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Leader attributes: Scott Morrison
Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Prime Minister, Scott Morrison?
Jul’21 | Change from Mid Mar’21 | Mid Mar’21 | Early
Mar’21 |
May’20 | Jan’20 | Oct’19 | Dec’18 | |
Plays politics | 73% | – | – | – | – | – | – | – |
Out of touch with ordinary people | 59% | +8% | 51% | 56% | 47% | 62% | 56% | 54% |
Avoids responsibility | 54% | +6% | 48% | 49% | – | – | – | – |
In control of their team | 53% | -9% | 62% | 56% | – | – | – | – |
Good in a crisis | 49% | -15% | 64% | 59% | 66% | 32% | 51% | 41% |
Trustworthy | 47% | -8% | 55% | 52% | 56% | 40% | 43% | 39% |
More honest than most politicians | 45% | -8% | 53% | 50% | 51% | 39% | 44% | 39% |
Visionary | 39% | -9% | 48% | 41% | 48% | 30% | 42% | 38% |
Base (n) | 1,100 | – | 1,124 | 1,074 | 1,059 | 1,081 | 1,088 | 1,026 |
- The majority of Australians (73%) think Scott Morrison ‘plays politics’.
- Compared to mid-March, more Australians now think Scott Morrison is ‘out of touch with ordinary people’ (up 8 percentage points to 59%). More also now think the PM ‘avoids responsibility’ (up 6 percentage points to 54%).
- Just under half of people now think Scott Morrison is ‘good in a crisis’ (down 15 percentage points since mid-March to 49%).
- Compared to mid-March, fewer people also now think the PM is ‘in control of their team’ and ‘visionary’ (down 9 percentage points to 53% and 39% respectively), and less than half now think he is ‘trustworthy’ and ‘more honest than most politicians’ (down 8 percentage points to 47% and 45% respectively).

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