Saulwick Age Poll, August 2001: Pre-election Survey

A national telephone poll of 1000 adult residents of Australia conducted in August 2001. Topics covered include importance of different government responsibilities, quality of leadership, whether Australia should become a republic, issues of importance for families, maternity and paternity leave, child care, changes in working hours, attitude to individual contracts in the workplace, job satisfaction, changes in personal welfare, saving, tax, tax vs government services spending priorities for government, reconciliation, attitude an apology to and treaty with Aboriginal Australians, government assistance for country people and important industry, global warming, health spending, bulk-billing, public hospitals, aged care, education funding, foreign aid, U.S. - Australia relations, foreign investment, racial tolerance, community, population, immigrants, main cause of stress in families, unemployment benefits. Background variables are age, gender, education and location (urban/rural).