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  How you voted July 13: Should Cardinal Pell stand down over his handling of a sexual complaint against a priest? Yes: 45% No: 55%% June 29: Are you prepared to pay the economic costs of cleaning up carbon emissions? Yes: 11% No: 89% June 22: Do we need more stringent regulation on children's products and magazines? Yes: 70% No: 30% June 15: Should pet stores be banned from selling cats and dogs? Yes: 51% No: 49% June 8: Do you agree with Paul Keating that Asian countries were fundamentally unsuited to a European-style union? Yes: 84% No: 16% June 1: Would the coalition be better served if Alexander Downer returned to the shadow ministry? Yes: 68% No: 32% May 25: Should the Rudd government cut petrol excise to help "working families"? Yes: 64% No: 36% May 18: Do you agree with the government's increase in tax on alcopops? Yes: 40% No: 60% May 4: Should some of the federal budget surplus be spent on infrastructure, health and education? Yes: 87% No: 13% April 20: Do you believe the 2020 Summit is a worthwhile exercise? Yes: 26% No: 74% April 13: Should the IOC abandon the Olympic torch relay? Yes: 41% No: 59% April 6: Do you think Australia should spend up to $40 million chasing a seat on the UN Security Council? Yes: 31% No: 69% March 30: Do you believe that tax free super for people over 60 is a fair system? Yes: 93% No: 7% March 23: Should Australia impose trade sanctions on China over Tibet? Yes: 46% No: 54% March 2: Do you have faith that medical authorities can now weed out rogue doctors? Yes: 5% No: 95% February 24: Should the Federal Government set higher cuts than 60% for carbon emissions by 2050? Yes: 32% No: 68% February 17: Do you agree with the people who turned their backs on Brendan Nelson? Yes: 29% No: 71% February 10: Do you agree with the government's decision to say sorry to our indigenous communities? Yes: 51% No: 49% November 18: Will the home loan interest rate rise hurt John Howard in the election? Yes: 67% No: 33% November 11: Can John Howard close the gap in the polls between Kevin Rudd and himself? Yes: 43% No: 57% October 28: Has Kevin Rudd panicked by expelling Union boss Joe McDonald from the Labor party? Yes: 41% No: 59% Octber 21: Is Labor's tax policy better than the Coalition's?br> Yes: 38% No: 62% October 14: Do you think changing the preamble to the constitution will help Aboriginal reconciliation? Yes: 33% No: 67% October 7: Do you think the pulp mill should go ahead in Tasmania? Yes: 23% No: 77% 30 September: Do you think a Labor government will bring Australian troops home earlier than a co-alition government? Yes: 58% No: 42% 23 September: Should politicians tell the public if they have a serious health problem? Yes: 56% No: 44% 16 September: Will you vote for John Howard in the next election knowing that Peter Costello will take over? Yes: 62% No: 38% 9 September: Should John Howard step down as Prime Minister to help the coalition win the next election? Yes: 41% No: 59% 2 September: Do you think the restrictions on protestors at APEC go too far? Yes: 46% No: 54% 31 August: Do you support the Federal Government's intervention into indigenous communities in the Northern Territory? Yes - 67% No - 33% 26 August: Is Peter Costello telling the truth about his conversation with the three journalists? Yes - 25% No - 75% 12 August: Will the latest interest rate rise be enough to slow the economy? Yes - 31% No - 69% 5 August: Should the Federal Government be funding individual state hospitals? Yes - 39% No - 61% 29 July: Does the mishandling of the Haneef affair reflect badly on the government? Yes - 36% No - 64% 22 July: Has Peter Costello earned the right to be Prime Minister? Yes - 37% No - 63% 15 July: Should John Howard stand down before the next election? Yes - 47% No - 53% 8 July: Do you think a terrorist attack in Australia is likely? Yes - 54% No - 46% 1 July: Do you support the government's intervention into Aboriginal communities? Yes - 77% No - 23% 24 June: Should State Premiers take up the Prime Minister's call to intervene in Aboriginal communities? Yes - 73% No - 27% 17 June: Is Generation X unhappier than previous generations? Yes - 61% No - 39% 10 June: Should John Howard meet the Dalai Lama? Yes - 51% No - 49% 3 June: Should Australia's drug