This Month
Wong rated best minister for second year: AFR readers
The Foreign Affairs Minister beat a strong showing from Jim Chalmers as Linda Burney was named the worst performer.
- Tom Rabe
Super should go green but not for lower returns, say AFR readers
Financial Review readers want to maintain performance testing, and for super funds to invest in the energy transition, but not if it hurts their own returns.
- Maxim Shanahan
November
‘Dreadful and lonely’: WFH regret as back-to-office debate sharpens
But the majority disagreed with suggestions that people who choose to work from home should be paid less, and 67 per cent supported broader moves to flexible work.
- Hannah Wootton
Chalmers shares blame for inflation, poll finds
Treasurer Jim Chalmers should have done more to boost productivity and fight the cost of living, 35 per cent of Financial Review readers polled say
- Euan Black
October
AFR readers temper spending as rates bite
Households are tapping savings accounts as surging oil prices and angst about higher mortgage costs take hold.
- Max Mason
September
‘Goyder is spread too thin’: AFR readers want Qantas chairman gone
Almost 80 per cent of surveyed readers say that Qantas chairman Richard Goyder should resign and that former chief executive Alan Joyce should be stripped of his bonuses.
- Edmund Tadros
‘It’s inexplicable’: AFR readers want answers on Qatar-Qantas decision
An overwhelming majority of readers believe the government has not given adequate answers on blocking Qatar’s application for more flights to Australia.
- Mark Di Stefano
August
AFR readers back Matildas, slam airlines decision
Financial Review readers were not in favour of a taxpayer-funded public holiday, but back Qatar Airways getting more flights to Australia.
- Michael Pelly
July
AFR readers want small nuclear reactors considered in
Nearly two-thirds of Financial Review readers who responded to a poll support further study of a promising nuclear power option using modular technology.
- Tom Burton
June
AFR readers split on whether Voice should advise on Australia Day
Financial Review readers are also divided on whether Philip Lowe should have his tenure as governor of the RBA extended beyond his seven-year term in September.
- Euan Black
‘Poorest need to be protected’: AFR readers back minimum wage rise
Almost two-thirds of The Australian Financial Review’s readers support minimum wage rises and half don’t think rate increases will crush the property market.
- Gus McCubbing
May
Almost half of AFR readers OK with high rise on their street
Usually it’s a case of “not in my backyard”. But 49 per cent of readers said they would be willing to see developments on their street to help more people have access to housing.
- Fiona Carruthers
AFR readers predict a post-budget rate increase
The majority of readers supported Treasurer Jim Chalmers and the federal budget but worry it will make the RBA more likely to raise rates.
- Tess Bennett
AFR readers divided on whether Philip Lowe should lead the RBA
Respondents expressed support for a specialist monetary policy board in the latest AFR reader poll, but had mixed views on the future leadership of the RBA.
- Michael Read
April
AFR readers back inflation-linked pay rise for minimum wage workers
Despite economists warning a 7 per cent wage jump would make it impossible to contain inflation, readers believed it would help increase spending to aid economic recovery.
- Hannah Wootton
March
AFR readers support super cap but say it should be indexed
The majority of The Australian Financial Review readers support the Albanese government’s plans to increase the tax on superannuation earnings for balances above $3 million.
- Max Mason
February
Greens risk another carbon tax ‘mistake’: AFR readers
More than two thirds of readers disagreed with The Greens’ position over the government’s safeguard mechanism designed to bring down emissions.
- Mark Di Stefano
Strong support among readers for caps on political donations
A decisive 86 per cent of readers said the size of political donations by individuals should be limited.
- Patrick Durkin
January
Nearly half of AFR readers back carbon trading scheme
Nearly half of The Australian Financial Review readers support the Albanese government’s plans to introduce a tradable carbon credits scheme requiring the country’s largest polluters to gradually reduce emissions.
- Max Mason
December 2022
AFR readers say Penny Wong is our most effective minister
Readers say reviving Australia’s relationship with China and the Pacific nations makes Penny Wong the government’s best minister.
- Tess Bennett
