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  • Oct, 2021

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    Performance of State Premiers

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job <NAME> is doing as State Premier?

    [Only asked in NSW, VIC, QLD, SA and WA]

    TOTAL: Approve 25/10/21 16/11/20 02/11/20 19/10/20
    [Prior to Oct’21] Gladys Berejiklian

    [Oct’21 onwards] Dominic Perrottet

    NSW

    47% 75% 68% 67%
    Daniel Andrews

    VIC

    52% 65% 61% 54%
    Annastacia Palaszczuk

    QLD

    66% 65% 65% 62%
    Steven Marshall

    SA

    61% 60% 71% 51%
    Mark McGowan

    WA

    82% 87% 78% 84%
    Base (n) 1,781 1,036 1,063 1,082
    • Approval of Dominic Perrottet among those in NSW is at 47%, however as he has just been in the job for a short period of time, there is a large number who are as yet unsure of him (25%). Last October, approval of Gladys Berejiklian was at 67%.
    • Approval of Daniel Andrews among Victorians is at 52%, around the same level as last October (54%) but a drop from the level last November (65%).
    • Approval of Steven Marshall among South Australians remains at 61%, around the same level as last November (60%).
    • Approval of Annastacia Palaszczuk among Queenslanders and Mark McGowan among Western Australians remain at similar levels as last October at 66% and 82% respectively.
     

     

    Dominic Perrottet NSW Daniel Andrews

    VIC

    Annastacia Palaszczuk

    QLD

    Steven Marshall

    SA

    Mark McGowan

    WA

    Strongly approve 9% 20% 26% 15% 46%
    Approve 38% 32% 40% 46% 36%
    Disapprove 17% 16% 12% 18% 8%
    Strongly disapprove 11% 24% 15% 8% 5%
    Don’t know 25% 9% 7% 13% 5%
    TOTAL: Approve 47% 52% 66% 61% 82%
    TOTAL: Disapprove 28% 40% 27% 27% 13%
    Base (n) 352 275 217 443 441
    • Nearly half (46%) of Western Australians strongly approve of the job Mark McGowan is doing as State Premier.
    • About a quarter (26%) of Queenslanders strongly approve of the job Annastacia Palaszczuk is doing as State Premier.
    • While 20% of Victorians strongly approve of the job Daniel Andrews is doing as State Premier, about a quarter (24%) strongly disapprove.
    • A quarter (25%) of those in NSW are unsure about the job newly appointed State Premier Dominic Perrottet is doing.
  • Oct, 2020

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    Performance of State Premiers

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job <NAME> is doing as State Premier?

    [Only asked in NSW, VIC, QLD, SA and WA]

     

     

    Gladys Berejiklian

    NSW

    Daniel Andrews

    VIC

    Annastacia Palaszczuk

    QLD

    Steven Marshall

    SA

    Mark McGowan

    WA

    Strongly approve 27% 25% 23% 16% 53%
    Approve 41% 29% 39% 36% 31%
    Disapprove 14% 16% 12% 14% 6%
    Strongly disapprove 9% 24% 15% 5% 1%
    Don’t know 11% 6% 10% 29% 10%
    TOTAL: Approve 67% 54% 62% 51% 84%
    TOTAL: Disapprove 22% 40% 28% 20% 7%
    Base (n) 352 274 217 82 105
    • Mark McGowan in WA has the highest approval of State premiers, with 84% approving of his leadership, and just 7% disapproval.
    • Victorian Dan Andrews has the lowest approval rating (54% approval, with 40% disapproval). He maintains approval among Labor voters (78% approval), but majority of Coalition voters in Victoria disapprove of his leadership (54%).
    • Gladys Berejiklian has a high approval rating compared to other state premiers (67%). She has a majority approval among Coalition voters (83%), Labor voters (57%) and other parties (60%).
    • 62% of Queenslanders approval of the job Annastacia Palaszczuk is doing ahead of the election later this month. 28% disapprove of the Queensland premier, driven by high disapproval ratings among Coalition voters (37%).
  • May, 2015

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    Approval of Joe Hockey

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Joe Hockey is doing as Treasurer?