watchdog be financially independent of the pharmaceutical industry? Yes - 96% No - 4% 27 May: Do you think Therese Rein should have given up her Australian job-placement business? Yes - 84% No - 16% 20 May: Do you think that children are used as bargaining chips in divorce proceedings? Yes - 93% No - 7% 13 May: Do you think the Australian cricket team should tour Zimbabwe? Yes - 11% No - 89% 6 May: Do you think Wayne Swan would be a good Federal Treasurer? Yes - 48% No - 52% 29 April: Do you think Kevin Rudd will win the upcoming Federal election? Yes - 42% No - 58% 22 April: Do you think the suburbs of Australia are becoming more dangerous? Yes - 73% No - 27% 15 April: Do you think the attempted fake Anzac Day arrangements will affect Kevin Rudd's popularity? Yes - 65% No - 35% 8 April: Will John Howard suffer at the next Federal election because of Australia's involvement in Iraq? Yes - 36% No - 64% 1 April: Do you think David Hicks pleaded guilty to get back to Australia? Yes - 25% No - 75% 25 March: Do you support Kevin Rudd's plan to use money from the Future Fund for a national broadband network? Yes - 37% No - 63% 18 March: Would you be prepared to pay more money for water? Yes - 30% No - 70% 11 March: Do you think fundamentalist Islamic beliefs can co-exist with broader Australian values? Yes - 6% No - 94% 4 March: Do you believe the Australian government has endorsed America's use of overseas torture? Yes - 41% No - 59% 25 February: Should Australia follow Britain and withdraw some of our forces from Iraq? Yes - 37% No - 63% 18 February: Do you think David Hicks has served enough time in prison and should be allowed to come back to Australia? Yes - 78% No - 22% 11 February: Should Australia's IVF surrogacy laws be changed to allow more people to have children in this way? Yes - 80% No - 20% 10 January: Will Kevin Rudd be Australia's next prime minister? Yes - 71% No - 29% 26 November: Has Ashes security gone too far? Yes - 61% No - 39% 19 November: Should Australia store nuclear waste from other countries? Yes - 20% No - 80% 12 November: Was Australia wrong in getting involved in the Iraq war? Yes - 80% No - 20% 5 November: Will further increases in home interest rates damage the Howard government's chance of re-election? Yes - 44% No - 56% 29 October: Do you think Sheik Alhilali should be removed as Australia's senior Muslim leader? Yes - 36% No - 64% 22 October: Should Australian troops be bought home from Iraq before Christmas? Yes - 79% No - 21% 15 October: Should proposed increases in defence spending be diverted to other projects in Australia such as water management? Yes - 64% No - 36% 8 October: Should Australia be sending more troops to Afghanistan and Iraq? Yes - 19% No - 81% 1 October: Do you agree with Margaret Whitlam's criticism of Janette Howard? Yes - 51% No - 49% 24 September: Do you think Labor can win the next Federal election? Yes - 47% No - 53% 17 September: Should new arrivals to Australia sign up to a statement of values? Yes - 71% No - 29% 10 September: Do you think a terrorist attack in Australia is likely? Yes - 68% No - 32% 3 September: Should Jack Thomas be the subject of a control order? Yes - 48% No - 52% 27 August: Do you have enough confidence in Telstra to buy their shares? Yes - 19% No - 81% 20 August: Should embryonic stem cell research be conducted in Australia? Yes - 42% No - 58% 13 August: Will the threat of terrorism deter you from international air travel? Yes - 34% No - 66% 6 August: Should Mel Gibson's Hollywood career be over after his anti-Jewish remarks? Yes - 30% No - 70% 30 July: Should Israel continue its attack on Lebanon until Hezbollah is destroyed? Yes - 36% No - 64% 23 July: Do you think the media's coverage of the situation in Lebanon has been fair and balanced? Yes - 16% No - 84% 16 July: Do you agree with Israel's attack on Lebanon? Yes - 19% No - 81% 9 July: Do you agree with the Prime Minister that the Big Brother television show should be taken off air? Yes - 17% No - 83% 2 July: Should Imparja Television reflect more of the realities of Aboriginal life? Yes - 78% No - 22% 25 June: Do you think soccer will become Australia's number one football code? Yes - 81% No - 19% 18 June: Should same-sex couples have exactly the same legal rights as heterosexual couples? Yes - 59% No - 41% 11 