Q. Which party would you trust most to handle the issue of asylum seekers?
| 12 July 10 | 4 April 10 | |
| The Labor Party | 24% | 23% |
| The Liberal Party | 31% | 34% |
| No difference | 33% | 28% |
| Don’t know | 12% | 15% |
24% trust the Labor Party most to handle the issue of asylum seekers, 31% trust the Liberal Party most and 45% think there is no difference or don’t know. This represents only a small change since this question was asked three months ago – the gap between Labor and Liberal has closed from 11% to 7% and the proportion that thinks there is no difference is up 5%.
54% of Labor voters trust the Labor Party most and 33% say there is no difference while 75% of Liberal/National voters trust the Liberal Party and only 18% think there is no difference. 47% of Greens voters think there is no difference, 31% trust the Labor Party most and 11% the Liberal Party.