% |
12% |
14% |
| Extend the GST to goods and services like food and health which are currently exempt |
5% |
4% |
6% |
8% |
| Increase income taxes overall |
5% |
6% |
5% |
5% |
| None of them |
27% |
20% |
32% |
14% |
| Don’t know |
7% |
6% |
4% |
7% |
46% favour increasing income taxes for those on high incomes if the Government decided to increase its revenue to pay for reforms.
Increasing the GST rate (10%) has greater support than extending the GST to food and health (5%).
Increasing income taxes for those on high incomes is favoured by 53% of those earning less than $1,600 pw compared to 35% of those earning over $1,600 pw.
07 November 2012, 071112, 2PP, ALP, 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 = 1,863 respondents
| First preference/leaning to |
Election 21 Aug 10 |
4 weeks ago 8/10/12 |
2 weeks ago 22/10/12 |
Last week 29/10/12 |
This week 7/11/12 |
| Liberal |
|
44% |
44% |
44% |
43% |
| National |
|
3% |
3% |
4% |
3% |
| Total Lib/Nat |
43.6% |
47% |
47% |
48% |
46% |
| Labor |
38.0% |
37% |
36% |
36% |
37% |
| Greens |
11.8% |
9% |
9% |
9% |
9% |
| Other/Independent |
6.6% |
7% |
7% |
7% |
8% |
| 2PP |
Election 21 Aug 10 |
4 weeks ago |
2 weeks ago |
Last week |
This week |
| Total Lib/Nat |
49.9% |
53% |
53% |
54% |
53% |
| Labor |
50.1% |
47% |
47% |
46% |
47% |
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%.
07 November 2012, 071112, Christine Milne, Greens party, Leader of the Greens
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Christine Milne is doing as leader of the Greens?
|
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
| Total approve |
20% |
28% |
10% |
71% |
| Total disapprove |
33% |
24% |
49% |
5% |
| Strongly approve |
2% |
3% |
1% |
8% |
| Approve |
18% |
25% |
9% |
63% |
| Disapprove |
18% |
18% |
22% |
5% |
| Strongly disapprove |
15% |
6% |
27% |
– |
| Don’t know |
47% |
48% |
42% |
24% |
20% approve of the job Christine Milne is doing as leader of the Greens and 33% disapprove – nearly half could not give an opinion.
Among Greens voters 71% approve and 5% disapprove. 27% of respondents aged under 35 approve compared to 17% of those aged 55+.
07 November 2012, 071112, Federal Parliament, Performance of Greens
Q. Do you think the performance of the Greens in Federal Parliament has been good or poor?
|
16 Jul 12 |
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Total good |
17% |
16% |
22% |
6% |
65% |
| Total poor |
47% |
40% |
27% |
61% |
5% |
| Very good |
3% |
3% |
3% |
* |
20% |
| Good |
14% |
13% |
19% |
6% |
45% |
| Neither good nor poor |
27% |
25% |
32% |
20% |
23% |
| Poor |
19% |
18% |
17% |
24% |
5% |
| Very poor |
28% |
22% |
10% |
37% |
– |
| Don’t know |
10% |
19% |
20% |
12% |
6% |
16% think the performance of The Greens in Federal Parliament has been good or very good and 40% think it has been poor or very poor. This is a drop of 7% in the percentage thinking the Greens have been poor since July when this question was last asked. Those who don’t know have increased from 10% to 19%.
Labor voters tend to think The Greens’ performance has been poor/very poor (27%) or neither good nor poor (32%) – and only 22% think it has been good/very good. 61% of Liberal/National voters think it has been poor/very poor and 65% of Greens voters think it has been good/very good.
Among respondents aged under 35, 24% think The Greens’ performance has been good/very good and 24% think it has been poor/very poor.
07 November 2012, 071112, extreme, Greens Policies, representative of voters
Q. Do you think that The Greens’ policies are too extreme or do they represent the views of many voters?
|
16 Jul 12 |
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Too extreme |
53% |
47% |
38% |
69% |
7% |
| Represent the views of many voters |
26% |
25% |
33% |
12% |
81% |
| Don’t know |
21% |
28% |
29% |
20% |
12% |
47% think The Greens’ policies are too extreme and 25% think they represent the views of many voters. Since this question was last asked in July, the percentage thinking they are extreme has dropped 6% while “don’t know” has increased from 21% to 28%.
Those most likely to think The Greens’ policies are too extreme were men (55%), aged 55+ (66%) and Liberal/National voters (69%).
30% of respondents aged under 35 think they represent the views of many voters and 33% think they are too extreme.
07 November 2012, 071112, Asian countries, Australian relationships, economic future
Q. The Government recently released a report about the Asian Century and the opportunities for Australia as part of the region. Do you agree or disagree that Australia’s economic future depends on our engagement and relationships with Asian countries?
|
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
| Total agree |
65% |
73% |
66% |
74% |
| Total disagree |
16% |
12% |
20% |
16% |
| Strongly agree |
16% |
25% |
11% |
24% |
| Agree |
49% |
48% |
55% |
50% |
| Disagree |
10% |
9% |
12% |
11% |
| Strongly disagree |
6% |
3% |
8% |
5% |
| Don’t know |
18% |
15% |
14% |
10% |
65% agree that Australia’s economic future depends on our engagement and relationships with Asian countries and 16% disagree. At least two thirds of each voter group agreed.
There was similar agreement across all age groups. Highest disagreement was shown by those aged 55+ (22%) and Liberal/National voters (20%).