June: Do you believe the death of Abu Musab al-Zarqawi will stop the violence in Iraq? Yes - 9% No - 91% 4 June: Should politicians be allowed to call each other snivelling grubs? Yes - 47% No - 53% 28 May: Should the Snowy Mountains Hydro Scheme be sold? Yes - 8% No - 92% 21 May: Should remote Aboriginal communities with a history of violence and substance abuse be shut down? Yes - 71% No - 29% 14 May: Do you think children are being wrongly prescribed medication for ADHD? Yes - 85% No - 15% 7 May: Should Peter Costello take over from John Howard before next year's budget is delivered? Yes - 47% No - 53% 30 April: Should Australia introduce a compulsory ID card? Yes - 32% No - 68% 16 April: Do you think the AWB inquiry will damage the Government? Yes - 62% No - 38% 9 April: Should Australia risk alienating Indonesia by accepting West Papuan refugees? Yes - 79% No - 21% 2 April: Are you confident that ASIO can protect Australia from terrorism? Yes - 24% No - 76% 12 March: Would you be happy to fly on a Qantas jet that had been maintained in China? Yes - 11% No - 89% 5 March: Do you think Labor, under Kim Beazley, can win the next election? Yes - 28% No - 72% 26 February: Do you think multiculturalism in Australia has failed? Yes - 73% No - 27% 19 February: Should there be more conscience votes allowed in Federal Parliament? Yes - 87% No - 13% 12 February: Should the Health Minister Tony Abbott have the final say on the use of the abortion drug RU486? Yes - 16% No - 84% 20 November : Do you think Australian workers will be better off under the new IR legislation? Yes - 9% No - 91% 13 November : Are Australians becoming too obsessed with terrorism? Yes - 57% No - 43% 6 November : Did you believe John Howard when he said a terrorist attack was being planned? Yes - 27% No - 73% 30 October : Do you think Australia needs the proposed new industrial relations laws? Yes - 3% No - 97% 23 October : Should Saddam Hussein be executed for crimes against humanity? Yes - 55% No - 45% 16 October : Do you think the Government's anti-terror laws will prevent an attack on Australian soil? Yes - 18% No - 82% 2 October : Do you agree with Brendan Nelson that too many TAFE students are doing belly dancing and fruit carving and not enough bricklaying? Yes - 66% No - 34% 25 September : Should tougher anti-terrorism laws be introduced if they seriously reduce basic civil liberties? Yes - 38% No - 62% 18 September : Do you think Mark Latham's public comments will ensure Labor loses the next election? Yes - 47% No - 53% 11 September : Do you think John Howard has misled the public about Telstra being ready for sale? Yes - 80% No - 20% 4 September : Did the media behave correctly over the John Brogden issue? Yes - 5% No - 95% 28 August: Do you think Australian police and security officers should be allowed to use torture to prevent terrorism? Yes - 34% No - 66% 21 August: Should Barnaby Joyce support the full sale of Telstra? Yes - 8% No - 92% 14 August: Do you think Australia will retain the Ashes? Yes - 37% No - 63% 7 August: Do you think David Hicks should be allowed to return to Australia? Yes - 47% No - 53% 31 July: Do you support the Federal Government's $20 million industrial relations advertising campaign? Yes - 2% No - 98% 24 July: Do you think Steve Vizard should go to jail? Yes - 90% No - 10% 17 July: Do you think Australians should have a national identity card? Yes - 52% No - 48% 10 July: Do you think terrorism around the world is likely to increase? Yes - 85% No - 15% 3 July: Do you think Mark Latham is right that the Labor Party is "beyond repair"? Yes - 86% No - 14% 26 June: Should the Corby family be committing any money earned from media interviews to Schapelle's defence? Yes - 96% No - 4% 19 June: Should the Australian government ever agree to pay a ransom if it means saving the life of a hostage? Yes - 54% No - 46% 12 June: Do you believe Australia's child support laws are effective for all? Yes - 4% No - 96% 5 June: Do you fear a backlash against Australia after the attack on the Indonesian Embassy? Yes - 51% No - 49% 29 May: Are the Federal Government's industrial relations reforms fair to workers? Yes - 11% No - 89% 22 May: Do you think Schapelle Corby has received a fair trial? Yes - 24 % No - 76% 15 May: Should the AFP have let Schapelle Corby's