29 July 2013, 290713, 2PP, Greens, Labor Party, Liberal Party, two party preferred, Voting intention
Q. If a Federal Election was held today to which party will you probably give your first preference vote? If not sure, which party are you currently leaning toward?
Q. If don’t know -Well which party are you currently leaning to?
Sample size = 1,912 respondents
| First preference/leaning to |
Election 21 Aug 10 |
|
4 weeks ago 1/7/13 |
2 weeks ago 15/7/13 |
Last week 23/7/13 |
This week 29/7/13 |
| Liberal |
|
43% |
42% |
42% |
41% |
|
| National |
|
3% |
4% |
3% |
3% |
|
| Total Lib/Nat |
43.6% |
46% |
46% |
45% |
44% |
|
| Labor |
38.0% |
36% |
39% |
39% |
39% |
|
| Greens |
11.8% |
9% |
7% |
7% |
9% |
|
| Other/Independent |
6.6% |
9% |
8% |
9% |
8% |
| 2 Party Preferred |
Election 21 Aug 10 |
|
4 weeks ago 1/7/13 |
2 weeks ago 15/7/13 |
Last week 23/7/13 |
This week 29/7/13 |
| Liberal National |
49.9% |
53% |
52% |
51% |
51% |
|
| Labor |
50.1% |
47% |
48% |
49% |
49% |
NB. The data in the above tables comprise 2-week averages derived from the first preference/leaning to voting questions. Respondents who select ‘don’t know’ are not included in the results. The two-party preferred estimate is calculated by distributing the votes of the other parties according to their preferences at the 2010 election.
29 July 2013, 290713, kevin rudd, Labor asylum seeker policy, New Guinea asylum seeker policy, PNG
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the announcement by the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, that all asylum seekers arriving in Australia by boat will be sent to New Guinea for processing and none will be resettled in Australia?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Total approve |
61% |
75% |
58% |
32% |
|
| Total disapprove |
28% |
16% |
32% |
62% |
|
| Strongly approve |
30% |
45% |
24% |
7% |
|
| Approve |
31% |
30% |
34% |
25% |
|
| Disapprove |
14% |
10% |
14% |
31% |
|
| Strongly disapprove |
14% |
6% |
18% |
31% |
|
| Don’t know |
11% |
9% |
10% |
7% |
61% approve of the announcement that all asylum seekers arriving in Australia by boat will be sent to New Guinea for processing and none will be resettled in Australia and 28% disapprove.
75% of Labor voters and 58% of Liberal/National voters approve but 62% of Greens voters disapprove. A majority of all demographic groups approved – those most likely to disapprove were respondents with university degrees (54% approve/35% disapprove).
Of those who think the asylum seeker issue is one of or the most important election issue, 71% approve and 25% disapprove.
29 July 2013, 290713, approach to asylum seekers, asylum seeker policy
Q. Which party has the best policy for handling the issue of asylum seekers arriving by boat?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
17 Jun 13 |
|
| Labor |
25% |
58% |
4% |
10% |
13% |
||
| Liberal |
26% |
3% |
57% |
2% |
38% |
||
| Greens |
6% |
5% |
1% |
44% |
7% |
||
| None of them |
28% |
21% |
25% |
29% |
31% |
||
| Don’t know |
15% |
13% |
13% |
15% |
11% |
26% (down 12% since June) think the Liberal Party has the best policy for handling the issue of asylum seekers arriving by boat and 25% (up 12%) think the Labor Party has the best policy. 28% think no party has the best policy.
58% (up 22%) of Labor voters think the Labor Party has the best policy compared with 57% (down 17%) of Liberal/National voters who think the Liberals have the best policy.
Of those who think the asylum seeker issue is one of or the most important election issue, 35% think that Labor has the best policy, 29% think the Liberals have the best policy and 17% think none of them do.
29 July 2013, 290713, asylum seeker issue, asylum seekers, Important election issues
Q. How important is the asylum seeker issue of in deciding which party you will vote for in the Federal election?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
17 Jun 13 |
|
| The most important issue |
7% |
6% |
8% |
4% |
6% |
||
| One of the most important issues |
28% |
27% |
31% |
34% |
28% |
||
| Quite important but not as important as other issues |
35% |
40% |
36% |
33% |
37% |
||
| Not very important |
16% |
16% |
16% |
19% |
14% |
||
| Not at all important |
8% |
7% |
8% |
9% |
10% |
||
| Don’t know |
6% |
4% |
1% |
1% |
5% |
35% of respondents think the asylum seeker issue is the most important or one of the most important election issues.
