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Leader trust to handle issues

Sep 27, 2016

Q. Which leader – Malcolm Turnbull or Bill Shorten – would you trust most to handle the following issues?

	Malcolm Turnbull	Bill Shorten	Don’t know	Difference	Difference May 2016
Regulating the banking and finance sector	33%	29%	38%	+4	+6
Supporting Australia’s manufacturing industries	30%	32%	37%	-2	-1
Addressing climate change	26%	30%	44%	-4	-8
Protecting the Great Barrier Reef	23%	29%	48%	-6	-6
Funding hospitals	29%	36%	35%	-7	-8
Making housing more affordable for first home buyers	23%	33%	44%	-10	-9
Ensuring big companies pay their share of tax	27%	37%	36%	-10	-6
Looking after the needs of pensioners	22%	38%	40%	-16	-14
Funding public schools	24%	40%	36%	-16	-16
Maintaining workers’ wages and conditions	23%	44%	34%	-21	-22

Bill Shorten is trusted more for maintaining workers’ wages and conditions (+21), funding public schools (+16) and looking after the needs of pensioners (+16). Since May, the main changes have been a 4% shift to Malcolm Turnbull on addressing climate change and a 4% shift to Bill Shorten on ensuring big companies pay their share of tax.

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