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Government’s handling of issues

28 Jan 2015

Q. How would you rate the Federal Liberal-National Government for the way they have handled the following issues?

 

Total good

Total poor

Net score

 

Very good

Good

Average

Poor

Very poor

Don’t know

 

Net

Feb 2014

Net Sept 2014

Relations with other countries

33%

28%

+5

9%

24%

32%

14%

14%

7%

-3

+15

Supporting Australian businesses

26%

31%

-5

5%

21%

34%

16%

15%

10%

-7

-5

Treatment of asylum seekers

33%

39%

-6

13%

20%

20%

13%

26%

8%

+1

-3

Managing the economy

26%

40%

-14

6%

20%

28%

20%

20%

6%

+3

-6

Industrial relations

21%

36%

-15

4%

17%

32%

16%

20%

11%

-12

-16

Protecting the environment

19%

42%

-23

4%

15%

31%

15%

27%

9%

-10

-18

Supporting Australian jobs

19%

43%

-24

4%

15%

30%

20%

23%

7%

-19

-21

Education and schools

21%

45%

-24

4%

17%

27%

21%

24%

7%

-7

-22

Climate change

19%

46%

-27

5%

14%

25%

14%

32%

9%

-15

-27

Social welfare

19%

47%

-28

4%

15%

26%

22%

25%

8%

-12

-26

Health services

18%

49%

-31

3%

15%

26%

21%

28%

7%

-13

-27

The Government received negative ratings for all issues except relations with other countries (net +5).

Highest negative ratings were given for health services (18% good/49% poor), social welfare (19%/47%), climate change (19%/46%), education and schools (21%/45%), supporting Australian jobs (19%/43%) and protecting the environment (19%/42%).

Since this question was asked in September there has been a significant decrease for relations with other countries (net score down 10), managing the economy (down 8) and protecting the environment (down 5).

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