lawyers know about the investigation into airport baggage handlers? Yes - 91% No - 9% 8 May: Do you think Schapelle Corby is guilty of drug trafficking? Yes - 7% No - 93% 1 May: Should the Federal Government cut back Medicare funding for IVF couples? Yes - 89% No - 11% 24 April: Should the Australian Federal Police have waited to arrest the Bali Nine in Australia? Yes - 35% No - 65% 17 April: Should the next Pope relax views on divorce, homosexuality, contraception and celibacy? Yes - 47% No - 53% 10 April: Should servicemen or women killed or injured in peacetime have the same rights as those killed or injured in wartime? Yes - 70% No - 30% 3 April: Do you think John Paul II will be considered the greatest Pope in the modern era? Yes - 81% No - 19% 20 March: Should there be an inquiry into what Ross Lightfoot was really doing in Iraq? Yes - 10% No - 90% 13 March: Should detention centres be abolished? Yes - 13% No - 87% 6 March: Should Australia increase its intake of skilled migrants? Yes - 5% No - 95% 27 February: Do you think the Australian film industry deserves greatly increased public and private investment? Yes - 90% No - 10% 20 February: Should there be a Senate inquiry to hear Mamdouh Habib's story? Yes - 40% No - 60% 13 February: Do you believe North Korea is bluffing over its nuclear weapons claim? Yes - 33% No - 67% 6 February: Do you think Australia's tsunami aid will improve relations with Indonesia? Yes - 22% No - 78% 14 November: Do you think Yasser Arafat's death will eventually lead to peace in the Middle East? Yes - 25% No - 75% 7 November: Do you think the return of the Bush administration will be good for Australia? Yes - 36% No - 64% 31 October: Are you concerned about the Coalition controlling both houses of Federal Parliament? Yes - 66% No - 34% 24 October: Do you think Labor can win the next federal election? Yes - 44% No - 56% 17 October: Who do you think will win the US election? John Kerry - 56% George W Bush - 44% 10 October: Should Mark Latham remain as Labor leader to contest the next election? Yes - 51% No - 49% 8 October: Should there be a fixed four-year term for federal elections? Yes - 76% No - 24% 3 October: Who do you think will be Prime Minister next Sunday? John Howard - 50% Mark Latham - 50% 26 September: Is Medicare the most important issue in the Federal election? Yes - 58% No - 42% 19 September: Should sperm donors be allowed to maintain their anonymity? Yes - 61% No - 39% 12 September: Do you think the Australian embassy bombing will increase the Coalition's chances of being re-elected? Yes - 84% No - 16% 5 September: Who will you vote for in the October 9 election? John Howard - 55% Mark Latham - 45% 29 August: Do you think David Hicks will get a fair trial from the US military commission? Yes - 20% No - 80% 22 August: Do you think the Prime Minister knew more about the children overboard affair before the 2001 election than he has admitted? Yes - 74% No - 26% 15 August: Do you think the Olympics host city bidding process should be changed? Yes - 66% No - 34% 8 August: Is it right for celebrities to attempt to sway public opinion in election campaigns? Yes - 54% No - 46% 1 August: Should the Reserve Bank raise interest rates to dampen consumer spending? Yes - 43% No - 57% 25 July: Should Australia be taking armed guards to protect its athletes at the Olympics? Yes - 45% No - 55% 18 July: Should intensive care ever be rationed? Yes - 52% No - 48% 11 July: Do you think Peter Garrett will help Labor win the election? Yes - 51% No - 49% 4 July: Do you think George Bush and Dick Cheney deserve to be re-elected? Yes - 24% No - 76% 27 June: Do you think the handover of power to Iraq is premature? Yes - 42% No - 58% 20 June: Do you think couples should undergo counselling before their second marriage? Yes - 80% No - 20% 6 June: Do you think President Bush's attack on Mark Latham will help John Howard's election campaign? Yes - 28% No - 72% 30 May: Should the Federal Government provide more funding for day care for preschool children? Yes - 71% No - 29% 23 May: Do you think rugby league has been permanently damaged by this year's continuing scandals? Yes - 4% No - 96% 16 May: Do you think the Budget will help the Federal Goverment win the next election? Yes - 30% No - 70% 9 May: Despite fears of terrorism, should