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Water Conservation still leads the list of things Australians think the Federal Government should be doing more about, however the proportion of Australians saying the Government should be doing more on this issue has fallen 12% to 68%, since October 2005, whilst 29% (up 11%) say the Government is doing enough and 3% (up 1%) are unable say, according to a special telephone Morgan Poll. 

Despite recent bushfires in the Southern States, the proportion of Australians who believe the Government is doing enough to prepare Australians for Bushfires has risen 4% to 53%, with  43% (down 4%) believing the Government should be doing more and 4% (unchanged) unable to say.  Tasmanians are the most concerned about Bushfires, with a majority (60%, up 10%) saying the Government should be doing more to prepare Australians for Bushfires, followed by Queensland (48%, unchanged), Victoria (45%, down 2%), South Australia/Northern Territory (44%, down 12%), Western Australia (43%, up 6%) and New South Wales (39%, down 7%).

An increased number of Australians (up 3% to 66%) believe the Government should be doing more to prepare Australians for Illegal drugs in Australia, whilst 29% (down 1%) believe the Government is doing enough on this issue and 5% (down 2%) cant say.

The majority of Australians believe the Government is doing enough on the issues of Terrorism in Australia (up 12% to 66%), Bird Flu (up 9% to 55%), A Tsunami-like disaster (up 3% to 55%) and a Major Earthquake (up 1% to 51%).

Gary Morgan Says:

“Australians are clearly still concerned about Water Conservation, with 68% of Australians believing the Government should be doing more on this issue.  However Government advertising and initiatives have been successful, with this figure down 12% from a high 80% in October 2005.  

“Since the execution of Van Nguyen and the trials and convictions of the Bali Nine, Australians are more concerned about Illegal Drugs in Australia with 66% (up3%) of Australians believing the Government should be doing more to prepare Australians for Illegal drugs in Australia.

“It should be of concern to those involved in the recent Victorian bushfires (the worst in many years) that only 45% (down 2%) of Victorians believe the Government should be doing more on this issue.  The Victorian Government and groups such as the Stretton Group need to be more vocal with promotion of bushfire awareness and prevention.”

This special telephone Morgan Poll was conducted on the evenings of February 22-23, 2006, with an Australia-wide sample of 656 respondents aged 14 and over.

Yesterday in Federal Parliament, Government Deputy Whip Stewart McArthur, delivered a speech decrying the lack of action by the Victorian Labor Government to reduce the impacts of bushfires in the State:

“There were two lives lost in the Victorian fires. This is a needless tragedy. The worst thing about these disasters is knowing that more could have been done to prevent the damage, loss of environmental assets, loss of private property, livestock and human life.”

The full speech is available here: http://www.henrythornton.com/article.asp?article_id=389

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.  As I say each issue please say if you think the Australian Government is doing enough or if 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

	Australians Aged 14+ October 5/6, 2005			Australians Aged 14+ February 22/23, 2006
	No, Should Be Doing More	Yes, Doing Enough	Can’t say	No, Should Be Doing More	Yes, Doing Enough	Can’t say
	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)	(%)
Water conservation	80	18	2	68	29	3
Illegal drugs in Australia	63	30	7	66	29	5
Bushfires	47	49	4	43	53	4
HIV or AIDS	37	51	12	39	50	11
A Tsunami-like disaster	37	52	11	35	55	10
A major earthquake	33	50	17	34	51	15
Bird flu	35	46	19	32	55	13
Terrorism in Australia	41	54	5	30	66	4

The Australian Government Should Be Doing More About…

Men are more likely than women (69% cf 67%) to believe the Australian Government should be doing more about Water Conservation, whilst women are more concerned about Illegal Drugs in Australia with 72% saying the Government is not doing enough on this issue. 

	Total All People 14+	Total All People 14+	Analysis by Sex and Age
	Oct 5/6 2005	Feb 22/23 2006	Men	Women	14-17#	18-24	25-34	35-49	50+
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Water conservation	80	68	69	67	52	59	66	73	70
Illegal drugs in Australia	63	66	60	72	68	64	62	70	65
Bushfires	47	43	42	45	44	39	47	43	44
HIV or AIDS	37	39	35	42	38	55	35	44	31
A Tsunami-like disaster	37	35	36	34	43	39	36	35	32
A major earthquake	33	34	37	30	35	38	33	33	33
Bird flu	35	32	33	32	30	37	43	34	25
Terrorism in Australia	41	30	27	32	22	22	34	28	33

# Sample sizes less than 50 should be treated with caution

The Australian Government Should Be Doing More About… Continued

Australians living in country areas are more likely than those living in the city to think the Government should be doing more about Water Conservation (71% cf 65%), Illegal drugs in Australia (71% cf 63%) and Bushfires (48% cf 41%).  On a State-by-State basis Tasmanians are the most likely (85%) to think the Government should be doing more about Water conservation followed by Queenslanders (75%), with Victorians the least likely (55%).

	Total All People 14+	Total All People 14+	Analysis by Region and State
	Feb 5/6 2005	Feb 22/23 2006	Capital Cities	Country Areas	NSW	Vic	Qld	SA/NT	WA	Tas#
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Water conservation	80	68	65	71	71	55	75	68	69	85
Illegal drugs in Australia	63	66	63	71	68	61	76	61	57	61
Bushfires	47	43	41	48	39	45	48	44	43	60
HIV or AIDS	37	39	38	40	37	40	40	41	36	51
A Tsunami-like disaster	37	35	34	37	31	32	42	38	37	50
A major earthquake	33	34	31	39	33	27	41	45	23	50
Bird flu	35	32	29	38	33	31	37	28	29	44
Terrorism in Australia	41	30	30	30	33	24	32	29	26	41

 # Sample sizes less than 50 should be treated with caution

Analysis by voting intention shows that Green supporters are the most likely (94%) to think the Government should be doing more about Water Conservation, with Family First supporters the least likely (49%).  One Nation supporters are the most likely (92%) to think the Government should be doing more about Illegal drugs in Australia.

	Total All People 14+	Total All People 14+	Analysis by Federal Voting Intention
	Feb 5/6 2005	Feb 22/23 2006	L-NP	ALP	Aust. Dems#	The Greens#	One Nation#	Family First#	Ind/ Other#	No Answer
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Water conservation	80	68	62	74	80	94	75	49	79	57
Illegal drugs in Australia	63	66	68	67	70	41	92	65	64	65
Bushfires	47	43	38	48	71	32	63	53	56	43
HIV or AIDS	37	39	31	46	51	48	36	25	35	40
A Tsunami-like disaster	37	35	29	39	55	30	24	48	42	40
A major earthquake	33	34	28	42	41	18	37	49	42	35
Bird flu	35	32	23	40	35	28	40	44	52	37
Terrorism in Australia	41	30	29	34	36	11	50	14	37	28

# Sample sizes less than 50 should be treated with caution

The telephone Morgan Poll was conducted on the evenings of February 22/23, 2006, with 656 respondents aged 14 and over Australia-wide.   

For further information:

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The Morgan Poll is conducted by the ONLY Australian member of the Gallup International Association.

No Other public opinion poll taken in Australia has this qualification.

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