Approval of Tony Abbott, Tony abbot
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/ |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
Tony Abbott as Opp Leader 2 Sep 13 |
Tony Abbott as Prime Minister 24 Sep |
11 Mar |
11 June |
8 July |
12 Aug |
|
| Total approve |
35% |
6% |
84% |
14% |
19% |
|
40% |
41% |
40% |
35% |
34% |
37% |
|
| Total disapprove |
52% |
87% |
9% |
79% |
65% |
|
49% |
36% |
47% |
58% |
58% |
54% |
|
| Strongly approve |
9% |
2% |
25% |
1% |
– |
|
13% |
14% |
11% |
10% |
8% |
13% |
|
| Approve |
26% |
4% |
59% |
13% |
19% |
|
27% |
27% |
29% |
25% |
26% |
24% |
|
| Disapprove |
22% |
29% |
8% |
26% |
32% |
|
19% |
13% |
20% |
18% |
22% |
19% |
|
| Strongly disapprove |
30% |
58% |
1% |
53% |
33% |
|
30% |
23% |
27% |
40% |
36% |
35% |
|
| Don’t know |
13% |
7% |
7% |
8% |
16% |
|
10% |
23% |
12% |
7% |
7% |
9% |
52% of respondents disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister – down 2% since the last time this question was asked in August – and 35% approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing (down 2%). This represents no change in net rating at -17.
84% (up 4%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Tony Abbott’s performance, with 9% (down 3%) disapproving. 87% of Labor voters and 79% of Greens voters disapprove of Tony Abbott’s performance.
By gender men were 42% approve/48% disapprove and women 29% approve/56% disapprove.
Bill Shorten, Opposition leader
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 |
|
12 Nov 2013 |
11 Mar |
11 June |
8 July |
12 Aug |
|
| Total approve |
35% |
61% |
22% |
42% |
21% |
31% |
32% |
38% |
36% |
34% |
||
| Total disapprove |
36% |
16% |
58% |
30% |
51% |
27% |
39% |
40% |
39% |
40% |
||
| Strongly approve |
5% |
13% |
1% |
4% |
– |
5% |
4% |
7% |
6% |
7% |
||
| Approve |
30% |
48% |
21% |
38% |
21% |
26% |
28% |
31% |
30% |
27% |
||
| Disapprove |
22% |
14% |
28% |
22% |
32% |
17% |
24% |
22% |
22% |
21% |
||
| Strongly disapprove |
14% |
2% |
30% |
8% |
19% |
10% |
15% |
18% |
17% |
19% |
||
| Don’t know |
29% |
23% |
21% |
29% |
27% |
43% |
29% |
22% |
25% |
25% |
35% (up 1% since August) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 36% (down 4%) disapprove. This represents an improvement in net rating from -6 to -1.
61% (down 2%) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 16% (up 2%) disapprove.
38% of men and 32% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 41% of men and 32% of women disapprove.
Better Prime Minister, Bill Shorten, Tony abbot
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 |
Vote Other |
|
22 Oct 2013 |
11 Mar |
11 June |
8 July |
12 Aug |
|
| Tony Abbott |
35% |
5% |
82% |
9% |
22% |
41% |
39% |
36% |
34% |
37% |
||
| Bill Shorten |
36% |
69% |
5% |
60% |
33% |
22% |
33% |
40% |
37% |
36% |
||
| Don’t know |
30% |
26% |
13% |
32% |
45% |
37% |
28% |
24% |
29% |
27% |
35% (down 2% since August) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 36% (no change) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.
Men prefer Tony Abbott 39% to 36% and women prefer Bill Shorten 35% to 30%.
Australian Government, Iraq, Kurdish forces
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the Australian Government’s decision to supply arms and weapons to Kurdish forces fighting in Iraq?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
| Total approve |
38% |
27% |
55% |
32% |
38% |
|
| Total disapprove |
39% |
52% |
23% |
51% |
47% |
|
| Strongly approve |
13% |
8% |
23% |
4% |
7% |
|
| Approve |
25% |
19% |
32% |
28% |
31% |
|
| Disapprove |
20% |
23% |
16% |
27% |
23% |
|
| Strongly disapprove |
19% |
29% |
7% |
24% |
24% |
|
| Don’t know |
24% |
21% |
22% |
17% |
15% |
38% approve of the Australian Government’s decision to supply arms and weapons to Kurdish forces fighting in Iraq and 39% disapprove.
Those most likely to approve were Liberal/National voters (55%), men (50%) and aged 65+ (62%).
Those most likely to disapprove were Labor voters (52%), Greens voters (51%) and women (45%).