Australia still send its full team to the Athens Olympics? Yes - 82% No - 18% 2 May: Have women been conned into believing they can have children anytime? Yes - 72% No - 28% 25 April: Do you think Australia's role in Iraq is making us a larger terrorist target? Yes - 68% No - 32% 18 April: Should there be a Royal Commission into Australia's spy agencies? Yes - 76% No - 24% 11 April: Do you think the war in Iraq is becoming 'another Vietnam'? Yes - 64% No - 36% 4 April: Who do you think is telling the truth over the intelligence briefings row? Mark Latham - 44% John Howard - 56% 28 March: Do you agree with Mark Latham that Australian troops should return from Iraq by Christmas? Yes - 47% No - 53% 21 March: Do you think the Federal Police Commissioner, Mick Keelty, should be allowed to speak out on security-related issues without fear or favour? Yes - 88% No - 12% 14 March: Do you think the overthrow of Saddam Hussein was sufficient justification for the war in Iraq? Yes - 40% No - 60% 7 March: Should separated parents be required by law to share equally the custody of their children? Yes - 82% No - 18% 29 February: Should the Federal Government take over the running of the states' hospitals? Yes - 74% No - 26% 22 February: Should the two Australians being detained at Guantanamo Bay be allowed to return home? Yes - 50% No - 50% 15 February: Do you agree with the cut to the parliamentary superannuation scheme? Yes - 87% No - 13% 8 February: Do you think Mark Latham would make a better Prime Minister than John Howard? Yes - 54% No - 46% 2003 23 November: Do you think JFK's assassin, Lee Harvey Oswald, acted alone? Yes - 23% No - 77% 16 November: If you could, would you vote for Hillary Clinton as US President? Yes - 71% No - 29% 2 November: Do you think Hanan Ashrawi should receive this year's Sydney Peace Prize? Yes - 5% No - 95% 26 October: Should Australia's state upper houses of parliament be abolished? Yes - 56% No - 44% 19 October: Do you support the white armband protest planned by some MPs for President Bush during his address to Parliament? Yes - 41% No - 59% 12 October: Do you approve of Indonesian President Megawati Soekarnoputri's decision not to attend memorial ceremonies in Bali? Yes - 35% No - 65% 5 October: Should the $7.5 billion surplus be: Returned as tax cuts - 22% or Spent on health and education - 78% 28 September: Should parents allow under-age teenagers to drink alcohol in the home? Yes - 53% No - 47% 21 September: Should State Governments increase taxes on poker machines and other forms of gambling? Yes - 23% No - 77% 14 September: Would Bob Carr make a good Prime Minister? Yes - 52% No - 48% 7 September: Should the morning-after pill be available from pharmacies without a prescription? Yes - 73% No - 27% 31 August: Should Waltzing Matilda replace Advance Australia Fair as our national anthem? Yes - 36% No - 64% 17 August: Should the law allow some violent offenders to be kept in prison even after their sentences have expired? Yes - 42% No - 58% 10 August: Do you support the death penalty for Bali bomber Amrozi? Yes - 69% No - 31% 27 July: Should Australia send police and troops to other Pacific island trouble spots if requested? Yes - 75% No - 25% 20 July: Should doctors who bungle sterilisation operations be liable for the costs of raising the child? Yes - 31% No - 69% 13 July: Should alleged terrorist David Hicks: Face a military court in the US? 45% Be returned for trial in Australia? 55% 6 July: Do you agree with Wilson Tuckey that Aborigines find it hard to manage public money because of their culture? Yes - 61% No - 39% June 29: Do you support the full sale of Telstra? Yes - 22% No - 78% June 13: Should divorced parents be given equal shared custody of their children? Yes: 79% No: 21% June 8: Should Zimbabwe be expelled from the Commonwealth? Yes - 88% No - 12% June 8: Who would make the better Prime Minister? Simon Crean - 10% Kim Beazley - 43% Neither - 47% June 1: Has the ABC been biased and anti-American in its Iraq war coverage? Yes - 38% No - 62% May 25: Do you support the legal use of cannabis for people suffering chronic pain? Yes - 92% No - 8% May 18: Do you agree that tertiary students should have to pay more for their own education? Yes - 40% No - 60% May 11: Should the rape allegations against the