Best Party to Handle Australia’s Health System

Q. Overall, which party do you think would be best at handling Australia’s health system?

	Total	Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens
The Labor Party	26%	69%	3%	39%
The Liberal Party	33%	2%	71%	3%
No difference	27%	18%	18%	39%
Don’t know	14%	10%	8%	19%

Opinions of party best to handle Australia’s health system very much follow voting preferences. Overall the Liberal Party is favoured over labor by 33% to 26%. 41% either don’t know or think there is no difference. 69% of Labor voters favour the Labor Party and 71% of Liberal/National voters favor the Liberals.

Men favour the Liberals 40% to 27% while women are more evenly divided – 25% Labor, 26% Liberal and 49% no difference/don’t know.

Those on incomes under $600pw favour Labor over the Liberals by 34% to 22% – all other income groups favour the Liberal Party.