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  • Sep, 2015

    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 Grns Vote Other   Sep 2013 June 2014 Dec 2014 Mar 2015 Jun 2015 Jul 2015 Aug 2015
    Total approve 33% 7% 75% 3% 19% 41% 35% 32% 31% 39% 37% 38%
    Total disapprove 57% 88% 17% 91% 69% 36% 58% 55% 56% 50% 53% 53%
    Strongly approve 9% 2% 22% 4% 14% 10% 8% 7% 11% 11% 9%
    Approve 24% 5% 53% 3% 15% 27% 25% 24% 24% 28% 26% 29%
    Disapprove 25% 30% 15% 22% 39% 13% 18% 22% 22% 23% 24% 22%
    Strongly disapprove 32% 58% 2% 69% 30% 23% 40% 33% 34% 27% 29% 31%
    Don’t know 10% 5% 8% 6% 11% 23% 7% 12% 12% 12% 10% 10%

    33% of respondents approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister – a drop of 5% since the last time this question was asked in August.

    57%% disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing (up 4%). Tony Abbott’s net approval rating has dropped from -15 in August to -24 in September.

    75% of Liberal/National voters voters approve of Tony Abbott’s performance (down 7% from 82%), with 17% (up 7%) disapproving. 88% of Labor voters and 91% of Greens voters disapprove of Tony Abbott’s performance.

    By gender men were 35% approve/58% disapprove and women 31% approve/56% disapprove.

    VIC was the state with the highest disapproval rating (61% disapprove and 31% approve). QLD also registered a high disapproval rating (58% disapprove and 31% approve). Out of the three largest states NSW gave Tony Abbott the highest approval rating (39% approve and 49% disapprove).

  • Aug, 2015

    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 Grn Vote Other   Sep 2013 June 2014 Mar 2015 Apr 2015 May 2015 Jun 2015 Jul 2015
    Total approve 38% 12% 82% 6% 23%   41% 35% 31% 33% 36% 39% 37%
    Total disapprove 53% 82% 10% 91% 63%   36% 58% 56% 58% 54% 50% 53%
    Strongly approve 9% 2% 22% 1% 2% 14% 10% 7% 7% 10% 11% 11%
    Approve 29% 10% 60% 5% 21% 27% 25% 24% 26% 26% 28% 26%
    Disapprove 22% 30% 9% 19% 33% 13% 18% 22% 28% 25% 23% 24%
    Strongly disapprove 31% 52% 1% 72% 40% 23% 40% 34% 30% 29% 27% 29%
    Don’t know 10% 6% 7% 3% 4% 23% 7% 12% 9% 11% 12% 10%

    38% of respondents approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister – up 1% since the last time this question was asked in July – and 53% disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing (no change). This represents a 1-point change in his net rating from -16 to -15.

    82% (up 1%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Tony Abbott’s performance, with 10% (down 3%) disapproving. 82% of Labor voters and 91% of Greens voters disapprove of Tony Abbott’s performance.

    By gender men were 41% approve/53% disapprove and women 34% approve/53% disapprove.

  • Jul, 2015

    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 GRN Vote Other   Sep 13 Mar 14 June 14 Dec 14 Mar 15 Apr 15 May 15 Jun 15
    Total approve 37% 12% 81% 1% 26%   41% 40% 35% 32% 31% 33% 36% 39%
    Total disapprove 53% 83% 13% 93% 63%   36% 47% 58% 55% 56% 58% 54% 50%
    Strongly approve 11% 2% 26% 1% 5% 14% 11% 10% 8% 7% 7% 10% 11%
    Approve 26% 10% 55% 21% 27% 29% 25% 24% 24% 26% 26% 28%
    Disapprove 24% 32% 11% 28% 36% 13% 20% 18% 22% 22% 28% 25% 23%
    Strongly disapprove 29% 51% 2% 65% 27% 23% 27% 40% 33% 34% 30% 29% 27%
    Don’t know 10% 5% 5% 6% 11% 23% 12% 7% 12% 12% 9% 11% 12%

    37% of respondents approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister – down 2% since the last time this question was asked in June – and 53% disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing (up 3%). This represents a 5-point change in his net rating from -11 to -16.

    81% (no change) of Liberal/National voters approve of Tony Abbott’s performance, with 13% (up 2%) disapproving. 83% of Labor voters and 93% of Greens voters disapprove of Tony Abbott’s performance.

    By gender men were 38% approve/56% disapprove and women 35% approve/51% disapprove.

  • May, 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 Grn Vote Oth.   June 2014 Sep 2014 Dec 2014 Jan 2015 Feb 2015 Mar 2015 Apr 2015
    Total approve 36% 7% 78% 1% 35%   35% 35% 32% 37% 29% 31% 33%
    Total disapprove 54% 87% 14% 83% 58%   58% 52% 55% 53% 62% 56% 58%
    Strongly approve 10% 1% 25% 3% 5% 10% 9% 8% 9% 7% 7% 7%
    Approve 26% 6% 53% 8% 30% 25% 26% 24% 28% 22% 24% 26%
    Disapprove 25% 32% 12% 43% 23% 18% 22% 22% 23% 26% 22% 28%
    Strongly disapprove 29% 55% 2% 40% 25% 40% 30% 33% 30% 36% 34% 30%
    Don’t know 11% 6% 8% 6% 17% 7% 13% 12% 10% 9% 12% 9%

    36% of respondents approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister – up 3% since the last time this question was asked in April – and 54% disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing (down 4%). This represents a 7-point change in his net rating from -25 to -18.

    78% (up 3%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Tony Abbott’s performance, with 14% (down 4%) disapproving. 87% of Labor voters and 83% of Greens voters disapprove of Tony Abbott’s performance.

