Q. How would you rate the performance of Tony Abbott and the Coalition Government in handling relations with Indonesia?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
| Total good |
29% |
7% |
58% |
3% |
12% |
|
| Total poor |
42% |
71% |
11% |
73% |
53% |
|
| Very good |
11% |
1% |
25% |
2% |
1% |
|
| Good |
18% |
6% |
33% |
1% |
11% |
|
| Neither good nor poor |
21% |
18% |
24% |
16% |
23% |
|
| Poor |
16% |
22% |
7% |
22% |
29% |
|
| Very poor |
26% |
49% |
4% |
51% |
24% |
|
| Don’t know |
8% |
4% |
6% |
8% |
12% |
29% rate the performance of Tony Abbott and the Coalition Government in handling relations with Indonesia as good and 42% think it has been poor.
71% of Labor voters and 73% of Greens voters think it has been poor while 58% of Liberal/National voters think it has been good.
Government performance, tony abbott
Q. Overall, would you say that the performance of Tony Abbott and the Coalition Government has been better or worse than you expected or has it been about what you expected?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
| Total better |
18% |
7% |
34% |
6% |
4% |
|
| Total worse |
27% |
51% |
5% |
45% |
35% |
|
| Much better than expected |
6% |
1% |
13% |
– |
1% |
|
| Somewhat better than expected |
12% |
6% |
21% |
6% |
3% |
|
| About what expected |
47% |
34% |
59% |
43% |
52% |
|
| Somewhat worse than expected |
14% |
25% |
4% |
22% |
17% |
|
| Much worse than expected |
13% |
26% |
1% |
23% |
18% |
|
| Don’t know |
8% |
6% |
2% |
6% |
9% |
18% think that the performance of Tony Abbott and the Coalition Government has been better than expected, 27% say it is worse than expected and 47% think it is about what they expected.
29 October 2013, 291013, 2PP, Greens, Labor Party, Liberal Party, tony abbott, two party preferred, Voting intention
Q. If a Federal Election was held today to which party will you probably give your first preference vote? If not sure, which party are you currently leaning toward?
Q. If don’t know -Well which party are you currently leaning to?
Sample size = 1,899 respondents
| First preference/leaning to |
Election 7 Sep 13 (current figures) |
|
4 weeks ago 1/10/13 |
2 weeks ago 15/10/13 |
Last week 22/10/13 |
This week 29/10/13 |
| Liberal |
|
40% |
41% |
41% |
42% |
|
| National |
|
3% |
2% |
3% |
3% |
|
| Total Lib/Nat |
45.6% |
43% |
43% |
44% |
45% |
|
| Labor |
33.4% |
36% |
35% |
34% |
35% |
|
| Greens |
8.6% |
9% |
10% |
10% |
10% |
|
| Other/Independent |
12.4% |
12% |
12% |
11% |
11% |
| 2 Party Preferred |
Election 7 Sep 13 |
|
4 weeks ago 1/10/13 |
2 weeks ago 15/10/13 |
Last week 22/10/13 |
This week 29/10/13 |
| Liberal National |
53.4% |
52% |
52% |
53% |
53% |
|
| Labor |
46.6% |
48% |
48% |
47% |
47% |
NB. The data in the above tables comprise 2-week averages derived from the first preference/leaning to voting questions. Respondents who select ‘don’t know’ are not included in the results. The two-party preferred estimate is calculated by distributing the votes of the other parties according to their preferences at the 2010 election.
29 October 2013, 291013, leader attributes, tony abbott
Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Prime Minister, Tony Abbott?
|
2 Sep (as Opposition leader) |
|
Total 22 Oct |
Change |
|
| Hard working |
71% |
67% |
-4 |
|
| Intelligent |
63% |
62% |
-1 |
|
| Narrow-minded |
55% |
54% |
-1 |
|
| Arrogant |
52% |
54% |
+2 |
|
| A capable leader |
46% |
52% |
+6 |
|
| Out of touch with ordinary people |
52% |
51% |
-1 |
|
| Understands the problems facing Australia |
46% |
51% |
+5 |
|
| Superficial |
48% |
49% |
+1 |
|
| Intolerant |
47% |
49% |
+2 |
|
| Aggressive |
47% |
46% |
-1 |
|
| Good in a crisis |
39% |
45% |
+6 |
|
| Erratic |
43% |
43% |
– |
|
| Trustworthy |
38% |
40% |
+2 |
|
| More honest than most politicians |
34% |
39% |
+5 |
|
| Visionary |
35% |
33% |
-2 |
Tony Abbott’s key attributes were hard working (67%), intelligent (62%), narrow-minded (54%), arrogant (54%) and a capable leader (52%).
Since September, the largest shifts have been for a capable leader (+6), good in a crisis (+6), understands the problems facing Australia (+5), more honest than most politicians (+5) and hard working (-4).
political expenses, tony abbott
Q. Thinking about the issue of politicians claiming expenses for attending social functions and other non-government related spending, do you think the Prime Minister Tony Abbott’s response to this issue has been too tough, too soft or about right?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
| Too tough |
3% |
4% |
2% |
4% |
1% |
|
| Too soft |
48% |
67% |
32% |
73% |
50% |
|
| About right |
26% |
9% |
46% |
6% |
24% |
|
| Don’t know |
23% |
20% |
20% |
17% |
25% |
48% think that Prime Minster Tony Abbott’s response to politicians claiming expenses for attending social functions and other non-government related spending has been too soft, 3% think he has been too tough and 26% think his response has been about right.
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 Jun |
13 Aug |
26 Aug |
2 Sep |
Tony Abbott as Prime Minister 24 |
|
| 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.
08 October 2013, 081013, International Relations, liberal government, tony abbott
Q. How much trust do you have in Tony Abbott and the Liberal Government to handle Australia’s international relations?
|
|
|
| A lot of trust |
18% |
| Some trust |
23% |
| A little trust |
16% |
| No trust |
37% |
| Don’t know |
7% |
Just 18% of people have ‘a lot of trust’ in Tony Abbott and the Liberal Government to handle Australia’s international relations.
37% have no trust.
Females (41%) were more likely than males (32%) to have no trust.
Labor (67%) and Green (63%) voters were far more likely to have ‘no trust’. Liberal/National voters were far less likely (2%) to have no trust.
Anthony Albanese, Better PM, Better Prime Minister, Bill Shorten, tony abbott
Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Anthony Albanese?
Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Tony Abbott |
37% |
7% |
74% |
11% |
|
| Anthony Albanese |
31% |
58% |
5% |
51% |
|
| Don’t know |
33% |
35% |
21% |
38% |
|
| Tony Abbott |
37% |
7% |
75% |
2% |
|
| Bill Shorten |
32% |
58% |
6% |
55% |
|
| Don’t know |
32% |
35% |
19% |
43% |
Tony Abbott is preferred to Anthony Albanese as Prime Minister by 37% to 31% and to Bill Shorten by 37% to 32%.
Among Labor voters both Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese are preferred 58% to 7%.
In comparison, immediately after the 2010 election Julia Gillard was preferred over Tony Abbott by 47% to 35%.