news.com.au
Daily Telegraph Galaxy poll reveals most trust Joe Hockey to deliver a budget surplus over Wayne Swan
Galaxy News
news.com.au
Galaxy poll shows support for axing of baby bonus but not rebound for Labor
ausmed.com
Australians drink to get drunk but want alcohol reforms
Polling
15-16 May 2013
NO BUDGET BOUNCE FOR LABOR
While the Budget has not provided the much needed bounce the government needs, voters have decided not to punish Labor for a Budget that many feel will leave them worse off. On the positive side for Labor, the majority of voters approve of the government’s scrapping of the Baby Bonus.
Primary Vote
| Election Aug 2010 | 22-23 Mar 2013 | 9-11 Apr 2013 | 15-16 May 2013 | |
| Labor Party | 38.0% | 32% | 33% | 34% |
| Coalition | 43.6% | 47% | 47% | 46% |
| The Greens | 11.8% | 12% | 12% | 10% |
| Another Party or an independent candidate | 6.6% | 9% | 8% | 10% |
10% uncommitted or refused excluded
Thinking about federal politics. If a federal election for the house of representatives was held today, which one of the following would you vote for?
Two party preferred
| Election Aug 2010 | 22-23 Mar 2013 | 9-11 Apr 2013 | 15-16 May 2013 | |
| Labor Party | 50.1% | 45% | 46% | 46% |
| Coalition | 49.9% | 55% | 54% | 54% |
Better off/ worse off after budget
| 15-16 May 2013 | |||||||
| Supporters | |||||||
| 9-11 Apr 2012 | Total | Labor | Coalition | ||||
| Much better off | 3% | 2% | 5% | 1% | |||
| A little better off | 20% | 12% | 23% | 5% | |||
| Total better off | 23% | 14% | 28% | 6% | |||
| A little worse off | 27% | 30% | 23% | 36% | |||
| Much worse off | 19% | 18% | 3% | 30% | |||
| Total worse off | 46% | 48% | 26% | 66% | |||
| Uncommitted | 31% | 38% | 46% | 28% | |||
Thinking now about the federal budget handed down by the Treasurer Wayne Swan on Tuesday night. Overall, do you believe that as a result of the changes in the budget you personally will be better off or worse off?
Scrapping of Baby Bonus
| Supporters | |||
| Total | Labor | Coalition | |
| In favour | 64% | 75% | 61% |
| Opposed | 22% | 17% | 25% |
| Uncommitted | 14% | 8% | 14% |
In the budget Wayne Swan announced the scrapping of the Baby Bonus. Overall, are you in favour or opposed to the Baby Bonus being scrapped?
These surveys were conducted by Galaxy Research. The most recent survey was administered on the evenings of 15-16 May 2013. The results are based on the opinions of 1,006 voters. The data has been weighted and projected to reflect the Australian population.
Galaxy Features
PR training
Galaxy Research provides free training sessions for those in the PR industry. In these sessions we provide advice on how to optimize your PR research and show case studies of where other clients have successfully integrated research into their media strategies.
PR breakfast
Our Galaxy breakfasts for PR clients are a very popular as we have had some excellent speakers over the years. At our most recent breakfast we invited Google to speak to us about some common myths of viral videos.
galaxy research: a socially responsible company
Galaxy Research is commited to its corporate and social responsibility ideals. As well as offering a significant discount to registered charities, through our work, we have donated to a number of different charities including: FARE, Macular Degeneration Foundation, IFAW, Oxfam, Red Kite, The Fred Hollow's Foundation, St Vincent De Paul, Cancer Council and many more.
