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  • Jul, 2012

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    Greens Policies

    Q. Do you think that The Greens’ policies are too extreme or do they represent the views of many voters?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Too extreme

    53%

    50%

    70%

    4%

    Represent the views of many voters

    26%

    27%

    18%

    87%

    Don’t know

    21%

    23%

    12%

    9%

    53% think The Greens’ policies are too extreme and 26% think they represent the views of many voters.

    Those most likely to think The Greens’ policies are too extreme were men (61%), aged 55+ (77%) and Liberal/National voters (70%).

    37% of respondents aged under 35 think they represent the views of many voters and 35% think they are too extreme.

  • Jul, 2012

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    Statements about European Economic Crisis

    Q. Which of the following statements is closer to your own view?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    The economic and financial crisis in Europe may have some impact on Australia but it will be very limited – because of our great distance from Europe and our trade and investment is no longer dependent on Europe

    30%

    39%

    26%

    34%

    The economic and financial crisis in Europe already clearly impact on countries we do business with like the UK and US so it will definitely have a significant impact on the Australian economy.

    53%

    48%

    65%

    46%

    Don’t know

    16%

    13%

    9%

    20%

    A majority (53%) of respondents agreed with the statement that “The economic and financial crisis in Europe already clearly impact on countries we do business with like the UK and US so it will definitely have a significant impact on the Australian economy”.

    Those most likely to agree with this statement were aged 55+ (64%) and Liberal/National voters (65%).

    39% of Labor voters agreed with the statement that “The economic and financial crisis in Europe may have some impact on Australia but it will be very limited – because of our great distance from Europe and our trade and investment is no longer dependent on Europe.”

    Of those who had heard or read a lot about the problems in Europe, 36% agreed that “The economic and financial crisis in Europe may have some impact on Australia but it will be very limited – because of our great distance from Europe and our trade and investment is no longer dependent on Europe” and 61% agreed that “The economic and financial crisis in Europe already clearly impact on countries we do business with like the UK and US so it will definitely have a significant impact on the Australian economy”.

  • Jun, 2012

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    Approval of Overseas Workers

    Q. The Federal Government recently gave approval to Gina Rinehart’s mining company to bring in 1,700 overseas workers. Do you approve or disapprove of overseas workers being brought in to work in Australia’s mining industry?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Total approve

    16%

    20%

    19%

    10%

    Total disapprove

    60%

    55%

    61%

    58%

    Strongly approve

    3%

    3%

    3%

    5%

    Approve

    13%

    17%

    16%

    5%

    Neither approve nor disapprove

    20%

    23%

    18%

    30%

    Disapprove

    25%

    27%

    25%

    30%

    Strongly disapprove

    35%

    28%

    36%

    28%

    Don’t know

    5%

    3%

    2%

    2%

     16% approve of the Government’s approval for Gina Rinehart’s mining company to bring in 1,700 overseas workers and 60% disapprove.

    A majority of all voter groups disapproved.

    Highest approval came from men (20%), full-time workers (20%) and respondents aged 65+ (21%).

     

  • Jun, 2012

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    TRENDS: Feeling the pain: fair go for Tories


    Labor takes pride in being there for those up against hard luck. Targeted financial assistance comes in many forms, whether co-investment to an auto industry being hammered by the two-speed economy, childcare rebates to hard-up families, or the straight cash injection into middle Australian wallets.

    It appears there is a new victim of the Australian economy in need of a rescue package: the Coalition voter.

    With interest rates, inflation and unemployment all under the 5 per cent threshold, Australia is bucking the global trend in maintaining stability in the face of global unrest. But our polling this week shows only around one third of Australians are prepared to say the economy is performing well.

    And while many are unimpressed with Australia’s performance, Coalition voters – and that’s a lot of people these days – are feeling the economic pain more intensely.

    Read more on this at the Drum

  • Mar, 2012

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    Using Wealth to Influence Opinion and Policy

    QA. The Treasurer Wayne Swan has said some of Australia’s wealthiest individuals are using their wealth to try to influence public opinion and government policy to further their own commercial interests. Do you agree or disagree with the Treasurer’s statement? *

    QB. Do you agree or disagree that some of Australia’s wealthiest individuals are using their wealth to try to influence public opinion and government policy to further their own commercial interests. *

     

    A. Wayne Swan statement

    B. Unattributed statement

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Total agree

    58%

    78%

    36%

    89%

    60%

    67%

    55%

    75%

    Total disagree

    26%

    6%

    51%

    2%

    24%

    18%

    30%

    14%

    Strongly agree

    24%

    38%

    9%

    54%

    27%

    36%

    15%

    50%

    Agree

    34%

    40%

    27%

    35%

    33%

    31%

    40%

    25%

    Disagree

    15%

    4%

    29%

    2%

    12%

    5%

    15%

    3%

    Strongly disagree

    11%

    2%

    22%

    12%

    13%

    15%

    11%

    Don’t know

    16%

    16%

    14%

    9%

    15%

    15%

    16%

    11%

    * each question was asked of half the total sample.

    There was similar majority agreement with this statement – that some of Australia’s wealthiest individuals are using their wealth to try to influence public opinion and government policy to further their own commercial interests – whether or not it was attributed to Wayne Swan. When attributed to Wayne Swan 58% agreed and 26% disagreed. When unattributed, 60% agreed and 24% disagreed.

    When attributed to Wayne Swan, 78% of Labor voters and 89% of Greens voters agreed but 51% of Liberal/National voters disagreed.

    When unattributed, a majority of voters of all parties agreed – although Labor and Greens voters not as strongly.

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