39% of Liberal/National voters think it is one of or the most important issues.
29 July 2013, 290713, Australian workers, productivity
Q. Overall, in your experience, how productive are most Australian workers?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Full time workers |
Part time workers |
|
30 Jul 12 |
6 Feb 12 |
|
| Very productive |
12% |
14% |
12% |
13% |
10% |
12% |
14% |
15% |
||
| Quite productive |
55% |
61% |
52% |
55% |
54% |
56% |
59% |
59% |
||
| Not so productive |
25% |
19% |
30% |
22% |
27% |
27% |
19% |
19% |
||
| Not at all productive |
3% |
1% |
4% |
4% |
4% |
2% |
3% |
2% |
||
| Don’t know |
5% |
4% |
3% |
6% |
5% |
3% |
5% |
5% |
67% think that overall, most Australian workers are very or quite productive. This figure has fallen a little since this question was asked in July last year.
Labor voters (75%) are more likely than Liberal/National voters (64%) to think workers are productive. There were no substantial differences across income or age groups.
29 July 2013, 290713, increase productivity
Q. Which of the following would be the most effective way to increase productivity in Australian workplaces?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Full time workers |
Part time workers |
|
30 Jul 12 |
|
| More flexibility for businesses in how they employ and manage workers |
23% |
16% |
30% |
16% |
28% |
20% |
21% |
||
| More input from workers into how businesses are managed |
15% |
18% |
14% |
18% |
16% |
17% |
17% |
||
| Invest more in skills and education |
32% |
39% |
28% |
31% |
27% |
38% |
35% |
||
| Invest more in technology and innovation |
8% |
12% |
5% |
12% |
8% |
10% |
8% |
||
| Stop Government assistance to industries so that they are forced to be productive or close |
12% |
7% |
16% |
11% |
13% |
9% |
10% |
||
| Don’t know |
9% |
8% |
7% |
11% |
7% |
6% |
9% |
32% think investing more in skills and education is the most effective way to increase productivity, 23% favour more flexibility for businesses in how they employ and manage workers and 15% nominated more input from workers into how businesses are managed.
These figure are very similar to those when this question was asked in July last year.
39% of Labor voters favour investing in skills and education while 30% of Liberal/National voters favour more flexibility for businesses in how they employ and manage workers.
29 July 2013, 290713, Andrew Robb, Joe Hockey, Julie Bishop, Leader of the Liberal Party, Liberal party Leadership, malcolm turnbull, tony abbott
Q. Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Liberal Party?
|
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
23 Apr 12 |
30 May 11 |
28 Feb 11 |
27 Sep 10 |
| Tony Abbott |
17% |
5% |
36% |
1% |
23% |
22% |
24% |
26% |
||
| Malcolm Turnbull |
37% |
44% |
35% |
51% |
30% |
25% |
18% |
20% |
||
| Joe Hockey |
10% |
9% |
13% |
9% |
14% |
17% |
16% |
15% |
||
| Julie Bishop |
3% |
4% |
3% |
1% |
5% |
3% |
4% |
5% |
||
| Andrew Robb |
* |
* |
* |
– |
1% |
1% |
1% |
na |
||
| Someone else |
12% |
20% |
3% |
13% |
12% |
13% |
14% |
na |
||
| Don’t know |
19% |
19% |
9% |
24% |
16% |
19% |
22% |
33% |
37% (up 7% since April last year) think Malcolm Turnbull would make the best leader of the Liberal Party, 17% (down 6%) prefer Tony Abbott and 10% (down 4%) Joe Hockey.
Among Liberal/National voters, 36% (-3%) prefer Tony Abbott, 35% (+9%) Malcolm Turnbull and 13% (-4%) Joe Hockey.
Malcolm Turnbull is preferred by 39% of men and 36% of women, Tony Abbott by 21% of men and 14% of women.