Federal government better at

11 Aug 2020

Q. Do you think a Federal Government led by Labor or the Coalition would be better at…?

	Coalition	Labor	Neither
Reducing national debt	45%	27%	28%
Managing the economy	45%	32%	24%
Stopping community transmission of Covid-19 as soon as possible	39%	31%	30%
Working with other countries’ leaders appropriately	38%	34%	28%
Creating jobs	37%	40%	23%
Supporting those in financial need	35%	43%	22%
Improving the education system	32%	41%	27%

A Coalition government is thought to be better than Labor at governance issues such as recovering the economy from Covid-19 (46% Coalition), reducing national debt (45%) and managing the economy (44%).
Elements where Labor is seen to do a better job than the Coalition is in improving the education system (41%), supporting those in financial need (43%) an creating jobs (40%).
Across all issues between one-fifth (22%) and almost a third (30%) of participants believe that neither party would be better at any of the listed elements.

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