01 July 2013, 010713, Better off under Labor or Liberal government, disabilities, low incomes, Single parents, unemployed people
Q. Do you think the following groups of people would be better off under a Labor Government or a Liberal Government?
|
Better off under a Labor Government |
Better off under a Liberal Government |
Makes |
Don’t know |
|
Difference |
Difference |
|
| People with disabilities |
41% |
20% |
23% |
16% |
+21 |
+20 |
|
| People and families on low incomes |
42% |
21% |
21% |
16% |
+21 |
+27 |
|
| Single parents |
35% |
20% |
25% |
20% |
+15 |
+23 |
|
| Unemployed people |
35% |
21% |
27% |
18% |
+14 |
+27 |
|
| Families with children at public school |
36% |
22% |
23% |
19% |
+14 |
+19 |
|
| Recent immigrants to Australia |
31% |
18% |
28% |
24% |
+13 |
+18 |
|
| Pensioners |
34% |
23% |
25% |
19% |
+11 |
+16 |
|
| Average working people |
31% |
29% |
24% |
16% |
+2 |
+5 |
|
| People and families on middle incomes |
28% |
33% |
21% |
18% |
-5 |
-7 |
|
| Farmers and other agricultural producers |
19% |
34% |
24% |
24% |
-15 |
-13 |
|
| Small businesses |
20% |
38% |
20% |
21% |
-18 |
-16 |
|
| Families with children at private school |
15% |
42% |
23% |
20% |
-27 |
-30 |
|
| Banks and other financial institutions |
10% |
45% |
23% |
21% |
-35 |
-38 |
|
| People and families on high incomes |
12% |
53% |
17% |
18% |
-41 |
-43 |
|
| Large corporations |
10% |
53% |
18% |
19% |
-43 |
-48 |
Respondents were substantially more likely to think the following groups would be better off under a Labor Government – people with disabilities, low income families, single parents, unemployed and families with children at public school.
They were substantially more likely to think the following groups would be better off under a Liberal Government – large corporations, high income families, banks and financial institutions, families with children at private schools.
06 May 2013, 060513, high incomes, large business, low incomes, mining companies, small business, tax amount
Q. Do you think the following pay too much tax, not enough tax or about the right amount?
|
Total |
Labor voters |
Lib/Nat voters |
||||||||||
|
Pay too much |
Don’t pay eno |
Pay about right |
Don’t know |
Pay too much |
Don’t pay eno |
Pay about right |
Don’t know |
Pay too much |
Don’t pay eno |
Pay about right |
Don’t know |
|
| Large bus. |
7% |
63% |
17% |
13% |
4% |
75% |
12% |
9% |
9% |
52% |
25% |
14% |
| Small bus. |
43% |
7% |
37% |
14% |
37% |
8% |
43% |
11% |
49% |
5% |
34% |
11% |
| People on low incomes |
41% |
8% |
41% |
10% |
49% |
3% |
41% |
7% |
33% |
11% |
46% |
10% |
| People on average incomes |
37% |
7% |
49% |
8% |
32% |
8% |
54% |
6% |
38% |
6% |
50% |
6% |
| People on high incomes |
12% |
60% |
19% |
8% |
5% |
77% |
13% |
6% |
18% |
47% |
27% |
7% |
| Mining co. |
7% |
62% |
16% |
15% |
4% |
78% |
8% |
11% |
11% |
49% |
24% |
16% |
A majority think that large businesses (63%), mining companies (62%) and people on high incomes do not pay enough tax.
They are more likely to think that small businesses pay too much tax (43%) and that people on average incomes pay about the right amount (49%).
They were split over whether people on low incomes pay too much or about the right amount.
At least three quarters of Labor voters think mining companies, people on upper incomes and big businesses do not pay enough tax.
10 September 2012, 100912, age pension, ALP, Carbon Tax, decisions, GFC, Gonski, low incomes, marine reserves, NBN, ndis, tax free threshold
Q. Thinking about the decisions the Labor Government has made over the last few years, do you think the following decisions were good or bad for Australia?
|
|
Total good |
Total bad |
Very good |
Good |
Neither good nor bad |
Bad |
Very bad |
Don’t know |
| Expanding dental health services for people on low incomes |
77% |
5% |
33% |
44% |
14% |
2% |
3% |
5% |
| Increasing the tax free threshold from $6,000 to $18,200 |
75% |
4% |
36% |
39% |
16% |
3% |
1% |
5% |
| Increasing the age pension |
70% |
11% |
30% |
40% |
13% |
7% |
4% |
6% |
| Increasing superannuation from 9% to 12% |
68% |
9% |
27% |
41% |
16% |
6% |
3% |
6% |
| Protecting large areas of Australia’s marine environment in a network of marine reserves |
67% |
8% |
28% |
39% |
20% |
5% |
3% |
7% |
| Introducing the National Disability Insurance Scheme |
58% |
5% |
21% |
37% |
23% |
3% |
2% |
14% |
| Implementing the recommendations of the Gonski report to increase education funding |
54% |
8% |
20% |
34% |
25% |
5% |
3% |
13% |
| Stimulus spending to tackle the Global Financial Crisis (GFC) |
54% |
22% |
22% |
32% |
18% |
14% |
8% |
8% |
| Spending on new school buildings during the GFC |
53% |
22% |
15% |
38% |
18% |
12% |
10% |
6% |
| Paid parental leave |
52% |
20% |
17% |
35% |
23% |
12% |
8% |
5% |
| Introducing a tax on large profits of mining companies |
49% |
25% |
24% |
25% |
17% |
13% |
12% |
8% |
| Implementing the recommendations of the expert committee on asylum seekers including offshore processing |
45% |
15% |
15% |
30% |
28% |
8% |
7% |
12% |
| Building the NBN (National Broadband Network) |
43% |
28% |
17% |
26% |
22% |
14% |
14% |
7% |
| Abolished WorkChoices |
42% |
27% |
23% |
19% |
19% |
17% |
10% |
12% |
| Introducing a carbon tax to tackle climate change |
28% |
51% |
14% |
14% |
15% |
16% |
35% |
7% |
The two most popular decisions of the Labor Government are ‘expanding dental health services for people on low incomes’ (77% total good) and ‘increasing the tax free threshold from $6,000 to $18,000 (75% total good). The least popular decisions were ‘Building the NBN’ (43% total good), ‘Abolished WorkChoices’ (42% total good) and ‘introducing a carbon tax to tackle climate change’ (28% total good).
