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Double dissolution

30 Mar 2016

Q. The Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced that he intends to recall Parliament in April to pass legislation to restore the ABCC (Australian Building and Construction Commission). If this is rejected by the Senate he will call an early double dissolution election. Would you approve or disapprove of the Prime Minister calling an early double dissolution election?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other
Total approve 44%   37% 65% 38% 31%
Total disapprove 23%   34% 11% 33% 38%
Strongly approve 16%   12% 26% 6% 14%
Approve 28%   25% 39% 32% 17%
Disapprove 13%   17% 10% 20% 16%
Strongly disapprove 10%   17% 1% 13% 22%
Don’t know 33%   29% 24% 30% 31%

44% approve of the Prime Minister calling an early double dissolution election and 23% disapprove. 33% have no opinion.

Those most likely to approve are Liberal/National voters (65%) and men (52%).

Labor and Greens voters are only slightly more likely to approve than disapprove while other party and independent voters are a little more likely to disapprove (38%).

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