Governor-General have been made public? Yes - 66% No - 34% May 4 - Should the Prime Minister now sack the Governor-General? Yes - 83% No - 17% April 17 - Should the word 'Nigger' be removed from Toowoomba's ES Nigger stand? Yes -15% No - 85% April 20 - Would Simon Crean make a good Prime Minister? Yes - 22% No - 78% April 13 - Should Australia contribute as much to Iraq's reconstruction as it did to the war effort? Yes - 75% No - 25% April 6 - Should Australia introduce tougher quarantine controls to guard against SARS? Yes - 96% No - 4% March 30 - How do you rate the Australian media's coverage of the war in Iraq? Good - 23% Average - 25% Poor - 52% March 23 - Will Australia's involvement in the war on Iraq make us more likely or less likely to face a terrorist attack? More likely - 61% Less likely - 5% No difference - 35% March 16 - Which film should win Best Picture Oscar? Chicago - 20% Gangs of New York - 8% The Hours - 19% Lord of the Rings: The Two Towers - 39% The Pianist - 14% March 9 - How long do you think a war against Iraq will last? Less than a week - 4% 1-2 weeks - 12% 3-4 weeks - 16% More than a month - 68% March 2 - Should Australia become involved in the US son of Star Wars missile defence program? Yes - 35% No - 65% February 23 - Do you think John Howard will retire before the next election? Yes - 22% No - 78% February 16 - Should Australian defence personnel who refuse anthrax vaccinations be allowed to serve in the Gulf? Yes - 58% No - 42% February 9 - Would you support Australian troops joining a US-led attack on Iraq without the approval of the UN? Yes - 60% No - 40% December 1 - Do you think Guillermo Macnab is guilty or not guilty of manslaughter? Guilty - 63% Not Guilty - 37% November 24 - Would you support a ban on Muslim women wearing the chador headdress in public? Yes - 49% No - 51% November 17 - Should Australia relax quarantine and foreign investment rules in return for a better trade deal with the US? Yes - 13% No - 87% November 10 - Do you care whether Indonesia is upset at ASIO raids on Muslim homes in Australia? Yes - 20% No - 80% November 3 - Should backpacker killer Ivan Milat be entitled to compensation for breach of his privacy? Yes - 8% No - 92% October 27 - Would Simon Crean make a good Prime Minister? Yes - 45% No - 55% October 20 - How do you rate the Government's performance in dealing with the Bali bomb attack? Excellent - 46% Good - 21% Average - 12% Poor - 11% Appalling - 10% October 13 - Do you think it's possible to make Australia drought-proof? Yes - 34% No - 66% October 6 - Is Australia today a better or worse place for women than it was in the 1960s? Better - 68% Worse - 17% Much the same - 15% September 29 - Does Commonwealth Bank boss David Murray deserve his $7 million pay cheque? Yes - 6% No - 94% September 22 - Do you believe Saddam Hussein will keep his promise to allow unrestricted UN weapons inspections in Iraq? Yes - 20% No - 80% September 15 - Would you support taxpayer-funded paid maternity leave? Yes - 54% No - 46% September 8 - Would you support Australian military involvement in a US-led war against Iraq? Yes - 64% No - 36% September 1 - Do you think the war against terrorism has been successful to date? Yes - 29% No - 71% August 25 - Should ASIO be given greater powers to arrest and detain suspects? Yes - 51% No - 49% August 18 - Do you agree with the 55 year jail sentence for a gang rapist? Yes - 92% No - 8% August 11 - Should there be tougher regulations governing 4WD vehicles? Yes - 46% No - 54% August 4 - Do you think Rudy Santos is guilty or not guilty of murder? Guilty - 60% Not guilty - 40% July 28 - Should the Australian Democrats support the full sale of Telstra? Yes - 44% No - 56% July 21 - Should UN sanctions against Iraq be lifted? Yes - 39% No - 61% July 14 - Do the unions have too much power within the Labor Party? Yes - 69% No - 31% July 7 - Is the Cheryl Kernot-Gareth Evans affair a legitimate matter of public interest? Yes - 52% No - 48% June 30 - Should Simon Crean have disciplined Mark Latham for describing Prime Minister Howard as an arse-licker? Yes - 37% No - 63% June 23 - Do you agree with the new US policy of first strike against countries like Iraq? Yes - 86% No - 14% June 16 - Should Australia support the new International Criminal Court to bring war criminals to