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  • Apr, 2012

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    Party Trust Most on Aged Care

    Q. Which party would you trust most to provide aged care services?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Labor Party

    31%

    77%

    6%

    46%

    Liberal Party

    27%

    58%

    7%

    No difference

    30%

    17%

    26%

    43%

    Don’t know

    12%

    6%

    10%

    4%

    There was very little difference between the parties as to who respondents would trust more to provide aged care services – 31% selected Labor, 27% selected the Liberal Party and 30% said there was no difference.

    Respondents tended to follow party lines in terms of which party they would trust most to deliver aged care services. However a large proportion of Labor (17%), Liberal (26%) and Green (43%) voters said there was no difference between the parties.

    Males (32%) were more likely than females (22%) to most trust the Liberal party.

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  • Apr, 2012

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    Attributes to describe the Opposition Leader

    Q.  Which of the following describe your opinion of the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott?

     

     

    5 Jul 10

    4 Oct 10

    7 Feb 11

    27 Jun 11

    2 Apr 12

    Change

    Intelligent

    70%

    71%

    64%

    61%

    56%

    -5%

    Hard-working

    76%

    78%

    72%

    75%

    68%

    -7%

    A capable leader

    47%

    52%

    48%

    45%

    41%

    -4%

    Arrogant

    59%

    60%

    58%

    60%

    61%

    +1%

    Out of touch with ordinary people

    57%

    53%

    54%

    57%

    54%

    -3%

    Understands the problems facing Australia

    50%

    53%

    50%

    48%

    49%

    +1%

    Visionary

    32%

    31%

    27%

    27%

    26%

    -1%

    Superficial

    45%

    49%

    49%

    Good in a crisis

    40%

    42%

    41%

    40%

    36%

    -4%

    Narrow-minded

    56%

    53%

    51%

    54%

    54%

    More honest than most politicians

    33%

    32%

    31%

    32%

    30%

    -2%

    Trustworthy

    33%

    35%

    34%

    32%

    32%

    Tony Abbott’s key attributes were hard-working (68%), arrogant (61%) and intelligent (56%).

    Major changes since this question was asked in June last year were decreases for hard-working (-7%) and intelligent (-5%).

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  • Dec, 2011

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    Leaders in 12 Months

    Q. Do you think Julia Gillard will still be leading the Labor Party in 12 months time?

    Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
    Yes 26% 49% 12% 37%
    No 55% 31% 76% 45%
    Don’t know 19% 21% 12% 18%

    Q. Do you think Tony Abbott will still be leading the Liberal Party in 12 months time?

    Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
    Yes 41% 26% 64% 29%
    No 34% 53% 16% 53%
    Don’t know 25% 21% 20% 18%

    Only 26% believe that Julia Gillard will still be leader of the Labor Party in 12 months time and 55% think she will not. Respondents were more likely to think that Tony Abbott would still be leading his party (41% yes, 34% no).

    49% of Labor voters think Julia Gillard will still be leading her party, compared to 64% of Liberal/National voters who think Tony Abbott will still be leading his party.

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  • Dec, 2011

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    Performance of Australian Economy

    Q. How do you think the Australian economy is performing in comparison to other developed countries?

    Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
    Total better 73% 84% 72% 80%
    Total worse 7% 3% 8% 1%
    A lot better 27% 44% 19% 32%
    A little better 46% 40% 53% 48%
    About the same 16% 13% 16% 12%
    A little worse 5% 2% 5% 1%
    A lot worse 2% 1% 3%
    Don’t know 4% 1% 3% 6%

    If ‘a lot better’ or ‘a little better’ –

    Q. How much credit do the following deserve for the current performance of Australia’s economy?

    A lot Some A little None Don’t know
    The Federal Labor Government 18% 31% 23% 21% 6%
    The previous Coalition Government 21% 31% 26% 15% 6%
    The booming resources sector 47% 31% 12% 3% 7%
    The Reserve Bank 6% 42% 29% 13% 9%

    73% think that the Australian economy is performing better than other developed countries and only 7% think it is performing worse.

