Q. Do you approve or disapprove the way the Prime Minister Julia Gillard is addressing the asylum seeker issue?
| Total approve | 42% |
| Total disapprove | 33% |
| Strongly approve | 7% |
| Approve | 35% |
| Disapprove | 23% |
| Strongly disapprove | 10% |
| Don’t know | 26% |
42% approved of the way the Prime Minister is addressing the asylum seeker issue and 33% disapproved. 63% of Labor voters approved and 15% disapproved. 57% Liberal/National voters disapproved and 26% approved and for Greens voters 32% approved and 41% disapproved.