Q. Which party – Labor or Liberal – do you think is best when it comes to:
| Liberal | Labor | No Diff-erence | Don’t Know | Diff-erence Liberal – Labor | Mar 2016 diff-erence | ||
| Representing the interests of the large corporate and financial interests | 48% | 15% | 22% | 15% | +33 | +37 | |
| Handling the economy overall | 35% | 24% | 25% | 16% | +11 | +13 | |
| Handling the economy in a way that best helps small business | 33% | 24% | 25% | 18% | +9 | +13 | |
| Handling the economy in a way that best helps the middle class | 30% | 30% | 24% | 15% | – | +3 | |
| Handling the economy in a way that helps you and people like you the most. | 28% | 30% | 25% | 17% | -2 | -4 | |
| Representing the interests of you and people like you | 27% | 35% | 23% | 15% | -8 | -6 | |
| Standing up for the middle class in Australia | 26% | 34% | 24% | 15% | -8 | -7 | |
| Handling the economy in a way that tries to take the interests of working families into consideration as much as it takes the interests of the large corporate and financial groups | 24% | 33% | 25% | 17% | -9 | -7 | |
| Representing the interests of Australian working families | 20% | 42% | 23% | 14% | -22 | -21 | |
| Being more concerned about the interests of working families in Australia than the rich and large business and financial interests | 18% | 43% | 24% | 14% | -25 | -22 |
Labor was more likely to be selected as the party best at all of the items, except for ‘Representing the interests of the large corporate and financial interests’ (48% Liberal, 15% Labor), ‘Handling the economy overall’ (35% Liberal, 24% Labor), ‘Handling the economy in a way that best helps small business’ (33% Liberal, 24% Labor) and ‘Handling the economy in a way that best helps the middle class’ (30% Liberal, 30% Labor).
Since this question was asked in March, the main shifts have been for ‘Handling the economy in a way that best helps small business’ (4% to Labor) and “Representing the interests of the large corporate and financial interests” (4% to Labor).