17 June 2013, 170613, Greens asylum seeker policy, Labor asylum seeker policy, Liberal asyum seeker policy
Q. Which party has the best policy for handling the issue of asylum seekers arriving by boat?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Labor |
13% |
36% |
2% |
4% |
|
| Liberal |
38% |
8% |
74% |
4% |
|
| Greens |
7% |
8% |
1% |
55% |
|
| None of them |
31% |
36% |
18% |
27% |
|
| Don’t know |
11% |
13% |
6% |
9% |
38% think the Liberal Party has the best policy for handling the issue of asylum seekers arriving by boat and 13% think the Labor Party has the best policy. 31% think no party has the best policy.
Only 36% of Labor voters think the Labor Party has the best policy compared with 74% of Liberal/National voters who think the Liberals have the best policy.
Of those who think the asylum seeker issue is one of or the most important election issue, 59% think that the Liberals have the best policy, 12% think Labor has the best policy and 18% think none of them do.
17 June 2013, 170613, asylum seekers, federal election issues
Q. How important is the asylum seeker issue of in deciding which party you will vote for in the Federal election?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| The most important issue |
6% |
5% |
7% |
– |
|
| One of the most important issues |
28% |
16% |
39% |
27% |
|
| Quite important but not as important as other issues |
37% |
43% |
35% |
31% |
|
| Not very important |
14% |
16% |
11% |
18% |
|
| Not at all important |
10% |
14% |
6% |
20% |
|
| Don’t know |
5% |
5% |
2% |
5% |
34% of respondents think the asylum seeker issue is the most important or one of the most important election issues.
46% of Liberal/National voters think it is one of or the most important issues.
11 June 2013, 110613, Labor Party, Liberal Party, 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 = 1,906 respondents
| First preference/leaning to |
Election 21 Aug 10 |
|
4 weeks ago 13/5/13 |
2 weeks ago 27/5/13 |
Last week 3/6/13 |
This week 11/6/13 |
| Liberal |
|
44% |
45% |
45% |
44% |
|
| National |
|
3% |
3% |
3% |
3% |
|
| Total Lib/Nat |
43.6% |
48% |
48% |
48% |
47% |
|
| Labor |
38.0% |
34% |
34% |
35% |
36% |
|
| Greens |
11.8% |
9% |
8% |
8% |
8% |
|
| Other/Independent |
6.6% |
10% |
10% |
9% |
9% |
| 2 Party Preferred |
Election 21 Aug 10 |
|
4 weeks ago 13/5/13 |
2 weeks ago 27/5/13 |
Last week 3/6/13 |
This week 11/6/13 |
| Liberal National |
49.9% |
55% |
55% |
55% |
54% |
|
| Labor |
50.1% |
45% |
45% |
45% |
46% |
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.
11 June 2013, 110613, Approval of Julia Gillard
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister?
|
19 |
20 |
14 |
12 |
12 |
10 |
14 |
11 |
11 |
15 |
13 |
11 Jun |
||
| Total approve |
52% |
43% |
34% |
34% |
32% |
37% |
41% |
36% |
36% |
34% |
38% |
37% |
|
| Total disapprove |
30% |
40% |
54% |
54% |
56% |
53% |
49% |
55% |
56% |
56% |
54% |
54% |
|
| Strongly approve |
11% |
10% |
6% |
6% |
6% |
10% |
9% |
7% |
8% |
8% |
10% |
10% |
|
| Approve |
41% |
33% |
28% |
28% |
26% |
27% |
32% |
29% |
28% |
26% |
28% |
27% |
|
| Disapprove |
17% |
24% |
29% |
25% |
22% |
25% |
23% |
25% |
24% |
23% |
23% |
21% |
|
| Strongly disapprove |
13% |
16% |
25% |
29% |
34% |
28% |
26% |
30% |
32% |
33% |
31% |
33% |
|
| Don’t know |
18% |
17% |
13% |
11% |
12% |
11% |
10% |
9% |
9% |
9% |
9% |
9% |
Julia Gillard’s approval ratings have changed little in the last month. 37% (down 1%) approve of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister and 54% (unchanged) disapprove – a 1-point change in net rating from -16 to -17 over the last 4 weeks.
79% of Labor voters approve (up 1%) and 14% disapprove (down 2%).