Of the fifteen decisions put to respondents, the majority of respondents believed that 10 of the 15 decisions were good for Australia. For the remaining 5 decisions, a larger portion of respondents generally regarded the decision to be good for Australia except for ‘introducing a carbon tax to tackle climate change’, where the majority of respondents (51%) believed it to be bad for Australia.
Female respondents were more likely to endorse the dental health reforms (80% total good) compared with male respondents (74% total good).
Increasing the age pension was most strongly supported by respondents aged 65+ (77% total good).
Introducing paid parental leave was more popular with female respondents (57% total good), compared with male respondents (46% total good). Looking at this decision by age, it was most popular amongst respondents aged 25-34 (62%) and 35-44 (62%) whereas respondents aged 65+ were the most likely to regard the decision as a bad one (36% total bad).
Implementing the recommendations of the expert committee on asylum seekers including offshore processing proved to be a very popular decision amongst respondents aged 65+ (65% total good), whereas respondents aged 25-34 were the most likely to regard it as a bad decision (43% total bad).
Female respondents were more likely to regard ‘protecting large areas of Australia’s marine environment’ as a good decision (72% total good) compared with male respondents (60% total good).
03 September 2012, 030912, Labor Government, liberal government, low incomes, people with disabilities, Single parents, Small businesses, unemployed people
Q. Do you think the following groups of people would be better off under a Labor Government or a Liberal Government?
|
Better off under a Labor Government |
Better off under a Liberal Government |
Makes no difference |
Don’t know |
Difference (Labor minus Liberal) |
|
| Pensioners |
36% |
20% |
29% |
15% |
+16 |
| Unemployed people |
41% |
14% |
29% |
15% |
+27 |
| People with disabilities |
36% |
16% |
30% |
17% |
+20 |
| People and families on low incomes |
44% |
17% |
25% |
13% |
+27 |
| People and families on middle incomes |
26% |
33% |
28% |
13% |
-7 |
| People and families on high incomes |
11% |
54% |
21% |
13% |
-43 |
| Single parents |
39% |
16% |
29% |
16% |
+23 |
| Average working people |
32% |
27% |
28% |
13% |
+5 |
| Large corporations |
9% |
57% |
20% |
14% |
-48 |
| Banks and other financial institutions |
9% |
47% |
27% |
16% |
-38 |
| Small businesses |
21% |
37% |
26% |
16% |
-16 |
| Families with children at public school |
38% |
19% |
28% |
15% |
+19 |
| Families with children at private school |
14% |
44% |
27% |
16% |
-30 |
| Recent immigrants to Australia |
35% |
17% |
30% |
17% |
+18 |
| Farmers and other agricultural producers |
19% |
32% |
31% |
19% |
-13 |
Respondents were substantially more likely to think the following groups would be better off under a Labor Government – unemployed, low income families, single parents and people with disabilities.
They were substantially more likely to think the following groups would be better off under a Liberal Government – large corporations, high income families, banks and financial institutions, families with children at private schools.
Groups better off under by Respondent Category
| Respondent category (respondent or family member is in this category) | Groups better or worse off |
Better off under a Labor Government |
Better off under a Liberal Government |
Makes no difference |
Don’t know |
Difference (Labor minus Liberal) |
| Pensioners | Pensioners |
41% |
25% |
26% |
8% |
+16 |
| Unemployed | Unemployed people |
42% |
13% |
30% |
15% |
+29 |
| Have a disability | People with disabilities |
44% |
18% |
31% |
8% |
+26 |
| On low income | People and families on low incomes |
44% |
17% |
26% |
13% |
+27 |
| On middle income | People and families on middle incomes |
25% |
37% |
27% |
11% |
-12 |
| On high income | People and families on high incomes |
16% |
58% |
15% |
11% |
-42 |
| Single parent | Single parents |
38% |
19% |
27% |
16% |
+19 |
| Working | Average working people |
30% |
29% |
29% |
12% |
+1 |
| Work for a large corporation | Large corporations |
11% |
57% |
18% |
14% |
-46 |
| Work for a bank or other financial institution | Banks and other financial institutions |
23% |
45% |
16% |
16% |
-22 |
| Work for a small business | Small businesses |
24% |
37% |
25% |
14% |
-13 |
| Self-employed or own a small business | Small businesses |
24% |
40% |
20% |
17% |
-16 |
| Have children at public school | Families with children at public school |
39% |
17% |
27% |
16% |
+22 |
| Have children at private school | Families with children at private school |
21% |
42% |
22% |
15% |
-21 |
| Recent immigrants to Australia * | Recent immigrants to Australia |
63% |
9% |
20% |
9% |
+54 |
| Farmers and other agricultural producers | Farmers and other agricultural producers |
27% |
38% |
19% |
17% |
-11 |
* small sample – less than 100
This table shows groups affected mainly held views similar to the total sample. The main exceptions were that people with disabilities were more likely to think they would be better off under Labor, people working in banks/finance were more likely to think banks/financial institutions would be better off under Labor and people with children at primary school were more likely to think they would be better off under a Labor Government.