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  • May, 2016

    Approval of Malcolm Turnbull

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

      Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other   Oct 2015 Dec 2015 Jan 2016 Feb 2016 Mar 2016 Apr 2016 17 May 2016
    Total approve 41%   22% 79% 17% 22%   47% 56% 51% 51% 45% 39% 40%
    Total disapprove 39%   64% 9% 62% 61%   17% 23% 25% 27% 35% 39% 42%
    Strongly approve 9% 5% 19% 2% 4% 11% 13% 9% 8% 6% 7% 7%
    Approve 32% 17% 60% 15% 18% 36% 43% 42% 43% 39% 32% 33%
    Disapprove 22% 32% 7% 33% 33% 11% 16% 16% 18% 24% 23% 26%
    Strongly disapprove 17% 32% 2% 29% 28% 6% 7% 9% 9% 11% 16% 16%
    Don’t know 19% 14% 12% 22% 17% 35% 21% 23% 21% 21% 22% 17%

    41% (up 1% from 2 weeks ago) of respondents approve of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister and 39% (down 3%) disapprove – a net approval rating of +2 (up 4).

    79% (up 6%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance with 9% (down 8%) disapproving. 22% (up 2%) of Labor voters and 17% (no change) of Greens voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance.

    By gender, men were 49% approve/38% disapprove and women 35% approve/41% disapprove.

  • May, 2016

    Approval of Bill Shorten

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

      Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other   Nov 2013 Dec 2014 Dec 2015 Jan 2016 Feb 2016 Mar 2016 Apr 2016 17 May 2016
    Total approve 34%   66% 21% 32% 22%   31% 35% 27% 27% 27% 27% 30% 34%
    Total disapprove 44%   18% 67% 37% 55%   27% 39% 47% 47% 48% 47% 44% 43%
    Strongly approve 7% 16% 3% 7% 2% 5% 7% 4% 4% 5% 3% 5% 6%
    Approve 27% 50% 18% 25% 20% 26% 28% 23% 23% 22% 24% 25% 28%
    Disapprove 26% 16% 32% 26% 33% 17% 23% 26% 28% 26% 29% 22% 26%
    Strongly disapprove 18% 2% 35% 11% 22% 10% 16% 21% 19% 22% 18% 22% 17%
    Don’t know 23% 17% 12% 31% 23% 43% 26% 25% 26% 25% 26% 25% 23%

    34% (no change in last 2 weeks) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 44% (up 1%) disapprove – a change in his net rating from -9 to -10.

    66% (up 2%) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 18% (up 3%) disapprove.

    36% of men and 32% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 49% of men and 38% of women disapprove.

  • May, 2016

    Better Prime Minister

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

      Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other   Sep 2015 Dec 2015 Jan 2016 Feb 2016 Mar 2016 Apr 2016 17 May 2016
    Malcolm Turnbull 40% 13% 80% 13% 31% 53% 54% 51% 52% 48% 44% 43%
    Bill Shorten 27% 59% 6% 45% 27% 17% 15% 18% 15% 19% 22% 28%
    Don’t know 33% 28% 14% 43% 42% 30% 31% 31% 33% 33% 34% 29%

    40% (down 3%) of respondents think Malcolm Turnbull would make the better Prime Minister and 27% (down 1%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.

    47% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 28% prefer Bill Shorten.

    33% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 27% prefer Bill Shorten.

  • May, 2016

    Perceptions of Leaders

    Q. Which party leader would you –

      Malcolm Turnbull Bill Shorten Don’t know
    Ask advice about investing money 53% 11% 37%
    Most trust to give your children advice about the future 34% 17% 49%
    Most like to have over for dinner 38% 22% 41%
    Most like to go on holiday with 26% 17% 57%
    Prefer to have negotiate your next pay rise 36% 27% 37%
    Most trust to cook a good meal 24% 19% 57%
    Most like to go to the footy with 25% 24% 51%
    Most like to have babysit your children 22% 21% 57%
    Ask their advice about a personal issue 21% 20% 58%
    Most trust to look after your pet 20% 23% 58%
    Most like to go to the pub for a beer with 26% 30% 43%
    Think would be more likely to lend you $100 if you needed it 26% 31% 42%
    Ask to help you with home renovations 17% 24% 59%
    Think would be more likely to stop and help if your car was stranded 21% 37% 42%

