Opinion Polls and
Surveys Showing Support
for the Abolition of State Governments or Similar Reforms
Most
Favor End of State Parliaments, Australia Speaks
No. 47, 9 June 1942
ABC Unleashed -
IQ2 debate
2020
Unleashed - Get rid of the states, 16 April 2008
Abolish
State Governments, 28 May 2009
See especially:
A
thought-provoking and entertaining
debate, with some interesting outcomes. The pre-debate poll was 67 per
cent for the motion, 18 per cent against and 15 per cent undecided.
After the hearty arguments from both sides the results were announced:
54 per cent for, 33 per cent against and 13 per cent undecided.
A Sydney Morning
Herald poll carried out in conjunction with the IQ2 debate as above
generated the following responses to the question "Should state
government be abolished?":
Yes
- 81%
No - 15%
Not sure - 4%
Total Votes: 2698 Poll date: 26/05/09
Study
reveals Australians waiting for more federal reform, Griffith University
media alert, 2 July 2008
Griffith
University ‘Constitutional Values’ Survey, Preliminary
Results
– 3 July 2008
The use
of the words "federal" and "federalism" in the reports on these
Griffith University survey results are explained
here.
The Australia
Institute
Seven in 10
Australians support a Commonwealth takeover of public hospitals, and
similarly with education and other functions, according to polling
released by the Australia Institute on 28 July 2009
The
Land newspaper
carried out a poll from 9
September 2009
until 16 September 2009 which generated the following responses to the
question "Do you think it's time to reform our system of government?",
from a total of 495 votes:
No,
there's nothing wrong with the current system. (2.0%)
Yes - get rid of the States, and beef up local government. (70.3%)
Yes, but not drastically. Keep the States, and redefine
responsibilities. (21.0%)
Not sure - it's not perfect now, but changing could be worse.
(6.7%)
Sydney Morning
Herald Online
Survey
Showing that 77 per cent of Respondents Believe the Federal Government
Should Run Australia's Hospital System
as published on
Saturday 1 August 2009, on page 8 of the News Review section
Queensland
voters want to axe state MPs, by Steven Wardill,
Courier Mail, 24
June 2009
The accompanying
online poll shows that as at 23 August 2009:
Responses
to the question "
Is
Australia over-governed?" were:
Yes
94% (3910 votes)
No 4% (195
votes)
Undecided 0% (37 votes)
Total votes: 4142 as at 23 August 2009
Responses to the question "
Which
tier of government should be abolished?" were:
Local 10%
(189 votes)
State 85% (1577 votes)
Federal 2% (43 votes)
Undecided 1% (36 votes)
Total votes: 1845 as at 23 August 2009
Yes
91% (1434 votes)
No 7%
(120 votes)
Undecided 0% (12 votes)
Total votes: 1566 as at 23 August 2009
A 2GB radio
online survey generated the following responses to
the question "How
many levels of government do we need in Australia?" as at 23 August
2009:
13%
Federal & State
67% Federal & Local
1% State & Local
8% Federal only
11% The current system works fine
Former
mayor says state govts not needed, by Peter Gardiner
and Bill Hoffman, Sunshine Coast Daily, 1 September 2009
An online poll
accompanying this article, ending 4 September 2009, asked Has
state govt become redundant?, and generated the
following responses:
No,
state government has a major role.
11%
Yes, Australia has become over-governed. 77%
Not yet, but it is fast becoming so.
10%
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