What are the 3 most important issues facing Australia to you and your family? (ONLY PICK 3 PLEASE)

4,970 voters scattered their picks across 356 different issues, and even the winner couldn't crack a fifth of the vote: terrorism topped out at 19%, immigration right behind at 17.1%. Across all 275 days, that gap never opened past 2 points — no landslide, just a plurality holding on by a thread.

Split the room and the picture sharpens. Concern over Australia turning into a police state ran 112 men to just 12 women — the most lopsided gender skew of any major issue, well beyond terrorism's or immigration's roughly 2-to-1 split. Australians themselves broke for terrorism as the top fear; voters logged from the international wire-service bloc broke for immigration instead.

• Photo finish · Terrorism's lead over immigration never exceeded 2 points in 275 days.
• No mandate · Winner took just 19% of the vote across 356 options.
• Gender skew · Police-state fear ran 112 men to 12 women — 9 to 1.
• Country split · Australia backed terrorism; the AP-tagged bloc backed immigration.