This is the last survey for 2003. Surveys commence February 2004

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February 2004:   Total polled: 2290

Warwick 255; Ipswich 70; Tweed Heads 204; Elanora 200; Toowoomba 489; Yandina 298; Millmerran 52; Nanango 278; Townsville 115; Ashmore 157; Mackay 17

1. Does it make any difference which major party wins an election?
YES - 1334 (58%);  NO - 811 (36%);  UNDECIDED - 145 (6%)    
2. Do you think the State election results will improve the quality of life for Queenslanders?
YES - 713 (31%);  NO - 1128 (49%);  UNDECIDED - 449 (20%)
3. Do you know who your State Member of Parliament is?
YES - 1748 (76%);  NO - 506 (22%);  UNDECIDED - 36 (2%)
4. Do you believe the irradiation of foodstuffs is safe?
YES - 304 (13%);  NO - 1442 (63%);  UNDECIDED - 544 (24%)
5. Would you support the introduction of a compulsory Australian Identity Card?
YES - 1192 (52%);  NO - 842 (37%);  UNDECIDED - 256 (11%)
6. Should there be a means test on old age pensions?
YES - 784 (34%);  NO - 1269 (56%);  UNDECIDED - 237 (10%) 
 

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March 2004:    Total polled: 2155

Warwick 348; Ipswich 144; Inverell Forum 100; Tweed Heads 241; Toowoomba 499;Sunshine Coast 344;Pottsville 151;Millmerran 57;Townsville 204; Mackay 67

1. Have we allowed too many migrants to come to Australia?
YES - 1168 (54%);  NO - 573 (27%);  UNDECIDED - 414 (19%)
2. Should foods containing genetically modified ingredients be clearly marked as such?
YES - 1979 (92%);  NO - 134 (6%);  UNDECIDED - 42 (2%)
3. Do you believe the mainstream media gives good quality and accurate news?
YES - 369 (17%);  NO - 1504 (70%);  UNDECIDED - 282 (13%)
4. Instead of contributing to revenue with fines, should traffic offenders just lose licence points?
YES - 905 (42%);  NO - 978 (45%);  UNDECIDED - 272 (13%)
5. Do you believe the Federal Government is fair and efficient in distributing our taxes?
YES - 223 (10%);  NO- 1678 (78%);  UNDECIDED - 254 (12%)
6. Should the welfare of live sheep and cattle be the responsibility of the buyer once the ship leaves the Australian port?
YES - 1378 (64%);  NO - 504 (23%);  UNDECIDED - 273 (13%)

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April 2004:    Total polled: 2286

Warwick 342; Toowoomba 330; Pottsville 338; Gympie 288;
Yandina 439; Sunshine Coast 344; Townsville 205.

1. Do you believe genetically modified food crops pose a danger
to Australian consumers or the environment?
YES - 1498 (66%);  NO - 426 (18%);  UNDECIDED - 362 (16%)
2. Should candidates standing for election be automatically disqualified
if they are citizens of any other country other than Australia ?
YES - 1718 (75%);  NO - 404 (18%);  UNDECIDED - 164 (7%)
3. Should illegal immigrants be detained?
YES – 1637 (71%);  NO - 381 (17%);  UNDECIDED - 268 (12%)
4. Do you agree that doctors should withhold medical information
concerning minors from their parents?
YES - 381 (17%);  NO - 1715 (75%);  UNDECIDED - 190 (8%)
5. Do you believe most mothers who work are forced to do so by financial pressure?
YES - 1537 (67%);  NO- 496 (22%);  UNDECIDED - 253 (11%)
6. Should town water supplies be fluoridated?
YES - 1113 (49%);  NO - 738 (32%);  UNDECIDED - 435 (19%)

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May 2004:   Total polled: 2794 

Warwick 288; Ipswich 211; Tweed Heads 280; Elanora 221;
Toowoomba 416; Gympie 831; Kawana 203; Yandina 34

1. Should it be a crime to smack your child?
YES - 257 (9%);  NO - 2366 (85%);  UNDECIDED - 171 (6%)
2. Should all Australian troops serving in Iraq be brought home by Christmas 2004?
YES - 1413 (51%);  NO - 928 (33%);  UNDECIDED - 453 (16%)
3. Should a conscience vote of all members of Federal Parliament be required
before Australia goes to war?
YES – 2060 (74%);  NO - 455 (16%);  UNDECIDED - 279 (10%)
4. Do you believe the reasons given for committing Australian troops to war in Iraq were accurate and justifiable?
YES - 748 (27%);  NO - 1507 (54%);  UNDECIDED - 539 (19%)
5. Do you agree with Treasurer Costello’s proposition that full-time retirement will be unsustainable and that people over retirement age should continue in the work force?
YES - 527 (19%);  NO- 1821 (65%);  UNDECIDED - 446 (16%)
6. Should taxes – such as payroll tax – which increases the cost of employment, be abolished?
YES - 1896 (68%);  NO - 416 (15%);  UNDECIDED - 482 (17%)

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June 2004:  Total polled: 3403

Warwick 240; Townsville 218; Nanango 201; Millmerran 60; Gold Coast 84; Tara 167; Toowoomba (FarmFest) 1489; Ipswich 152; Sarina 263; Mackay 191; Gympie 338

