Party trust to handle issues

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

	Liberal	Labor	Don’t know		Differe-nce	Difference Dec 2016
Security and the war on terrorism	41%	21%	38%		+20	+17
Management of the economy	40%	25%	34%		+15	+14
Controlling interest rates	34%	24%	42%		+10	+7
Political leadership	35%	27%	38%		+8	+6
Managing population growth	30%	24%	46%		+6	+7
Treatment of asylum seekers	31%	30%	39%		+1	+6
Ensuring a quality water supply	27%	32%	41%		-5	-3
Ensuring a fair taxation system	27%	37%	36%		-10	-1
Ensuring a quality education for all children	29%	40%	31%		-11	-11
Ensuring the quality of Australia’s health system	28%	39%	33%		-11	-12
Housing affordability	24%	36%	40%		-12	-9
Protecting Australian jobs and protection of local industries	26%	39%	34%		-13	-9
A fair industrial relations system	27%	41%	32%		-14	-7
Protecting the environment	23%	37%	40%		-14	-14
Addressing climate change	23%	39%	39%		-16	-14

The Liberal Party is trusted more to handle security and the war on terrorism (+20, up 3 from December) and management of the economy (+15, up 1).

The Labor Party is trusted more to handle addressing climate change (+16, up 2), protecting the environment (+14, no change), and a fair industrial relations system (+14, up 7).

Since this question was asked in December, the Liberal party has improved its position against the Labor party on security and the war on terrorism (up 3) and controlling interest rates (up 3). The Labor Party has improved its position against the Liberal Party on ensuring a fair taxation system (up 9), a fair industrial relations system (up 7), treatment of asylum seekers (up 5) and protecting Australian jobs and local industries (up 4).