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other/ Indep- endent

    Nov 2013

    Aug 2014

    Mar 2015

    May 2015 Pre- budget

    Total approve

    34%

    12%

    72%

    8%

    24%

    45%

    35%

    27%

    30%

    Total disapprove

    44%

    73%

    13%

    70%

    52%

    28%

    44%

    51%

    48%

    Strongly approve

    8%

    4%

    18%

    1%

    4%

    13%

    11%

    6%

    6%

    Approve

    26%

    8%

    54%

    7%

    20%

    32%

    24%

    21%

    24%

    Disapprove

    23%

    34%

    11%

    32%

    29%

    15%

    20%

    25%

    25%

    Strongly disapprove

    21%

    39%

    2%

    38%

    23%

    13%

    24%

    26%

    23%

    Don’t know

    22%

    16%

    15%

    22%

    23%

    27%

    21%

    22%

    23%

    34% approve of the job Joe Hockey is doing as Treasurer and 44% disapprove. 22% could not give an opinion.

    This represents an improvement in net rating from -18 to -10 since this question was asked in the week prior to the Federal Budget. By gender – 36% (+2) of men approve and 47% (-4) disapprove; 34% (+8) of women approve and 41% (-2) disapprove.

  • Apr, 2015

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    Approval of Tony Abbott

     Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?

      Total   Vote Lab Vote Lib/
    Nat
    Vote Greens Vote Other   Sep 2013 Mar 2014 June 2014 Dec 2014 Jan 2015 Feb 2015 Mar 2015
    Total approve 33% 9% 75% 4% 15%   41% 40% 35% 32% 37% 29% 31%
    Total dis-
    approve
    58% 88% 18% 89% 76%   36% 47% 58% 55% 53% 62% 56%
    Strongly approve 7% 1% 17% 1% 2% 14% 11% 10% 8% 9% 7% 7%
    Approve 26% 8% 58% 3% 13% 27% 29% 25% 24% 28% 22% 24%
    Dis-
    approve
    28% 34% 16% 31% 44% 13% 20% 18% 22% 23% 26% 22%
    Strongly dis-
    approve
    30% 54% 2% 58% 32% 23% 27% 40% 33% 30% 36% 34%
    Don’t know 9% 3% 7% 7% 9% 23% 12% 7% 12% 10% 9% 12%

    58% of respondents disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister – up 2% since the last time this question was asked in March – and 33% approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing (up 2%). This represents no change in his net rating of -25.

    75% (up 3%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Tony Abbott’s performance, with 18% (down 2%) disapproving. 88% of Labor voters and 89% of Greens voters disapprove of Tony Abbott’s performance.

    By gender men were 36% approve/57% disapprove and women 30% approve/59% disapprove.

  • Apr, 2015

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    Approval of Bill Shorten

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader? 

      Total   Vote Lab Vote Lib/
    Nat
    Vote Greens Vote Other   Nov 2013 Mar 2014 June 2014 Dec 2014 Jan 2015 Feb 2015 Mar 2015
    Total approve 33% 61% 18% 30% 9% 31% 32% 38% 35% 39% 33% 34%
    Total dis-
    approve
    42% 18% 65% 40% 59% 27% 39% 40% 39% 33% 38% 39%
    Strongly approve 6% 14% 3% 4% 5% 4% 7% 7% 7% 8% 5%
    Approve 27% 47% 15% 26% 9% 26% 28% 31% 28% 32% 25% 29%
    Dis-
    approve
    25% 17% 30% 33% 36% 17% 24% 22% 23% 19% 21% 21%
    Strongly dis-
    approve
    17% 1% 35% 7% 23% 10% 15% 18% 16% 14% 17% 18%
    Don’t know 25% 22% 18% 30% 32% 43% 29% 22% 26% 28% 29% 27%

    33% (down 1% since March) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 42% (up 3%) disapprove – for a change in net rating from -5 to -9.

    61% (no change) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 18% (no change) disapprove.

    35% of men and 30% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 46% of men and 39% of women disapprove.