1. Should a referendum be held to ask all Australians if they want Telstra sold off completely?
YES - 2503 (74%);  NO - 655 (19%);  UNDECIDED - 245 (7%)
2. Half the price of petrol is made up of Excise Tax and GST. The GST component increases with the price of oil. Do you believe this is a fair and just policy?
YES - 320 (9%);  NO - 2895 (85%);  UNDECIDED - 188 (6%)
3. Do you agree with the Reserve Bank raising and lowerin interest rates to control the economy?
YES – 1327 (39%);  NO - 1540 (45%);  UNDECIDED - 536 (16%)
4. Should farmers be allowed to build dams on their properties and access the water conserved without cost or regulation?
YES - 2799 (82%);  NO - 419 (12%);  UNDECIDED - 185 (6%)
5. Increasingly, Australian agriculture is in the hands of large scale business. 
Would you prefer to return to small-scale family farms?
YES - 2674 (79%);  NO- 308 (9%);  UNDECIDED - 421 (12%)
6. If it is cheaper, should we import sugar, bananas, citrus and vegetables?
YES - 191 (6%);  NO - 3077 (90%);  UNDECIDED - 135 (4%)

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July 2004:  Total polled: 4630

1. Do you regularly read the letters to the editor in the newspapers?
YES - 2608 (56%);  NO - 1898 (41%);  UNDECIDED - 124 (3%)
2. Should Australian Governments borrow money overseas?
YES - 766 (17%);  NO - 2999 (65%);  UNDECIDED - 865 (18%)
3. Do you believe the Government figures showing current inflation at between two and three percent are accurate?
YES – 764 (17%);  NO - 2767 (60%);  UNDECIDED - 1099 (23%)
4. Should the Australian Government protest at the treatment of 
Australians imprisoned in Guantanamo Bay?
YES - 2345 (51%);  NO - 1655 (36%);  UNDECIDED - 630 (13%)
5. Do you agree with same sex marriages?
YES - 1116 (24%);  NO- 3059 (66%);  UNDECIDED - 455 (10%)
6. Should it be legal for same sex couples to adopt or foster children?
YES - 1149 (25%);  NO - 2936 (63%);  UNDECIDED - 545 (12%)

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August 2004:   Total polled: 2998

Warwick 348; Ipswich 107; Tweed Heads 140; Toowoomba 175; Yandina 609; Townsville 175; Sarina 237; Mackay 188; Tara 191; Nanango 202; Millmerran 73; Gympie 424; Woolgoolga 129

1. Should the Royal Flying Doctor Service be exempt from the proposed increase in airport fees which could threaten its existence?
YES - 2720 (91%);  NO - 236 (8%);  UNDECIDED - 42 (1%)
2. Should all Australian groups and individuals have equal access to
National Parks and Heritage areas?
YES - 2725 (90%);  NO - 167 (6%);  UNDECIDED - 106 (4%)
3. Do you believe official vaccination programmes are safe?
YES – 1843 (61%);  NO - 494 (17%);  UNDECIDED - 661 (22%)
4. If cost was not a factor, would you prefer organic meat, fruit and vegetables
to conventionally grown products?
YES - 2285 (76%);  NO - 368 (12%);  UNDECIDED - 345 (12%)
5. Many Government Acts allow officials to enter homes and private property 
without a magistrates warrant. Should this be allowed?
YES - 252 (8%);  NO- 2509 (84%);  UNDECIDED - 237 (8%)
6. Should Supermarkets be allowed to sell Pharmaceuticals that are now sold exclusively by Chemists?
YES - 835 (28%);  NO - 1879 (63%);  UNDECIDED - 284 (9%)

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September 2004:    Total polled: 2061

Warwick 107; Ipswich 138; Tweed Heads 199; Yandina 391; Townsville 28; Sarina 157; Mackay 150; Woolgoolga 144; Gympie 409; Tara 142; Nanango 196

1. Do you believe prize money for amateur sports should be taxed?
YES - 239 (12%);  NO - 1701 (82%);  UNDECIDED - 121 (6%)
2. Would you prefer our Government spent less on foreign aid?
YES - 1400 (68%);  NO - 489 (24%);  UNDECIDED - 172 (8%)
3. Does it matter to you whether or not the Prime Minister was telling the truth in the "Children Overboard Affair"?
YES – 1224 (59%);  NO - 671 (33%);  UNDECIDED - 166 (8%)
4. Should taxpayers pay the travel expenses of partners and families when they accompany politicians overseas?
YES - 216 (10%);  NO - 1785 (87%);  UNDECIDED - 60 (3%)
5. Do you believe the average Australian will benefit from the Australia-US Free Trade deal?
YES - 484 (24%);  NO- 1181 (57%);  UNDECIDED - 396 (19%)
6. Do you think the Federal Government should do more to ease the impact of rising fuel prices?
YES - 1873 (91%);  NO - 130 (6%);  UNDECIDED - 58 (3%)

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October 2004:   Total polled: 1682 

Warwick 342; Ipswich 77; Toowoomba 400; Yandina 257; Gympie 315; Woolgoolga 177; Dalby 114

