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Flood Response – Parties
Q. Who do you think has the best approach to funding the damage from the recent floods across Australia?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
Julia Gillard and the Labor Party | 36% | 79% | 4% | 55% |
Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party | 28% | 3% | 60% | 8% |
Don’t know | 36% | 19% | 36% | 37% |
Q. Who would you trust most to manage the program of rebuilding infrastructure after the recent floods across Australia?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
Julia Gillard and the Labor Party | 36% | 78% | 3% | 63% |
Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party | 35% | 5% | 75% | 6% |
Don’t know | 29% | 17% | 22% | 31% |
Overall, respondents tend to favour the approach of Julia Gillard in funding the flood damage – 36% prefer the Labor Party approach, 28% the Liberal party and 36% don’t know.
However, in terms of managing the rebuilding of infrastructure, 36% favour Julia Gillard and the Labor Party and 35% favour Tony Abbott and the Liberal party.

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