Q. Thinking about the Federal Parliament, how much difference do you think there is between the policies of the Labor Party and the Liberal Party?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
| Very little difference | 29% | 30% | 20% | 51% |
| Some difference | 43% | 50% | 45% | 35% |
| A lot of difference | 19% | 15% | 31% | 4% |
| Don’t know | 9% | 5% | 5% | 10% |
Q. Do you think that in the last few years, the policies of the Labor Party and the Liberal Party have become more similar or do you think their policies have been moving apart?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
| Become more similar | 51% | 54% | 50% | 63% |
| Moving further apart | 17% | 16% | 23% | 5% |
| No change | 21% | 23% | 19% | 19% |
| Don’t know | 12% | 7% | 8% | 13% |
Only 19% believe there is a lot of difference between the Labor and Liberal Parties and 29% think there is very little difference. Liberal/National voters (31% a lot of difference) are more likely to think there is a difference than Labor voters (15%). 37% of those aged under 35 think there is little difference.
51% think the Labor and Liberal Parties have become more similar and 17% think they are moving further apart. When this question was last asked in September 2009, 49% said the parties had become closer and 20% further apart.