By gender – men 35% approve/58% disapprove, women 39% approve/51% disapprove. In net terms this represents a decline with men (from -21 to -23) and an improvement with women (from -13 to -12).
11 June 2013, 110613, Approval of Tony Abbott
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader?
|
18 |
5 Jul
|
20 |
14 June 11 |
12 |
12 |
10 Dec |
14 |
11 |
11 |
15 |
13 |
|
11 Jun |
|
| Total approve |
37% |
37% |
39% |
38% |
32% |
32% |
33% |
33% |
36% |
37% |
37% |
40% |
40% |
|
| Total disapprove |
37% |
47% |
39% |
48% |
53% |
54% |
56% |
57% |
53% |
51% |
52% |
50% |
49% |
|
| Strongly approve |
5% |
8% |
9% |
6% |
6% |
6% |
8% |
8% |
7% |
7% |
8% |
9% |
10% |
|
| Approve |
32% |
29% |
30% |
32% |
26% |
26% |
25% |
25% |
29% |
30% |
29% |
31% |
30% |
|
| Disapprove |
20% |
23% |
21% |
25% |
25% |
24% |
25% |
27% |
22% |
22% |
24% |
18% |
17% |
|
| Strongly disapprove |
17% |
24% |
18% |
23% |
28% |
30% |
31% |
30% |
31% |
29% |
28% |
32% |
32% |
|
| Don’t know |
26% |
16% |
22% |
15% |
14% |
13% |
12% |
10% |
11% |
12% |
10% |
11% |
11% |
Tony Abbott’s approval ratings also remained much the same as last month. 40% (no change) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader and 49% (down 1%) disapprove – a change in net rating from -10 to -9 over the last 4 weeks, Tony Abbott’s best rating since July 2011.
80% (up 3%) of Coalition voters approve and 11% (down 2%) disapprove.
By gender – men 44% approve/47% disapprove, women 35% approve/52% disapprove. In net terms this represents a shift with men from -7 to -3 and with women from -13 to -17.
11 June 2013, 110613, Better PM, Julia Gillard, tony abbott
Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott?
|
5 |
14 June |
12 Dec |
12 Jun 12 |
10 Dec |
14 Jan 13 |
11 Feb |
11 Mar |
15 Apr |
13 May |
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib |
Vote Greens |
||
| Julia Gillard |
53% |
41% |
39% |
37% |
43% |
42% |
39% |
39% |
37% |
39% |
39% |
82% |
4% |
73% |
|
| Tony Abbott |
26% |
36% |
35% |
37% |
34% |
33% |
37% |
39% |
39% |
41% |
40% |
5% |
84% |
7% |
|
| Don’t know |
21% |
24% |
26% |
26% |
23% |
24% |
24% |
22% |
24% |
20% |
21% |
13% |
12% |
20% |
39% (no change) believe Julia Gillard would make the better Prime Minister and 40% (down 1%) prefer Tony Abbott.
Men prefer Tony Abbott 43%/35% and women prefer Julia Gillard 42%/38%.
11 June 2013, 110613, funding of political parties, political donations, public funding
Q. Currently political parties and candidates receive public funding for election campaigning based on their votes at elections. They can also receive funding in the form of donations from individuals, organisations (including unions) and businesses. There is no limit on donations but amounts of more than $12,000 must be publically disclosed.
Do you think political parties and candidates should receive some public funding or should they be totally funded by donations?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Should receive some public funding |
29% |
33% |
27% |
51% |
|
| Should be totally funded by donations |
47% |
41% |
53% |
35% |
|
| Don’t know |
23% |
26% |
20% |
14% |
29% agree that political parties and candidates should receive some public funding and 47% think they should be totally funded by donations.
Those most likely to support some public funding were Greens voters (51%), men (35%), aged 18-34 (34%) and people on incomes over $1,600pw (37%).
11 June 2013, 110613, capped political donations
Q. Should donations to political parties and candidates be unlimited or should it be capped (that is, no organisation or individual should be able to donate more than a specified amount)?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Donations should be unlimited |
17% |
13% |
25% |
10% |
|
| Donations should be capped |
65% |
71% |
61% |
75% |
|
| Don’t know |
17% |
16% |
14% |
15% |
65% think that donations to political parties and candidates should be capped and 17% think they should be unlimited. The highest support for unlimited donations came from Liberal/National voters (25%).