1. Would you support a total ban on plastic shopping bags for environmental reasons?
YES - 1206 (72%);  NO - 287 (17%);  UNDECIDED - 189 (11%)
2. Do you believe the work-for-the-dole programme is helping the unemployment situation?
YES - 871 (52%);  NO - 573 (34%);  UNDECIDED - 238 (14%)
3. Do you approve of the outsourcing of jobs to low income countries by 
companies operating in Australia? 
YES – 186 (11%);  NO - 1265 (75%);  UNDECIDED - 231 (14%)
4. Should people other than Australians be allowed to own land in Australia?
YES - 679 (40%);  NO - 765 (46%);  UNDECIDED - 238 (14%)
5. Should our Parliaments continue to open with prayer?
YES - 881 (52%);  NO- 435 (26%);  UNDECIDED - 366 (22%)
6. Do you support the fluoridation of all water supplies delivered by Councils to all households? 
YES - 802 (48%);  NO - 631 (37%);  UNDECIDED - 249 (15%)

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November 2004:    Total polled: 1829

Boonah 88; Woolgoolga 180; Warwick 140; Toowoomba 386; Yandina 303; Gympie 281; Dalby 114; Tweed Heads 205; Sarina 132

1. Should there be tariffs on imported goods that are already produced in Australia?
YES - 962 (52%);  NO - 705 (39%);  UNDECIDED - 162 (9%)
2. In the recent Federal election, would you have voted if it had not been compulsory?
YES - 1266 (69%);  NO - 506 (28%);  UNDECIDED - 57 (3%)
3. Did the promises made by candidates during the election campaign influence the way you voted? 
YES – 431 (24%);  NO - 1286 (70%);  UNDECIDED - 112 (6%)
4. Do you believe our voting system is open to fraud? 
YES - 1112 (61%);  NO - 404 (22%);  UNDECIDED - 313 (17%)
5. As a result of the recent election, does the Howard Government have a mandate to sell the remainder of Telstra?
YES - 539 (29%);  NO- 960 (53%);  UNDECIDED - 330 (18%)
6. Do you believe the government is using the threat of terrorism for political purposes?
YES - 1189 (65%);  NO - 474 (26%);  UNDECIDED - 166 (9%)

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This is the last survey for 2004. Surveys commence February 2005

February 2005:    Total polled: 2529

Warwick 334; Ipswich 81; Tweed Heads 249; Toowoomba 395; Yandina 347; Boonah 94; Beaudesert 95; Jimboomba 175; Nanango 186; Tara 93; Maroochydore 230; Woolgoolga 198; Dalby 52

1. Do you think government resources available for mentally disabled Australians are adequate?
YES - 233 (9%);  NO - 1907 (76%);  UNDECIDED - 389 (15%)
2. Do you think John Howard should have made a $1 billion donation to the tsunami appeal without asking parliament?
YES - 832 (33%);  NO - 1441 (57%);  UNDECIDED - 26 (10%)
3. Do constraints on teachers prevent them maintaining adequate discipline in schools? 
YES – 1965 (78%);  NO - 361 (14%);  UNDECIDED - 203 (8%)
4. Should the Australian Government compensate Australian citizens who have been released from Guantanamo Bay without charge? 
YES - 689 (27%);  NO - 1327 (53%);  UNDECIDED - 513 (20%)
5. Is it fair that diesel, which is cheaper to produce, should cost more than petrol? 
YES - 361 (10%);  NO- 2118 (84%);  UNDECIDED - 150 (6%)
6. Should the equivalent of child care entitlements available to working mothers be made available to mothers who stay at home with their children?
YES - 1411 (56%);  NO - 800 (31%);  UNDECIDED - 318 (13%) 

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March 2005:   Total polled: 2003

Warwick Q 346; Toowoomba Q 497; Yandina Q 339; Boonah Q 303; Tara Q 114; Woolgoolga N 220; Dalby Q 83; Gympie Q 50; Inverell Forum N 51

1. Should there be a means test for old age pensions?
YES - 620 (31);  NO - 1226 (61%);  UNDECIDED - 157 (8%)
2. Do you think there should be a referendum before a decision is made to sell the rest of Telstra?
YES - 1613 (81%);  NO - 263 (13%);  UNDECIDED - 127 (6%)
3. Should Provisional Driver's Licence holders be restricted to lower-powered cars?  
YES – 1585 (79%);  NO - 318 (16%);  UNDECIDED - 100 (5%)
4. Should freehold land title include the control of trees and vegetation on that land?
YES - 1078 (54%);  NO - 622 (31%);  UNDECIDED - 303 (15%)
5. Should people be allowed to borrow against their superannuation for housing? 
YES - 1450 (73%);  NO- 365 (18%);  UNDECIDED - 188 (9%)
6. Do you think a free trade agreement with China will benefit Australians?
YES - 602 (30%);  NO - 811 (40%);  UNDECIDED - 590 (29%) 

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April 2005:    Total polled: 2033

Warwick Q 321; Toowoomba Q 390; Yandina Q 100; Boonah Q 107; Woolgoolga N 251; Dalby Q65; Gympie Q 100; Jimboomba Q 115; Sydney N 43; Ipswich Q 8; Tweed Heads N 273

