Q. From July, the Greens will hold the balance of power in the Senate. Do you think this will be good or bad for Australia? (This question was commissioned by Network Ten).
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Men | Women | Age
18-34 |
Aged
35-54 |
Aged 55+ | |
| Total good | 33% | 44% | 13% | 95% | 32% | 36% | 44% | 34% | 22% |
| Total bad | 45% | 29% | 73% | 1% | 52% | 39% | 29% | 45% | 65% |
| Very good | 10% | 11% | 2% | 56% | 9% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 7% |
| Good | 23% | 33% | 11% | 39% | 23% | 24% | 32% | 23% | 15% |
| Bad | 17% | 21% | 19% | 1% | 18% | 16% | 14% | 19% | 17% |
| Very bad | 28% | 8% | 54% | – | 34% | 23% | 15% | 26% | 48% |
| Make no difference | 11% | 15% | 8% | 2% | 9% | 12% | 13% | 10% | 9% |
| Don’t know | 11% | 11% | 5% | 1% | 8% | 14% | 15% | 11% | 5% |
33% think that the Greens holding the balancer of power in the Senate will be good for Australia and 45% think it will be bad – 11% think it will make no difference. Labor voters are more likely to think it will be good (44% good to 29% bad) while Liberal/National voters overwhelmingly think it will be bad (73%).
Women (36% good/39% bad) were somewhat more positive than men (32% good/52% bad) while younger respondents were much more likely to think it would be good than older respondents.