Party trust to handle issues

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

	Liberal	Labor	Don’t know		NET	NET Jun 2016
Security and the war on terrorism	39%	21%	40%		+18	+18
Management of the economy	41%	26%	34%		+15	+12
Controlling interest rates	35%	23%	42%		+12	+12
Managing population growth	33%	23%	44%		+10	+8
Political leadership	35%	26%	39%		+9	+8
Treatment of asylum seekers	32%	26%	41%		+6	+4
Ensuring a quality water supply	28%	28%	43%		–	-1
Ensuring a fair taxation system	30%	34%	36%		-4	-5
A fair industrial relations system	30%	38%	32%		-8	-11
Protecting Australian jobs and protection of local industries	29%	37%	34%		-8	-12
Ensuring the quality of Australia’s health system	30%	38%	32%		-8	-13
Ensuring a quality education for all children	29%	37%	34%		-8	-14
Housing affordability	25%	35%	40%		-10	-8
Addressing climate change	25%	35%	40%		-10	-10
Protecting the environment	24%	35%	40%		-11	-12

The Liberal Party is trusted more to handle security and the war on terrorism (+18), management of the economy (+15) and controlling interest rates (+12).

The Labor Party is trusted more to handle protecting the environment (-11), addressing climate change (-10) and housing affordability (-10).

Since this question was asked in June, The Liberal Party has improved its position against Labor on ensuring the quality of the health system (up 5) and ensuring a quality education for all children (up 6).