1. Should we be training young Australians rather than importing needed skills from overseas?
YES - 1941 (96%);  NO - 44 (2%);  UNDECIDED - 48 (2%)
2. Should all Australians over 65 receive the same benefits?
YES - 1246 (61%);  NO - 537 (27%);  UNDECIDED - 250 (12%)
3. Do you believe the information we receive from the Australian media is censored? 
YES – 1342 (66%);  NO - 418 (21%);  UNDECIDED - 273 (13%)
4. Do you trust official Medical Authorities to regulate the alternate Natural Health industry? 
YES - 293 (15%);  NO - 1427 (70%);  UNDECIDED - 313 (15%)
5. Do you think all water should be owned and regulated by the State? 
YES - 612 (30%);  NO- 1161 (57%);  UNDECIDED - 260 (13%)
6. Do you believe judges and magistrates are vulnerable to political pressure? 
YES - 1744 (86%);  NO - 161 (8%);  UNDECIDED - 128 (6%) 

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May 2005:    Total polled: 2050

Warwick Q 345; Toowoomba Q 401; Yandina Q 249; Boonah Q 124; Coffs Harbour N 244; Dalby Q 100; Jimboomba Q 101; Tweed Heads N 251; Maroochydore Q 235

1. Do you want classroom sex education taught in schools?
YES - 1564 (76%);  NO - 313 (15%);  UNDECIDED - 173 (9%)
2. Should abortions be tax funded?
YES - 548 (27%);  NO - 1146 (56%);  UNDECIDED - 356 (17%)
3. Should Centrelink Officers, who overpay benefit recipients, bear part of the repayment costs ? 
YES – 1152 (56%);  NO - 681 (33%);  UNDECIDED - 217 (11%)
4. Should people be entitled to a firearm in order to defend their family? 
YES - 970 (47%);  NO - 867 (42%);  UNDECIDED - 213 (11%)
5. Do you agree with the government policy of overcoming skills shortages by immigration? 
YES - 442 (22%);  NO- 1384 (67%);  UNDECIDED - 224 (11%)
6. Do you think the G.S.T. should be continued? 
YES - 695 (34%);  NO - 1060 (52%) 

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June 2005:    Total polled: 1853

Warwick Q 193; Toowoomba Q 318; Boonah Q 47; Dalby Q 81; Coffs Harbour N 280;  Jimboomba Q 64;
Maroochydore Q 260;  Tweed Heads Q 247; Sydney N 63; Woolgoolga N 220; Beaudesert Q 80.   

1. Should immigrant doctors’ qualifications be tested against Australian standards
   before they are allowed to practice here?
   YES - 1778 (95%);  NO - 47 (3%);  UNDECIDED - 28 (2%)

2. Is it a matter of concern to you that the Liberal/National Coalition Parties will have
   a majority in both Houses of Parliament from next month?
   YES - 1080 (58%);  NO - 515 (28%);  UNDECIDED - 258 (14%)

3. Do you think governments are doing enough to find alternate energy sources? 
   YES – 97 (5%);  NO - 1621 (88%);  UNDECIDED - 135 (7%)

4. Do you understand how preferential votes are counted and allocated? 
   YES - 1021 (55%);  NO - 733 (40%);  UNDECIDED - 99 (5%)

5. Should voters be required to produce identification before being allowed to vote? 
   YES - 1382 (75%);  NO - 340 (18%);  UNDECIDED - 131 (7%)

6. Do you believe our democratic process is working properly? 
   YES - 530 (29%);  NO - 963 (52%);  UNDECIDED - 360 (19%)

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July 2005:    Total polled: 1882

Warwick Q 214; Toowoomba Q 275; Boonah Q 58; Dalby Q 109;
Coffs Harbour N 258; Jimboomba Q 57; Maroochydore Q 296;
 Tweed Heads Q 295; Woolgoolga N 260; Beaudesert Q 60.

1. The Federal Government plans a national industrial relations system overriding the States.
   Do you agree with this move?
   YES - 379 (20%);  NO - 1198 (64%);  UNDECIDED - 305 (16%)

2. Do you think drought-stricken farmers should receive Government financial assistance?
   YES - 1628 (86%);  NO - 150 (8%);  UNDECIDED - 104 (6%)

3. Do you think Telstra is justified in paying its Chief Executive Officer forty times more than the Prime Minister?

   YES – 82 (4%);  NO - 1755 (93%);  UNDECIDED - 45 (3%)

4. Do you believe foreign investment is necessary and beneficial for future development and prosperity in Australia?
   YES - 811 (43%);  NO - 742 (39%);  UNDECIDED - 329 (18%)

5. Have you ever read, or been taught, the Australian Constitution? 
   YES - 541 (29%);  NO - 1285 (68%);  UNDECIDED - 56 (3%)
6. Do you agree with globalism? 
   YES - 451 (24%);  NO - 882 (47%);  UNDECIDED - 549 (29%)

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August 2005:    Total polled: 1165

Warwick Q 348; Toowoomba Q 180; Boonah Q 10; Dalby Q 34;
Coffs Harbour N 297; Maroochydore Q 296;   