justice? Yes - 76% No - 24% June 9 - Do you support Archbishop Pell's handling of child sex abuse allegations? Yes - 15% No - 85% June 2 - Do you support random body searches by police to fight drugs? Yes - 51% No - 49% May 26 - Should voluntary euthanasia be legalised? Yes - 80% No - 20% May 19 - Do you think the Federal Budget is fair? Yes - 33% No - 67% May 12 - Should the two Australian terror suspects held in Cuba: face trial in the US or - 44% be returned for trial here? - 56% May 5 - Would you support the sale of Medibank Private by the Howard Government? Yes - 22% No - 78% April 28 - Do you believe the big oil companies collude to fix petrol prices? Yes - 94% No - 6% April 21 - Should the Federal Government introduce a national scheme of paid maternity leave? Yes - 14% No - 86% April 14 - Should the Federal and State governments launch a public lawsuit against the tobacco companies? Yes - 72% No - 28% April 7 - Do you support the Federal Government's decision to build a replacement nuclear reactor at Lucas Heights? Yes - 42% No - 58% March 31 - Should stem cell research be permitted on excess IVF embryos? Yes - 90% No - 10% March 24 - Who should win the Oscar for best actor? Russell Crowe - 57% Denzel Washington - 27% Sean Penn - 4% Will Smith - 8% Tom Wilkinson - 4% March 17 - Should the Prime Minister sack his Cabinet Secretary, Senator Bill Heffernan? Yes - 73% No - 27% March 10 - Would you support Australian military involvement in a US-led war against Iraq? Yes - 14% No - 86% March 3 - Should the Government impose a freeze on premium increases by health funds? Yes - 87% No - 13% February 24 - Should the Prime Minister sack the Governor-General? Yes - 85% No - 15% February 17 - Did the Prime Minister lie about the children overboard affair during the Federal election? Yes - 71% No - 29% February 10 - Should the Labor Party revise its hardline policy on asylum seekers? Yes: 43% No: 57% Year 2001 November 18 - Which was the best Australian film this year? Lantana - 36% Moulin Rouge - 28% The Bank - 10% The Dish - 24% La Spagnola - 2% November 4 - Do you support a humanitarian pause in the US-led bombing campaign in Afghanistan? Yes - 38% No - 62% October 28 - Do you believe the Government's policy of offshore processing has been effective in stopping the flow of refugees to Australia? Yes - 32% No - 68% October 21 - Should the ABC board sack managing director Jonathon Shier? Yes - 78% No - 22% October 14 - Should the Australian Rugby League go ahead with the Kangaroo tour of Britain? Yes - 78% No - 22% October 7 - If the Coalition is re-elected, would you support Peter Costello taking over mid-term as Prime Minister? Yes - 51% No - 49% September 30 - Who do you intend to vote for in the Federal election? Labor - 26% Coalition - 49% One Nation - 11% Democrats - 10% Other - 4% September 23 - Do you support Australia's tougher new laws against boat people? Yes - 73% No - 27% September 16 - Would you support the involvement of Australian armed forces in US military retaliation over the terrorist attacks in America? Yes - 63% No - 37% September 9 - Do you care whether Australia's international reputation has been tarnished by the Tampa boat people affair? Yes - 27% No - 73% September 2 - Do you support the Howard Government's handling of the Tampa boat people crisis? Yes - 74% No - 26% August 26 - Do you think current censorship laws in Australia are: Too strict - 46% Too lax - 25% About right - 29% August 19 - Should oil drilling be allowed in areas near the Great Barrier Reef? Yes - 10% No - 90% August 12 - Do you support the National Crime Authority proposal for a medically-supervised heroin trial? Yes - 81% No - 19% August 5 - Do you support Israel's policy of 'targeted killings' of Palestinian militants? Yes - 67% No - 33% July 29 - Should the Australian women's relay team have been disqualified for jumping into the pool? Yes - 79% No - 21% July 22 - Is the National Party doing a good job representing the interests of rural and regional Australia? Yes - 12% No - 88% July 15 - Are Australians overtaxed? Yes - 93% No - 7% July 8: Should China be given the 2008 Olympic Games for Beijing? Yes - 30% No - 70% July 1: Do sexual assault laws in Australia: Favour the accused - 17% Favour the victim - 80% Achieve a fair balance - 3% June 24: Are