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.