    By gender men were 40% approve/54% disapprove and women 32% approve/53% disapprove.

  • May, 2015

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    Better Prime Minister

    Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten? 

      Total   Vote Lab Vote Lib/
    Nat
    Vote Grn Vote Other   Oct 2013 June 2014 Dec 2104 Jan 2015 Feb 2015 Mar 2015 Apr 2015
    Tony Abbott 35% 4% 78% 11% 32% 41% 36% 31% 35% 31% 33% 32%
    Bill Shorten 32% 70% 4% 43% 15% 22% 40% 36% 37% 39% 37% 35%
    Don’t know 33% 26% 18% 46% 53% 37% 24% 33% 28% 30% 30% 33%

    35% (up 3% since April) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 32% (down 3%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.

    This is the first month Tony Abbott has been preferred over Bill Shorten since November last year.

    41% of men prefer Tony Abbott and 31% prefer Bill Shorten – and women prefer Bill Shorten 34% to 29%.

  • Mar, 2015

    Approval of Tony Abbott

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

     

    Total

     

    Vote ALP

    Vote Lib/
    Nat

    Vote Green

    Vote Other

     

    Sep 2013

    Mar 2014

    June 2014

    Sep 2014

    Dec 2014

    Jan 2015

    Feb 2015

    Total approve

    31%

    5%

    72%

    5%

    20%

     

    41%

    40%

    35%

    35%

    32%

    37%

    29%

    Total dis-approve

    56%

    89%

    20%

    86%

    68%

     

    36%

    47%

    58%

    52%

    55%

    53%

    62%

    Strongly approve

    7%

    1%

    18%

    4%

    14%

    11%

    10%

    9%

    8%

    9%

    7%

    Approve

    24%

    4%

    54%

    5%

    16%

    27%

    29%

    25%

    26%

    24%

    28%

    22%

    Dis-approve

    22%

    24%

    16%

    31%

    32%

    13%

    20%

    18%

    22%

    22%

    23%

    26%

    Strongly dis-approve

    34%

    65%

    4%

    55%

    34%

    23%

    27%

    40%

    30%

    33%

    30%

    36%

    Don’t know

    12%

    6%

    7%

    9%

    15%

    23%

    12%

    7%

    13%

    12%

    10%

    9%

    56% of respondents disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister – down 6% since the last time this question was asked in February – and 31% approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing (up 2%). This represents a change in net rating from -33 to -25.

    72% (up 7%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Tony Abbott’s performance, with 20% (down 9%) disapproving. 89% of Labor voters and 86% of Greens voters disapprove of Tony Abbott’s performance.

    By gender men were 35% approve/54% disapprove and women 28% approve/59% disapprove.

  • Feb, 2015

    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

    Vote Other

     

    Sep 2013

    Mar 2014

    June 2014

    Sep 2014

    Dec 2014

    Jan 2015

    Total approve

    29%

    7%

    65%

    9%

    20%

     

    41%

    40%

    35%

    35%

    32%

    37%

    Total disapprove

    62%

    89%

    29%

    86%

    71%

     

    36%

    47%

    58%

    52%

    55%

    53%

    Strongly approve

    7%

    1%

    16%

    6%

    2%

    14%

    11%

    10%

    9%

    8%

    9%

    Approve

    22%

    6%

    49%

    3%

    18%

    27%

    29%

    25%

    26%

    24%

    28%

    Disapprove

    26%

    24%

    25%

    23%

    37%

    13%

    20%

    18%

    22%

    22%

    23%

    Strongly disapprove

    36%

    65%

    4%

    63%

    34%

    23%

    27%

    40%

    30%

    33%

    30%

    Don’t know

    9%

    4%

    6%

    5%

    9%

    23%

    12%

    7%

    13%

    12%

    10%

    62% of respondents disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister – up 9% since the last time this question was asked in January – and 29% approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing (down 8%). This represents a change in net rating from -16 to -33 – his worst since becoming leader of the Liberal Party.

    65% (down 18%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Tony Abbott’s performance, with 29% (up 19%) disapproving. 89% of Labor voters and 86% of Greens voters disapprove of Tony Abbott’s performance.

    By gender men were 34% approve/61% disapprove and women 24% approve/64% disapprove.

  • Jan, 2015

    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

    Vote Other

     

    Sep 13

    Mar 14

    June 14

    Sep 14

    Oct 14

    Nov 14

    Dec 14

    Total approve

    37%

    12%

    83%

    8%

    29%

     

    41%

    40%

    35%

    35%

    40%

    39%

    32%

    Total disapprove

    53%

    81%

    10%

    89%

    64%

     

    36%

    47%

    58%

    52%

    48%

    50%

    55%

    Strongly approve

    9%

    3%

    22%

    2%

    14%

    11%

    10%

    9%

    10%

    11%

    8%

    Approve

    28%

    9%

    61%

    8%

    27%

    27%

    29%

    25%

    26%

    30%

    28%

    24%

    Disapprove

    23%

    28%

    9%

    25%

    36%

    13%

    20%

    18%

    22%

    22%

    24%

    22%

    Strongly disapprove

    30%

    53%

    1%

    64%

    28%

    23%

    27%

    40%

    30%

    26%

    26%

    33%

    Don’t know

    10%

    7%

    8%

    3%

    7%

    23%

    12%

    7%

    13%

    11%

    10%

    12%

    53% of respondents disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister – down 2% since the last time this question was asked in December – and 37% approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing (up 5%). This represents a change in net rating from -23 to -16.

    83% (up 8%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Tony Abbott’s performance, with 10% (down 5%) disapproving. 81% of Labor voters and 89% of Greens voters disapprove of Tony Abbott’s performance.

    By gender men were 40% approve/51% disapprove and women 34% approve/55% disapprove.

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