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Water conservation leads the list of things Australia’s Opinion Leaders think the Federal Government should be doing more about - 91% say not enough is being done on this issue, while only 9% think the Government is doing enough, a special Roy Morgan Opinion Leaders' Survey finds.

A recent Morgan Poll found that 80% of Australians aged over 14 believe the Government is not doing enough in relation to water conservation — 18% considered enough was being done and 2% were unable to say.

While there is consensus on the issue of water conservation, Australia’s Opinion Leaders are divided on whether or not the Government is doing enough about Bird Flu — 53% think the Government is doing enough on this issue while 47% think the Government is not doing enough.  Those in the Property sector (65%), health and manufacturing industries (each 53%), and Media and communications (52%) are most likely to consider the Federal Government is not doing enough about Bird Flu.

Opinion Leaders are also divided as to whether or not the Government is doing enough about bushfires — 54% think enough is being done on the issue, but 46% think more needs to be done — those working in construction (58%) and education (57%) are particularly likely to believe more needs to be done on this issue.

The majority of Opinion Leaders believe the Government is doing enough on the issues of Terrorism in Australia (80%), a major earthquake (77%) and a Tsunami-like disaster (75%).

The on-line Roy Morgan Opinion Leaders Survey was conducted October 13-19 with 1,444 Opinion Leaders Australia-wide.  The telephone Morgan Poll was conducted on the evenings of October 12/13, 2005, with 662 respondents aged 14 and over Australia-wide.

The Opinion Leaders sample was drawn from the ‘top end’ of Roy Morgan Single Source - a well constructed Australia-wide sample of people of income $80,000+ or in the top occupational categories, and included booster samples from Henry Thornton Readers, Crikey! Readers, Australian Institute of International Affairs Members, Marcus Oldham Associates, Davos Connection Associates and the Australian American Association Members.
                

              

Is The Australian Government Doing Enough?
Respondents were asked: “Some people say the Australian Government is doing enough on issues which concern Australia, while others say not enough is being done.  Do you think the Australian Government is doing enough or do you think it should be doing more to prepare Australians for;

• A Tsunami-like disaster
• A major earthquake
• Bushfires
• Water conservation
• Bird flu
• HIV or AIDS
• Terrorism in Australia
• Illegal drugs in Australia

The majority of Opinion Leaders believe the Government is not doing enough on the issue of water conservation in Australia (91%), and are divided on whether or not the Government is doing enough about Bird Flu (not doing enough - 47%) and bushfires (not doing enough - 46%).  The vast majority (80%) think enough is being done by the Government on the issue of terrorism.

 Roy Morgan Opinion Leaders Survey                                                                      

When compared with the average Australian, Opinion Leaders are more likely to believe the government is not doing enough on this issues of water conservation (91% cf 80%) and Bird Flu (47% cf 35%), and significantly less likely to think not enough is being done about terrorism (20% cf 41%).

*  The Opinion Leaders sample was drawn from the ‘top end’ of Roy Morgan Single Source - a well constructed Australia-wide sample of people of income $80,000+ or in the top occupational categories, and included booster samples from Henry Thornton Readers, Crikey! Readers, Australian Institute of International Affairs Members, Marcus Oldham Associates, Davos Connection Associates and the Australian American Association Members.

# The telephone Morgan Poll was conducted on the evenings of October 12/13, 2005, with 662 respondents aged 14 and over Australia-wide.

The Morgan Poll is conducted by the
ONLY Australian or New Zealand member of the Gallup International Association.
No other public opinion poll taken in Australia or New Zealand
has this qualification.

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