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  • Dec, 2011

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    The Past Year – Personal

    Q. Has it been a good or bad year for each of the following?

    Total good

    (Dec 10)

    Total bad

    (Dec 10)

    Total good Total bad Very good Good Neither good nor bad Bad Very bad Don’t know
    Your personal financial situation 28% 28% 30% 32% 5% 25% 37% 22% 10% 1%
    Your workplace * 43% 21% 43% 23% 8% 35% 33% 18% 5% 2%
    You and your family overall 43% 19% 44% 20% 8% 36% 34% 15% 5% 1%

    * based on working people

    Respondents were evenly divided over whether it has been a good or bad year financially. Those most likely to say it was a good year were full-time workers (38% good/28% bad), aged under 35 (37%/28%) and incomes over $1,600pw (41%/25%).

    Respondents were more positive about their workplace (43%/23%) and overall for themselves and their family (44%/20%). Younger respondents were a little more positive about themselves and their family– those aged under 35 split 50% good/15% bad.

    On these measures 2011 was considered very similar to 2010.

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  • Dec, 2010

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    2011 Outlook – Economy and Family

    Q. Thinking about the next 12 months, do you think 2011 will be a good or bad year for each of the following?

    Total good Total poor Very good Good Neither good nor bad Bad Very bad Don’t know/Not applicable
    The Australian economy 48% 16% 5% 43% 32% 14% 2% 5%
    Your personal financial situation 39% 20% 7% 32% 38% 14% 6% 3%
    Your workplace * 47% 16% 8% 39% 33% 13% 3% 4%
    You and your family overall 51% 14% 10% 41% 30% 11% 3% 4%

    * based on working people

    Overall, respondents were optimistic that 2011 would be a good year for themselves overall (51%), the Australian economy (48%) and their workplace (47%). They tended to be a little less optimistic about their financial situation (39% good/20% bad).

    When compared with last week’s questions on perceptions of 2010, these figures suggest that respondents expect 2011 to be better than 2010.

    In particular, more respondents believed it would be a good year for their personal situation (28% 2010/39% 2011), the Australian economy (41%/48%) and themselves and their families overall (43%/51%).

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  • Dec, 2010

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    2011 Outlook – Political Parties

    Q. Do you think 2011 will be a good or bad year for each of the following political parties?

    Total good Total poor Very good Good Neither good nor bad Bad Very bad Don’t know
    The Liberal Party 35% 18% 7% 28% 34% 14% 4% 13%
    The Labor Party 19% 40% 4% 15% 29% 29% 11% 12%
    The Greens 22% 29% 4% 18% 35% 16% 13% 14%

    Respondents expect that 2011 is likely to be a good year for the Liberal Party (35% good/18% bad) and a bad year for the Labor Party (19%/40%).

    Comparing these results with last week’s questions about 2010, respondents expect the Liberal Party to have a better year  – 2010 33% good/27% bad compared to 2011 35%/18%.

    Also, although the Greens were assessed to have had a good 2010 (42% good/21% bad) expectations are not so positive for 2011 (22%/29%).

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  • Dec, 2010

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    2011 Outlook – Politicians

    Q. Do you think 2011 will be a good or bad year for each of the following politicians?

    Total good Total poor Very good Good Neither good nor bad Bad Very bad Don’t know
    Julia Gillard 28% 36% 5% 23% 23% 26% 10% 12%
    Tony Abbott 29% 27% 5% 24% 32% 20% 7% 13%
    Kevin Rudd 21% 30% 3% 18% 35% 21% 9% 14%
    Malcolm Turnbull 20% 21% 3% 17% 41% 17% 4% 18%
    Bob Brown 20% 30% 4% 16% 31% 18% 12% 19%

    There were no strong expectations one way or the other that 2011 would be good or bad for politicians.

    Overall, there were negative expectations for Julia Gillard (-8% net), Kevin Rudd (-9%) and Bob Brown (-10%) while respondents were divided over Tony Abbott (+2%) and Malcolm Turnbull (-1%).

    Comparing these results with last week’s questions, respondents expect 2011 to be worse than 2010 for Julia Gillard (net +24% in 2010 compared to

    -8% in 2011) and Bob Brown (+17% in 2010/-10% in 2011).

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