    Respondents give most credit for the performance of the economy to the booming resources sector (78% a lot or some credit). They give similar credit to the Labor Government (49%) and the previous Coalition Government (52%).

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  • Dec, 2011

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    Federal Election

    Q. Do you expect that an early Federal election will be held in 2012?

    Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
    Yes 32% 24% 42% 26%
    No 42% 55% 37% 50%
    Don’t know 26% 21% 21% 23%

    Respondents were more likely to think there will not be a Federal election next year – 32% expect there will be an election and 42% think there will not.

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  • Dec, 2011

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    Approval of Tony Abbott

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

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    2010

    5 Jul

    2010

    20 Dec 2010 14 Mar 14 June 12 Sept 17 Oct 14 Nov 12 Dec
    Total approve 37% 37% 39% 38% 38% 39% 40% 36% 32%
    Total disapprove 37% 47% 39% 47% 48% 50% 51% 52% 53%
    Strongly approve 5% 8% 9% 7% 6% 8% 8% 6% 6%
    Approve 32% 29% 30% 31% 32% 31% 32% 30% 26%
    Disapprove 20% 23% 21% 24% 25% 23% 23% 26% 25%
    Strongly disapprove 17% 24% 18% 23% 23% 27% 28% 26% 28%
    Don’t know 26% 16% 22% 16% 15% 11% 9% 12% 14%

    Tony Abbott’s approval rating has fallen again over the last month. 32% (down 4%) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader and 53% (up 1%) disapprove – a change in net rating from -16 to -21 over the last 4 weeks. This is the lowest rating recorded for Tony Abbott since he became opposition leader.

    65% (down 8%) of Coalition voters approve and 22% (up 3%) disapprove.

    By gender – men 36% approve/52% disapprove, women 29% approve/55% disapprove.

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  • Dec, 2011

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    Federal Election

    Q. Do you think the Labor Government should run its full term until 2013 when the next Federal election is due or should a new election be held now?

    5 Sept 11 Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
    Should run to 2013 40% 47% 89% 20% 73%
    Should hold election now 48% 41% 7% 74% 16%
    Don’t know 12% 12% 4% 6% 11%

    47% think that the Labor Government should be allowed to run its full term trough to 2013 and 41% think a new election should be held. This is almost exactly the reverse of the results when this question was previously asked in September when 48% thought an election should be held now and 40% thought the Government should run its full term.

    Support for the Government to run its full term has increased among Labor voters (from 82% to 89%) and Liberal/National voters (11% to 20%) but dropped from 80% to 73% for Greens voters.

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  • Dec, 2011

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    Party trust to handle important election issues

    Q. And which party would you trust most to handle the following issues?

    Labor Liberal Greens Don’t know
    Management of the economy 27% 45% 2% 25%
    Ensuring a quality education for all children 34% 36% 5% 25%
    Ensuring the quality of Australia’s health system 31% 34% 6% 29%
    Protecting the environment 16% 23% 37% 24%
    A fair industrial relations system 38% 34% 5% 23%
    Political leadership 23% 40% 5% 33%
    Addressing climate change 19% 25% 31% 25%
    Controlling interest rates 24% 42% 2% 32%
    Protecting Australian jobs and protection of local industries 32% 35% 4% 29%
    Ensuring a quality water supply 18% 30% 24% 29%
    Housing affordability 23% 33% 5% 38%
    Ensuring a fair taxation system 28% 37% 4% 31%
    Security and the war on terrorism 21% 40% 3% 35%
    Treatment of asylum seekers 17% 36% 12% 35%
    Managing population growth 18% 35% 9% 39%

    Labor does not have a substantial lead over the Liberal Party on any item measured.  The 9% lead it had in June on “a fair industrial relations system” has been reduced to 4%. There is also little difference between Labor and the Liberals for ensuring a quality education for all children, ensuring the quality of Australia’s health system and protecting Australian jobs and protection of local industries.

    The Liberal Party has maintained strong leads on management of the economy, controlling interest rates, political leadership and security and the war on terrorism.

    Overall, there has been a slight weakening of Labor’s position since June.

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