1. Do you believe a National ID card will make Australia any safer from terrorism?
   YES - 407 (35%);  NO - 634 (54%);  UNDECIDED - 124 (11%)

2. Should candidates standing for election be automatically disqualified if they are
   citizens of any country other than Australia?
   YES - 936 (80%);  NO - 168 (14%);  UNDECIDED - 61 (6%)

3. Should politicians’ pensions be means tested in the same manner as all Australians? 
   YES – 837 (72%);  NO - 299 (26%);  UNDECIDED - 29 (2%)

4. Would you vote if it was not compulsory? 
   YES - 777 (67%);  NO - 292 (25%);  UNDECIDED - 96 (8%)

5. Should taxpayer contributions to politicians’ superannuation be the same as all Australian workers? 
   YES - 789 (68%);  NO - 322 (27%);  UNDECIDED - 54 (5%)
6. Do you know who your Federal Member of Parliament is? 
   YES - 759 (65%);  NO - 320 (28%);  UNDECIDED - 86 (7%)

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September 2005:    Total polled: 864

Warwick Q 145; Boonah Q 13; Dalby Q 16; Coffs Harbour N 195; Maroochydore Q 147;
Woolgoolga N 157; Tweed Heads Q 191   

1. Are you concerned about John Howard's proposed new Industrial Relations Legislation?
   YES - 595 (69%);  NO - 148 (17%);  UNDECIDED - 121 (14%)

2. Should we import food that we already produce in sufficient quantity in Australia?
   YES - 38 (4%);  NO - 809 (94%);  UNDECIDED - 17 (2%)

3. Do you think all new homes should be required to have rain water tanks installed? 
   YES – 767 (89%);  NO - 55 (6%);  UNDECIDED - 42 (5%)

4.  
   YES - 24 (3%);  NO - 773 (89%);  UNDECIDED - 67 (8%)

5. Do you believe property in Australia should be owned only by Australians? 
   YES - 473 (55%);  NO- 265 (30%);  UNDECIDED - 126 (15%)

6. Do you consider free trade is good for Australian farmers? 
   YES - 247 (29%);  NO - 422 (49%);  UNDECIDED - 195 (22%)

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October 2005:    Total polled: 843

Warwick Q 161; Boonah Q 20; Dalby Q 49; Coffs Harbour N 186; Woolgoolga N 223; Toowoomba Q 204  

1. Should private schools be self funded?
   YES - 506 (60%);  NO - 249 (30%);  UNDECIDED - 88 (10%)

2. Should foreign companies be permitted to buy and operate Australian town water supplies?
   YES - 38 (4%);  NO - 774 (92%);  UNDECIDED - 31 (4%)

3. Do your agree with our system of paying $1.91 for every primary vote a candidate receives at elections? 
   YES – 63 (7%);  NO - 630 (75%);  UNDECIDED - 150 (18%)

4. Are you confident the Federal Government will honour its undertaking to ensure rural phone service
   are upgraded to city standards? 
   YES - 94 (11%);  NO - 657 (78%);  UNDECIDED - 92 (11%)

5. Should international pharmaceutical (drug) companies be represented on Australian Health regulatory bodies? 
   YES - 291 (34%);  NO - 443 (53%);  UNDECIDED - 109 (13%)

6. Do you think fuel supplies and prices are politically manipulated? 
   YES - 728 (86%);  NO - 82 (10%);  UNDECIDED - 33 (4%)

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November 2005:    Total polled: 1198

Warwick Q 215; Dalby Q 51; Toowoomba Q 201; Coffs Harbour N 207; 
Tweed Heads N 263; Woolgoolga N 240; Other 21 . 

1. The Prime Minister has outlined the workplace relations reforms. 
   Do you believe the changes will leave workers better off?
   YES - 138 (11.5%);  NO - 881 (73.5%);  UNDECIDED - 179 (14.9%)
2. Do you think the threat of terrorist attack in Australia is great enough 
   to justify detention on suspicion?
   YES - 734 (61.3%);  NO - 354 (29.5%);  UNDECIDED - 110 (9.2%)
3.  Do you think landholders should be charged for water 
   pumped from their own bores?
   YES – 149 (12.4%);  NO - 975 (81.4%);  UNDECIDED - 74 (6.2%)
4.  Do you think an ability to speak English should be a necessary 
   qualification for Australian citizenship?
   YES - 962 (80.3%);  NO - 185 (15.4%);  UNDECIDED - 51 (4.3%)
5. Are you in favour of the proposal to accept nuclear waste from 
   other countries and charge for its storage in Australia ?
   YES - 82 (6.8%);  NO- 968 (80.8%);  UNDECIDED - 148 (12.4%)
6. If it was readily available, would you use a petrol/ethanol mixture in your vehicle?
   YES - 774 (64.6%);  NO - 212 (17.7%);  UNDECIDED - 212 (17.7%) 

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February 2006:    Total polled: 1052

Warwick Q; Dalby Q; Toowoomba Q; Coffs Harbour N; Woolgoolga N; Postal. 

