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Federal government better at
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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Two Party Preferred:
Labor
47%
Coalition
44%
In this week's report:
- Performance of Scott Morrison
- Performance of Anthony Albanese
- Preferred Prime Minister
- Federal government response to Covid-19
- State government response to Covid-19
- Confidence in Labor government handling of Covid-19 pandemic
- Satisfaction with speed of Covid-19 vaccine rollout
- Party most responsible for slow vaccine rollout
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