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A new research-informed campaign has been launched to dispel myths and inform the public about nuclear energy after a comprehensive JWS Research study including focus groups and a quantitative survey of 1500 finds more Australians support lifting the ban on the use of nuclear power than oppose it.
New research conducted by JWS Research finds more Australians support lifting the ban on the use of nuclear power than oppose it. The research included focus groups and a quantitative survey of 1500 Australians and found 40 per cent of Australians support lifting the ban on nuclear power in Australia.
Recent research commissioned by the National Farmers’ Federation (NFF) found that rural and city people share the same values, yet two thirds of Australians feel like they have no connection to farmers or rural Australia. “It was acutely important to us, not just to act on gut feel or anecdotal information,…
Results from a recent JWS Research survey show support has risen across the board for Australian mining, with opposition to the minerals industry falling to its lowest level in recent years. JWS Research has conducted multiple waves of benchmark and tracking research for the Minerals Council of Australia (MCA), with…
A poll of 1,500 Victorians by JWS Research, commissioned by the AirRail Melbourne consortium, found seven out of 10 people want the airport rail link to be an express service that gets from the city to Tullamarine in under 20 minutes.
Yesterday, Infrastructure Australia released the 2019 Australian Infrastructure Audit, a forward-looking view of Australia’s infrastructure challenges and opportunities, based in part on a national survey of 5,000 Australians conducted by JWS Research.
The results have been released from Victoria’s annual community satisfaction survey of more than 26,000 Victorians conducted by JWS Research for Local Government Victoria.
JWS Research founder John Scales explains in today’s article by Phillip Coorey in the Australian Financial Review that Australians are sick of political upheaval and seek a return to stability in government and focus on core government responsibilities.
JWS Research conducted a post election survey asking 1,000 voters how they voted in last Saturday’s federal election, why they voted that way, what information sources and issues were influential, and how they felt about the respective campaigns. Full results and analysis are available to download.
Managing Director John Scales explains in The Australian Financial Review today that if the race is as close as polls suggest, there’s a small possibility that the Coalition could eke out an unexpected victory on Saturday.
JWS Research founder John Scales explains in today’s The Australian Financial Review by looking at recent polls and historical examples that if the race is close going into the last week of an election campaign, anything can happen.
John Scales told ABC’s AM program that many voters feel campaigns have become very predictable and run of the mill, so the challenge for this one is to capture people’s attention.
JWS Research Managing Director John Scales explains TPP, preference flows and the effect of minor party votes in this morning’s Australian Financial Review. As the Coalition loses voters to minor parties who direct preferences elsewhere, it must keep growing its primary vote. This is very hard.
A JWS Research poll of NSW voters in the wake of the state election is now available, finding a growing number of voters are ignoring how-to-vote cards, preferring to make up their own mind on where to direct preferences, many only deciding who to vote for on election day.
Polling conducted with the Housing Industry Association (HIA) found over 92 per cent of renters aspire to own their own home, but less than half believe they’ll achieve it.
True Issues is a unique regular trends monitor that provides the latest information on issue priorities impacting Australians.
True Issues, reported in the Australian Financial Review, has become an important and widely reported tool, tracking what Australians truly care about and where those priorities sit within the broader issues landscape. With data dating back to 2013 you can easily see what priorities drive choices in the marketplace and public discussion.
When asked to name up to three issues that personally interest or concern them the most and that the Australian Government should focus on, almost half of Australians (47%) describe issues related to hospitals, healthcare and ageing, in contrast with our last True Issues poll taken in amid the catastrophic 2019-20 bushfire season.
Four months into its response to the COVID-19 pandemic, Federal Government performance is rated at an index score of 63, substantially higher than in February and the Government’s highest performance score since True Issues began in June 2013.
Eight in ten Australians (83%) are concerned about the COVID-19 pandemic, including almost half (48%) who are extremely or very concerned and Millennials (aged 18-34 years) are experiencing the most anxiety over COVID-19, recording significantly higher levels of concern across most of the impacts measured.
When asked to name up to three issues that personally interest or concern them the most and that the Australian Government should focus on, almost half of Australians (47%) describe issues related to hospitals, healthcare and ageing, in contrast with our last True Issues poll taken in amid the catastrophic 2019-20 bushfire season.