1. Do you think the Cronulla Beach riots were a result of multicultural immigration policy? 
   YES -  623 (59.2%);  NO - 304 (28.9%);  UNDECIDED - 125 (11.9%)
2. Is the present drastic shortage of medical doctors due to past government policy? 
   YES - 813 (77.3%);  NO - 129 (12.3%);  UNDECIDED - 110 (10.5%)
3.  Should Australians pay world prices for Australian oil?
   YES – 119 (11.3%);  NO - 840 (79.8%);  UNDECIDED - 93 (8.8%)
4.  Do you think political parties have a right to prevent their members voting according to conscience?
   YES - 89 (8.5%);  NO - 888 (84.4%);  UNDECIDED - 75 (7.1%)
5. Do you agree that the government should sell Australia Post? 
   YES - 64 (6.1%);  NO- 910 (86.5%);  UNDECIDED - 78 (7.4%)
6. Do you agree with the decision to release long-term illegal immigrants into the community?
   YES - 179 (17.0%);  NO - 738 (70.2%);  UNDECIDED - 135 (12.8%) 

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March 2006:    Total polled: 861  

 Warwick Q; Toowoomba Q; Coffs Harbour N;  Woolgoolga N; Inverell N;  

1. Should Australia take part in any action to penalise Iran
   for developing nuclear energy? 
   YES - 386 (44.9%);  NO - 322 (37.4%);  UNDECIDED - 153 (17.7%)
2. Are there sufficient university places available for Australians
   who wish to study medicine? 
   YES - 116 (13.4%);  NO - 626 (72.7%);  UNDECIDED - 119 (13.9%)
3. Do you think the policy of closing institutions and releasing mentally
   handicapped people into the community has been successful?
   YES – 77 (9.0%);  NO - 669 (77.7%);  UNDECIDED - 115 (13.3%)
4. The Chief Justice of the High Court has said the legal system is being undermined by media criticism of court decisions. Do you agree?
   YES - 379 (44.0%);  NO - 372 (43.2%);  UNDECIDED - 110 (12.8%)
5. Prime Minister John Howard has said there is no underlying racism in Australia. Do you agree? 
   YES - 132 (15.3%);  NO - 686 (79.7%);  UNDECIDED - 43 (5.0%)
6. Do you think bribery in international trade is now common practice?
   YES - 696 (80.8%);  NO - 77 (9.0%);  UNDECIDED - 88 (10.2)   

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April 2006:    Total polled: 1174

Warwick Q ; Dalby Q; Toowoomba Q; Coffs Harbour N;  Woolgoolga N; 
Inverell N; Boonah Q; Postal. 

1. Should books about same sex parents be used as learning aids in schools? 
   YES -  353 (30.1%);  NO - 679 (57.8%);  UNDECIDED - 142 (12.1%)
2. Would you agree with capital punishment for Saddam Hussein if he is convicted? 
   YES - 801 (68.2%);  NO - 274 (23.3%);  UNDECIDED - 99 (8.5%)
3.  Will Industrial Relations regulations affect your vote at the next Federal Election?
   YES – 691 (58.8%);  NO - 359 (30.6%);  UNDECIDED - 124 (10.6%)
4.  Should it be a criminal offence to burn the Australian flag?
   YES - 937 (79.8%);  NO - 183 (15.6%);  UNDECIDED - 54 (4.6%)
5. Are Australian Quarantine regulations being weakened by new Trade Deals? 
   YES - 785 (66.9%);  NO- 97 (8.3%);  UNDECIDED - 292 (24.8%)
6. Do you agree with Treasurer Peter Costello that Australia is now enjoying economic revival?
   YES - 265 (22.6%);  NO - 694 (59.1%);  UNDECIDED - 215 (18.3%)

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May 2006 

1. Is Greenpeace justified in obstructing Japanese whaling ships in the southern ocean?
   YES -  84.6%;  NO - 10.3%;  UNDECIDED - 5.1%
2.  Do you think the Federal Government knew about the AWB wheat deal with Iraq?
   YES - 78.5%;  NO - 8.1%;  UNDECIDED - 13.4%
3.  Telstra plans to scrap many public payphones. Is this justified?
   YES – 11.2%;  NO - 84.2%;  UNDECIDED - 4.6%
4.  Would a compulsory national identity card be an effective means of fighting terrorism?
   YES - 34.0%;  NO - 52.4%;  UNDECIDED - 13.6%
5. The Federal Government has sent more troops to Afghanistan. Do you support this move?
   YES - 18.4%;  NO- 71.2%;  UNDECIDED - 10.4%
6. Should our Federal Government have signed an agreement allowing China to mine Australian uranium for its own use?
   YES - 14.3%;  NO - 75.5%;  UNDECIDED - 10.2% 

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June 2006:  

1. Are you in favour of the sale of the Snowy River Hydroelectric Scheme?
   YES -  7.5%;  NO - 81.3%;  UNDECIDED - 11.2%
2. Would you support the introduction of recycled sewage to augment your town's drinking water supply ?
   YES - 41.6%;  NO - 48.1%;  UNDECIDED - 10.4%
3.  Do you believe that street crime is out of control in our big cities?
   YES – 81.0%;  NO - 11.8%;  UNDECIDED - 7.2%
4.  Has Iran a right to develop nuclear capability equal to that of other countries?
   YES - 35.3%;  NO - 47.7%;  UNDECIDED - 17.0%
5. Should Australians suffering loss from natural disasters be compensated with grants instead of low-interest loans?
   YES - 59.7%;  NO- 24.0%;  UNDECIDED - 16.3%
6. Should Australia send illegal immigrants to offshore detention centres for processing?
   YES - 58.7%;  NO - 31.2%;  UNDECIDED - 10.1% 

