Party trust to handle issues

Q. Which party would you trust most to handle the following issues?

	Liberal	Labor	Don’t know		Differ-ence	Differ-ence Jun2017
Security and the war on terrorism	42%	24%	35%		+18	+20
Management of the economy	40%	30%	29%		+10	+15
Controlling interest rates	34%	30%	36%		+4	+10
Managing population growth	30%	27%	43%		+3	+6
Treatment of asylum seekers	32%	31%	37%		+1	+1
Ensuring a quality water supply	31%	30%	39%		+1	-5
Political leadership	31%	33%	37%		-2	+8
Protecting Australian jobs and protection of local industries	28%	38%	34%		-10	-13
Ensuring a fair taxation system	28%	39%	34%		-11	-10
Ensuring a quality education for all children	29%	40%	32%		-11	-11
Ensuring the quality of Australia’s health system	28%	39%	33%		-11	-11
Housing affordability	24%	36%	40%		-12	-12
Protecting the environment	24%	36%	41%		-12	-14
A fair industrial relations system	27%	40%	34%		-13	-14
Addressing climate change	22%	36%	43%		-14	-16

The Liberal Party is trusted more to handle security and the war on terrorism (+18, down 2 since June) and management of the economy (+10, down 5).

 

The Labor Party is trusted more to handle addressing climate change (+14, down 2), a fair industrial relations system (+13, down 1), protecting the environment (+12, down 2) and housing affordability (+12, no change).

 

Since this question was asked in June, the Labor Party has improved its position against the Liberal Party on political leadership (up 10), controlling interest rates (up 6) and management of the economy (up 5).