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Performance of Anthony Albanese

16 Oct 2019

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Anthony Albanese is doing as Opposition Leader?

Oct’19 Sep’19 Aug’19 Jul’19 Jun’19 Mar’19

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NET: Approve 40% 36% 38% 39% 35% 38%
NET: Disapprove 29% 31% 29% 24% 25% 44%
Don’t know 31% 33% 33% 37% 39% 18%
Base (n) 1,088 1,093 1,096 1,091 1,099 1,090

 

  Total Voting Intention
Labor Coalition Greens NET: Other
Strongly approve 7% 12% 5% 7% 2%
Approve 33% 44% 32% 34% 22%
Disapprove 21% 14% 26% 19% 29%
Strongly disapprove 9% 3% 15% 5% 13%
Don’t know 31% 27% 23% 35% 33%
NET: Approve 40% 56% 37% 41% 24%
NET: Disapprove 29% 17% 41% 24% 42%
Base (n) 1,088 343 380 107 130
  • Anthony Albanese has 40% approval as Opposition Leader, but just under one third (31%) don’t know how to rate his performance. More respondents are able to provide a rating on Albanese’s performance now, than when he first took over the position in June, when 29% recorded a response of don’t know .
  • Approval with Albanese’s performance is driven by high-income earners (48%), participants with a university education (47%) and males (44%).
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