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July 2006:  

1. Should political parties disendorse members who represent their electorate against the wishes of the party?
   YES -  24.1%;  NO - 60.5%;  UNDECIDED - 15.4%
2. Should Australia develop nuclear energy?
   YES - %;  NO - 43.5%;  UNDECIDED - 23.3%
3.  Under our Constitution, waters of rivers and dams are controlled by State Governments. Should this control be transferred to the Federal Government?
   YES – 28.6%;  NO - 56.7%;  UNDECIDED - 14.7%
4. The official unemployment figure in Australia fell to 4.9% in May. Does this accurately reflect the employment situation?
   YES - 14.6%;  NO - 73.9%;  UNDECIDED - 11.7%
5. Should aboriginal children at risk from sex predators in remote communities be removed from their parents for their own protection?
   YES - 51.7%;  NO- 28.9%;  UNDECIDED - 19.4%
6. Was Australia right to join the United States in the war against Iraq?
   YES - 27.6%;  NO - 62.9%;  UNDECIDED - 9.5% 

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August 2006:  

1. Has your opinion of parliamentarians improved over the last ten years?
   YES -  13.4%;  NO - 79.6%;  UNDECIDED - 7.0%
2. Should all economic responsibility be ceded to the Federal Government, as suggested by the Federal Treasurer?
   YES - 20.8%;  NO - 64.9%;  UNDECIDED - 14.3%
3.  Is it important to teach Australian history in our schools?
   YES – 95.8%;  NO - 2.6%;  UNDECIDED - 1.6%
4. Should Australian water supplies be owned by multinational corporations?
   YES - 7.4%;  NO - 88.3%;  UNDECIDED - 4.3%
5. Will guest workers from low-wage countries drive down Australian wages and conditions?
   YES - 69.9%;  NO- 20.1%;  UNDECIDED - 10.0%
6. Are you better off financially now than you were ten years ago?
   YES - 33.5%;  NO - 57.6%;  UNDECIDED - 8.9% 

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September 2006:  

1. Will the latest interest rate rise influence the way you vote at the next election?
   YES -  40.1%;  NO - 51.9%;  UNDECIDED - 8.0%
2. Should Australia join UN peacekeeping forces in Lebanon?
   YES - 26.8%;  NO - 62.1%;  UNDECIDED - 11.1%
3. Many Australians hold dual nationality. Do you think Australia should cease to recognise dual citizenship?
   YES – 50.7%;  NO - 40.1%;  UNDECIDED - 9.2%
4. Should juries be allowed to decide sentences?
   YES - 49.7%;  NO - 35.6%;  UNDECIDED - 14.7%
5. Is the cost of legal representation out of reach for most people?
   YES - 93.0%;  NO- 3.3%;  UNDECIDED - 3.7%
6. Do you believe that a referendum result should be binding on government?
   YES -76.4 %;  NO - 11.1%;  UNDECIDED - 12.5%.

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October 2006:    

1.  Would a $2000 grant from the Federal Government be an enticement to persuade you to convert your car to LPG?
   YES -  51.7%;  NO - 36.6%;  UNDECIDED - 11.7%
2. The U.N. Convention on Refugees is subscribed to by eleven countries. Should Australia withdraw from it?
   YES - 33.2%;  NO - 43.5%;  UNDECIDED - 23.3%
3.  Should illegal fishermen and illegal immigrants be detained on a prison ship?
   YES – 55.9%;  NO - 30.8%;  UNDECIDED - 13.3%
4.  Do you feel Telstra CEO Sol Trujillo is doing a good job?
   YES - 11.5%;  NO - 64.1%;  UNDECIDED - 24.4%
5. The Prime Minister has announced that the Federal Government will sell its remaining shares in Telstra. Do you agree with this decision?
   YES - 15.3%;  NO- 74.9%;  UNDECIDED - 9.8%
6. Jack Thomas, cleared of terror-related offences on appeal, has been placed on a curfew. Is this a civil liberties violation?
   YES - 41.0%;  NO - 40.4%;  UNDECIDED - 18.6% 

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March 2007:   

1.  Are both sides being heard on the issue of Global Warming?
   YES -  15.3%;  NO - 73.1%;  UNDECIDED - 11.6%
2. Federal Treasurer Peter Costello says the Government will not allow Qantas
   to pass into foreign ownership. Are you reassured?
   YES - 8.3%;  NO - 88.4%;  UNDECIDED - 3.3%
3.  Do you think single income families can now buy a home and provide for a family?  
   YES – 7.0%;  NO - 88.9%;  UNDECIDED - 4.1%
4.  Can people of different races, religions, diets and cultures live together in peace?
   YES -30.1%;  NO - 62.0%;  UNDECIDED - 7.9%
5. Was Pauline Hanson right to claim Australia is in danger of being swamped by Asians?
   YES - 76.4%;  NO- 17.8%;  UNDECIDED -5.8%
6. Do you support the call by the Archbishop of Melbourne for David Hicks
   to be returned to Australia forthwith?
   YES - 52.4%;  NO - 36.4%;  UNDECIDED - 11.2%