     

    Gave answer (excluding “don’t know”) Malcolm Turnbull Bill Shorten Difference
    Ask advice about investing money 83% 17% +66%
    Most trust to give your children advice about the future 67% 33% +34%
    Most like to have over for dinner 63% 37% +26%
    Most like to go on holiday with 60% 40% +20%
    Prefer to have negotiate your next pay rise 57% 43% +14%
    Most trust to cook a good meal 56% 44% +12%
    Most like to go to the footy with 51% 49% +2%
    Most like to have babysit your children 51% 49% +2%
    Ask their advice about a personal issue 51% 49% +2%
    Most trust to look after your pet 47% 53% -6%
    Most like to go to the pub for a beer with 46% 54% -8%
    Think would be more likely to lend you $100 if you needed it 46% 54% -8%
    Ask to help you with home renovations 41% 59% -18%
    Think would be more likely to stop and help if your car was stranded 36% 64% -28%

    Malcolm Turnbull was regarded as a better source of advice investing money and giving advice to children about the future. He was also the preferred companion for dinner or for going on holiday.

    Bill Shorten was more trusted to help if your car was stranded or with house renovations. He was also considered more likely to loan you $100 if you needed it.

  • May, 2016

    Month of election

    Q. Without looking it up, do you know which month the next Federal election will be held?

      Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other
    June 8% 8% 7% 4% 10%
    July 77% 80% 80% 84% 78%
    August 4% 2% 7% 5% 4%
    September 2% 3% 3% 4%
    Later <1% <1% 2% <1%
    Don’t know 9% 7% 3% 2% 8%

    The following three questions were asked to assess how engaged people are with the election and how much they knew about Australian politics.

    77% knew that the election was being held in July. There were no substantial differences by voting intention.

    62% of those aged under 35 knew the election was in July compared to 90% of those aged 55+.

  • May, 2016

    Voting next election

    Q. Without looking it up, what will you be voting for in the next Federal election?

      Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other
    Just the House of Representatives 8%   8% 11% 10% 5%
    The House of Representatives and half the Senate 8%   6% 10% 6% 9%
    The House of Representatives and the full Senate 50%   47% 58% 56% 56%
    Don’t know 34%   38% 21% 28% 30%

    50% were aware that they would be voting for the House of Representatives and the full Senate.

    33% of those aged under 35 were aware of this compared to 70% of those aged 55+.

  • May, 2016

    Treasurer

    Q. And again, without looking it up, who is the current Federal Treasurer?

      Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other
    Scott Morrison 64%   67% 71% 60% 62%
    Joe Hockey 13%   16% 12% 18% 11%
    Chris Bowen 3%   2% 5% 6% 3%
    Don’t know 20%   15% 12% 16% 23%

    64% knew that Scott Morrison was the Federal Treasurer. 20% said they didn’t know and 16% thought someone else was the Treasurer.

    44% of those aged under 35 thought Scott Morrison was the Treasurer compared to 83% of those aged 55+.

  • May, 2016

    Whistleblowers

    Q. Currently whistleblowers in government agencies who reveal any information about government decisions and projects may be tracked down by the Australian Federal Police and prosecuted using national security powers. Do you approve of such laws or should they be limited to leaks of information that harms our national security?

      Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other
    Approve of laws to prosecute people who release Government information 30%   28% 45% 14% 20%
    Laws should only apply to national security matters 50%   54% 41% 78% 64%
    Don’t know 19%   18% 14% 8% 16%

    50% thought that laws about whistleblowers should only apply to national security matters and 30% approved of laws to prosecute people who release Government information.

    A majority of Labor (54%) and Greens voters (78%) thought laws should only apply to national security matters. Liberal/National voters were divided.

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