  • Oct, 2013

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    Approval of Tony Abbott

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

     

    Tony Abbott as Opposition Leader
    11
    Mar
    13

    11 Jun

    13 Aug

    26 Aug

    2 Sep

    Tony Abbott as Prime Minister

    24
    Sep

    Total approve

    46%

     

    18%

    85%

    10%

     

    37%

    40%

    37%

    37%

    40%

    41%

    Total disapprove

    35%

     

    65%

    4%

    75%

     

    51%

    49%

    51%

    52%

    49%

    36%

    Strongly approve

    16%

    1%

    38%

    1%

    7%

    10%

    9%

    10%

    13%

    14%

    Approve

    30%

    17%

    47%

    9%

    30%

    30%

    28%

    27%

    29%

    27%

    Disapprove

    15%

    26%

    4%

    23%

    22%

    17%

    21%

    23%

    19%

    13%

    Strongly disapprove

    20%

    39%

    *

    52%

    29%

    32%

    30%

    29%

    30%

    23%

    Don’t know

    19%

    18%

    10%

    16%

    12%

    11%

    11%

    10%

    10%

    23%

    46% (up 5%) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister and 35% (down 1%) disapprove. This represents an improvement on his first rating as Prime Minister three weeks ago from net +5 to net +11.

    By gender – 52% (up 8%) of men approve and 32% (down 2%) disapprove; 39% (up 1%) of women approve and 39% (no change) disapprove.

  • May, 2012

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    Approval of Julia Gillard

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister?

     

    19 Jul 2010

    20 Dec 2010

    14 Mar

    2011

    14 June

    12 Sept

    12 Dec

    16 Jan 2012

    13 Feb

    12 Mar

    16 Apr

    14 May

    Total approve

    52%

    43%

    41%

    34%

    28%

    34%

    37%

    36%

    32%

    32%

    31%

    Total disapprove

    30%

    40%

    46%

    54%

    64%

    54%

    52%

    53%

    61%

    58%

    60%

    Strongly approve

    11%

    10%

    7%

    6%

    5%

    6%

    6%

    6%

    8%

    7%

    5%

    Approve

    41%

    33%

    34%

    28%

    23%

    28%

    31%

    30%

    24%

    25%

    26%

    Disapprove

    17%

    24%

    22%

    29%

    28%

    25%

    27%

    26%

    29%

    31%

    26%

    Strongly disapprove

    13%

    16%

    24%

    25%

    36%

    29%

    25%

    27%

    32%

    27%

    34%

    Don’t know

    18%

    17%

    13%

    13%

    8%

    11%

    12%

    11%

    7%

    10%

    10%

    Julia Gillard’s approval rating has changed little since last month. 31% (down 1%) approve of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister and 60% (up 2%) disapprove – a change in net rating from -26 to -29 over the last 4 weeks.

    69% of Labor voters approve (up 2%) and 24% disapprove (up 3%).

    By gender – men 31% approve/61% disapprove, women 30% approve/58% disapprove.

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  • May, 2012

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    Approval of Tony Abbott

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader?

     

    18 Jan

    2010

    5 Jul

    2010

    20 Dec 2010

    14 Mar

    2011

    14 June

    12 Sept

    12 Dec

    16 Jan 2012

    13 Feb

    12 Mar

    16 Apr

    14 May

    Total approve

    37%

    37%

    39%

    38%

    38%

    39%

    32%

    35%

    35%

    36%

    38%

    36%

    Total disapprove

    37%

    47%

    39%

    47%

    48%

    50%

    53%

    51%

    53%

    52%

    50%

    53%

    Strongly approve

    5%

    8%

    9%

    7%

    6%

    8%

    6%

    7%

    6%

    7%

    7%

    7%

    Approve

    32%

    29%

    30%

    31%

    32%

    31%

    26%

    28%

    29%

    29%

    31%

    29%

    Disapprove

    20%

    23%

    21%

    24%

    25%

    23%

    25%

    25%

    23%

    23%

    23%

    24%

    Strongly disapprove

    17%

    24%

    18%

    23%

    23%

    27%

    28%

    26%

    30%

    29%

    27%

    29%

    Don’t know

    26%

    16%

    22%

    16%

    15%

    11%

    14%

    13%

    12%

    12%

    13%

    11%

    Tony Abbott’s approval rating has declined a little over the last month. 36% (down 2%) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader and 53% (up 3%) disapprove – a change in net rating from -12 to -17 over the last 4 weeks.

    71% (down 1%) of Coalition voters approve and 19% (up 2%) disapprove.

    By gender – men 38% approve/53% disapprove, women 33% approve/53% disapprove.

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