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April 2007:   

Do you believe that the threat of climate change has been
exaggerated by alarmists pursuing a political agenda?
YES -  58.8 %;  NO - 34.2%;  UNDECIDED - 7.0%

 

1. Should Australia develop nuclear power?
   YES - 29.7%;  NO - 55.7%;  UNDECIDED - 14.6%
   
    
2.  Should Australia mine uranium?
   YES – 35.4%;  NO - 50.8%;  UNDECIDED - 13.8%
   
    
3. Should State governments give control over water
   to the Federal government?
4. YES - 13.5%;  NO - 76.5 %;  UNDECIDED - 10.0%
   
    
5. Are pollution-free energy alternatives being held back by
   vested-interests in fossil fuels?
   YES -  88.8%;  NO - 5.0 %;  UNDECIDED - 6.2%
   
    
6. Should food additives banned in other western countries as
   health hazards be banned in Australia?
   YES - 90.0%;  NO - 6.2 %;  UNDECIDED - 3.8%   

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May 2007:       No. 42

1.  Are you satisfied that the process of recycling sewage makes it safe to drink?
   YES -  26.8 %;  NO - 64.2%;  UNDECIDED - 9.0%
2. Did John Howard break the law by personally committing Australian troops to Iraq ?
   YES - 57.4%;  NO - 29.0%;  UNDECIDED - 13.6%
3. Do big donations to political parties undermine good representation?
   YES – 85.7%;  NO - 9.4%;  UNDECIDED - 4.9%
4. In general, does the media give equal and fair coverage to all candidates at election?
   YES - 15.8%;  NO - 76.2 %;  UNDECIDED - 8.0%
5. Every day our Commonwealth Parliament commences with the Lord’s Prayer.
   Should this be stopped?
   YES - 15.8%;  NO- 77.4 %;  UNDECIDED -6.8%
6. Is maintaining the predominantly Anglo-Celtic national identity important?
   YES - 78.5%;  NO - 12.1 %;  UNDECIDED - 9.4%
   

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June 2007:       No. 43

1. Should Local Councils be amalgamated without a referendum of their ratepayers?
   YES - 6.7 %;  NO - 84.2%;  UNDECIDED - 9.1%
   
    
2. Do you believe your freehold property rights are secure?
   YES - 14.4%;  NO - 76.4%;  UNDECIDED - 9.2%
   
    
3. Should governments be able to ignore freehold property rights?
   YES – 10.9%;  NO - 85.6%;  UNDECIDED - 3.5%
    
4. Should private banks be allowed to create the money they lend?
   YES - 13.4%;  NO - 70.1%;  UNDECIDED - 16.5%
   
    
5. Should voters be required to produce identification when voting?
   YES - 55.6%;  NO- 37.3%;  UNDECIDED -7.1%
   
    
6. Should voting be compulsory?
   YES - 49.6%;  NO - 46.8%;  UNDECIDED - 3.6%
   

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July 2007:       No. 44   

1. Are you in favour of Australian Workplace Agreements?
   YES -  24.1%;  NO - 61.5%;  UNDECIDED - 14.4%
2. Do you agree with the proposal that local government responsibility for water be taken over by State governments?
   YES - 12.8%;  NO - 81.5%;  UNDECIDED - 5.7%
3. Should the use of military hardware containing uranium be banned in Australia ?
   YES – 69.2%;  NO - 22.1%;  UNDECIDED - 8.7%
4. Does the “Coalition of the Willing” have an obligation to compensate those Iraqis made destitute by the war in Iraq ?
   YES - 51.3%;  NO - 27.7%;  UNDECIDED - 21.0%
5. Should the government ban Australian cricketers from competing in Zimbabwe ?
   YES - 57.9%;  NO- 31.8%;  UNDECIDED -10.3%

6. Should taxpayers have a direct say in how their taxes are spent?
   YES - 91.3%;  NO - 6.7%;  UNDECIDED - 2.0%
   

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August 2007:       No. 45   

1. Do you trust Kevin Rudd to stick to his commitment 
   not to introduce nuclear power to Australia ?
   YES -  19.9%;  NO - 68.2%;  UNDECIDED - 11.9%
2. Are you in favour of more Council amalgamations?
   YES - 6.1%;  NO - 89.3%;  UNDECIDED - 4.6%
3. Are enforced health checks an infringement on the rights of Aboriginal children?
   YES – 31.4%;  NO - 56.7%;  UNDECIDED - 11.9%
4. Do you believe in man-made Global Warming? 
   YES – 33.3%;  NO - 53.6%;  UNDECIDED - 13.1%
5. Do you support anti-terror laws that lock people up indefinitely without charge?
   YES - 17.6%;  NO - 75.5%;  UNDECIDED - 6.9%
6. Are you in favour of retaining our Constitutional Monarchy?
   YES - 80.8%;  NO- 11.5%;  UNDECIDED -7.7%   

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