asylum seekers treated too harshly in Australian refugee detention centres? Yes - 22% No - 78% June 17: Should pregnant women be banned from playing all elite sport? Yes - 50% No - 50% June 10: Are Australia's religious leaders becoming too involved in domestic political issues? Yes - 73% No - 27% June 3: Should divorced women be allowed to change their children's surnames, against their husbands' wishes? Yes - 23% No - 77% May 27: Do you believe a Labor Government would increase taxes to pay for its election promises? Yes -- 68% No -- 32% May 20: Should the personal assets of senior executives be available to creditors if their companies collapse? Yes -- 83% No -- 17% May 13: Do you support Archbishop Pell's stand against homosexuality? Yes -- 21% No -- 79% May 6: Do you agree with the dingo culling on Fraser Island? Yes -- 47% No -- 53% April 29: Do you agree with the decision to raise the quota of skilled migrants? Yes -- 54.5% No -- 45.5% April 22: Should the National Gallery of Australia buy Lucian Freud's 'After Cezanne' for $8 million? Yes -- 28% No -- 72% April 15: Has cost-cutting by airlines eroded air safety in Australia? Yes -- 67% No -- 33% April 8: Should the US apologise to China over the spy plane incident? Yes -- 65% No -- 35% April 1: Do you think the Prime Minister's anti-drugs television commercials will be effective in stopping drug use among young people? Yes -- 18% No -- 82% March 25: Should the Reserve Bank intervene to ensure the banks deliver lower credit card transaction fees? Yes -- 92.5% No -- 7.5% March 17: Is Australia heading for a recession? Yes -- 60% No -- 40% March 10: Which film should win Best Picture at this year's Academy Awards? Chocolat -- 10% Crouching Tiger Hidden Dragon -- 21% Erin Brockovich -- 17% Gladiator -- 38% Traffic -- 14% March 3: Who should be the leader of the Australian Democrats? Meg Lees -- 21% Natasha Stott Despoja -- 79% February 25: Do the changes to the Business Activity Statement fix the major problems of the new tax system? Yes - 19% No - 81% February 18: Who do you intend to vote for in the Federal election? Labor: 26.5% Coalition: 57% One Nation: 12% Democrats: 2% Other: 2.5% February 11: Who do you think will win the Queensland election? Peter Beattie: 71% Rob Borbidge: 29% December 3: Do you support the sacking of ABC Media Watch presenter Paul Barry? Yes: 8.5% No: 91.5% November 26: Would you donate a kidney to a friend or loved one? Yes: 83% No: 17% November 19: Would you prefer the Government to use the budget surplus on ....? A freeze the fuel excise: 61% Extra spending on roads: 39% November 12: Do you believe that faith healers and evangelists can cure disease through miracles? Yes: 17% No: 83% November 5: Who do you think will win the US presidential election? Al Gore: 56% George W Bush: 44% October 29: Do you support Jonathan Shier's planned changes to the ABC? Yes: 15.5% No: 84.5% October 22: Do you think there should be a judicial inquiry into the Peter Reith affair? Yes: 77.5% No: 22.5% October 15: Do you think the Middle East peace process is dead? Yes: 70.5% No: 29.5% October 8: Should a woman be allowed to use the sperm of her dead husband to have children? Yes: 60% No: 40% October 1: Do you think white pointer sharks should be culled from Australian waters? Yes: 21.5% No: 78.5% September 24: Do you think the television coverage of the Olympics has been ...? Excellent: 21% Good: 15.5% Average: 22.5% Poor: 20.5% Appalling: 20.5% September 17: Do you think Victorian police used excessive force against S11 protestors at the World Economic Forum? Yes: 55.5% No: 45.5% September 10: Should John Laws have been jailed for talking to a juror about jury deliberations? Yes: 84% No: 16% September 3: Do you think Sydney is ready for the Olympics? Yes: 54% No: 46% August 27: Should politicians be allowed to accept corporate invitations and freebies at the Olympics? Yes: 15.5% No: 84.5% August 20: Who would you like to see win the US presidential election? Al Gore: 73.5% George W Bush: 26.5% August 13: Should insurance companies be allowed to use genetic tests to increase premiums or refuse insurance? Yes: 9% No: 91% August 6: Should single women and gay couples be allowed to access fertility treatment? Yes: 43.5% No: 56.5% |
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