Q. Would you approve or disapprove of Australia sending military planes to support the US air strikes in Iraq?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
| Total approve |
38% |
31% |
54% |
32% |
37% |
|
| Total disapprove |
42% |
55% |
29% |
55% |
46% |
|
| Strongly approve |
12% |
9% |
20% |
8% |
9% |
|
| Approve |
26% |
22% |
34% |
24% |
28% |
|
| Disapprove |
23% |
26% |
21% |
31% |
23% |
|
| Strongly disapprove |
19% |
29% |
8% |
24% |
23% |
|
| Don’t know |
19% |
14% |
17% |
14% |
18% |
38% would approve of Australia sending military planes to support the US air strikes in Iraq and 42% would disapprove.
Those most likely to approve were Liberal/National voters (54%), men (50%) and aged 65+ (58%).
Those most likely to disapprove were Labor voters (55%), Greens voters (55%) and women (49%).
Q. Would you approve or disapprove of Australia sending troops to Iraq if the USA asks for our support?
Q. Would you approve or disapprove of Australia sending troops to Iraq if the United Nations asks for our support?
|
Total USA |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/ |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
Total United Nations |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/ |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
| Total approve |
27% |
21% |
38% |
28% |
21% |
45% |
43% |
53% |
42% |
38% |
|||
| Total disapprove |
54% |
64% |
46% |
63% |
62% |
36% |
40% |
30% |
42% |
49% |
|||
| Strongly approve |
8% |
6% |
12% |
4% |
5% |
12% |
8% |
15% |
22% |
8% |
|||
| Approve |
19% |
15% |
26% |
24% |
16% |
33% |
35% |
38% |
20% |
30% |
|||
| Disapprove |
26% |
25% |
28% |
34% |
26% |
20% |
20% |
19% |
24% |
26% |
|||
| Strongly disapprove |
28% |
39% |
18% |
29% |
36% |
16% |
20% |
11% |
18% |
23% |
|||
| Don’t know |
19% |
16% |
17% |
9% |
17% |
20% |
17% |
17% |
16% |
13% |
Only 27% would approve Australia sending troops to Iraq if the USA asks for our support but 45% would approve of Australia sending troops to Iraq if the United Nations asks for our support.
Those most likely to approve sending troops were men (34% US/52% UN) and Liberal/National voters (38% US/53% UN).
Those most likely to disapprove sending troops were Labor voters (64% US/40% UN) and Greens voters (63% US/42% UN).
Australian Government, International Relations
Q. How much trust do you have in Tony Abbott and the Liberal Government to handle Australia’s international relations?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
9 Oct 13 |
26 Nov 13 |
|
| Total a lot/some trust |
36% |
12% |
75% |
13% |
25% |
41% |
41% |
||
| Total little/no trust |
55% |
83% |
21% |
81% |
66% |
53% |
53% |
||
| A lot of trust |
14% |
2% |
38% |
3% |
4% |
18% |
20% |
||
| Some trust |
22% |
10% |
37% |
10% |
21% |
23% |
21% |
||
| A little trust |
21% |
26% |
17% |
19% |
25% |
16% |
18% |
||
| No trust |
34% |
57% |
4% |
62% |
41% |
37% |
35% |
||
| Don’t know |
9% |
5% |
3% |
6% |
9% |
7% |
7% |
14% of people have “a lot of trust” in Tony Abbott and the Liberal Government to handle Australia’s international relations – down 6% since November.
34% have no trust.
Labor (57%) and Greens (62%) voters were far more likely to have ‘no trust’. Liberal/National voters were far less likely (4%) to have no trust. 38% of Liberal/National voters have “a lot of trust”.
Since this question was asked in November, “total trust” has dropped from 41% to 36%.
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the Government’s decision to dump the mining tax?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
| Total approve |
44% |
26% |
78% |
8% |
41% |
|
| Total disapprove |
31% |
53% |
8% |
71% |
31% |
|
| Strongly approve |
16% |
7% |
32% |
1% |
14% |
|
| Approve |
28% |
19% |
46% |
7% |
27% |
|
| Disapprove |
14% |
24% |
4% |
26% |
14% |
|
| Strongly disapprove |
17% |
27% |
4% |
45% |
17% |
|
| Don’t know |
25% |
22% |
14% |
20% |
27% |
44% approve of the Government’s decision to dump the mining tax and 31% disapprove.
Those most likely to approve were Liberal/National voters (78%) and aged 65+ (58%),
Those most likely to disapprove were Greens voters (71%) and Labor voters (53%).