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  • Dec, 2012

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    Liberal party leader at next election

    Q. Do you think Tony Abbott will still be leader of the Liberal Party at the next election – due later next year?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Yes

    38%

    26%

    54%

    33%

    No

    35%

    54%

    20%

    44%

    Don’t know

    27%

    19%

    26%

    23%

    38% think Tony Abbott will still be leader of the Labor Party at the next election and 35% think he will not.

    54% of Liberal/National voters think he will still be leader.

  • Dec, 2012

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    Most significant political event

    Q. What do you think was the most significant political event of 2012?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Implementation of the carbon tax

    41%

    40%

    44%

    52%

    Rudd leadership challenge

    14%

    16%

    14%

    12%

    Reopening asylum seeker detention centres on Manus Island and Nauru

    9%

    7%

    11%

    8%

    AWU slush fund allegations against the Prime Minister

    7%

    1%

    14%

    Julia Gillard’s sexism speech in Parliament

    6%

    11%

    2%

    3%

    Bipartisan support for National Disability Insurance Scheme

    5%

    9%

    3%

    4%

    Australia winning a seat on the UN Security Council

    5%

    8%

    3%

    4%

    Don’t know

    13%

    8%

    8%

    16%

    41% think the most significant political event of the year was the implementation of the carbon tax and 14% think it was the Rudd leadership challenge.

    All voter groups thought the implementation of the carbon tax was the most significant event.

    Liberal/National voters were more likely to think the AWU slush fund allegations against the Prime Minister was most significant (14%) while Labor voters were more likely to think Julia Gillard’s sexism speech in Parliament was most significant (11%).

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