Australian Gallup Polls, September 1979

Topics covered in this survey include opinion on penalties for murder; whether Australia should take more or fewer or the planned number of Vietnamese refugees; what Federal Government should do about refugees who come by boat from Vietnam; which living Australian woman and man is most admired; level of satisfaction with the recent Federal Budget; and, which economic measures (such as fighting inflation, removal of income tax surcharge, deferment of tax indexation, no increase in indirect taxes or the restoration of twice-yearly indexation to pensions) are particularly good or bad for Australia. Background variables include occupation of self and head of household, whether respondent assists employer on purchase decisions, marital status, education, age, sex, voting enrolment, vote intention, economic classification, gross income, and phone ownership.