Performance of Anthony Albanese
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Anthony Albanese is doing as Opposition Leader?
| Nov’19 | Oct’19 | Sep’19 | Aug’19 | Jul’19 | Jun’19 | |
| NET: Approve | 37% | 40% | 36% | 38% | 39% | 35% |
| NET: Disapprove | 34% | 29% | 31% | 29% | 24% | 25% |
| Don’t know | 29% | 31% | 33% | 33% | 37% | 39% |
| Base (n) | 1,075 | 1,088 | 1,093 | 1,096 | 1,091 | 1,099 |
| Total | Voting Intention | ||||
| Labor | Coalition | Greens | NET: Other | ||
| Strongly approve | 6% | 12% | 3% | 6% | 3% |
| Approve | 31% | 45% | 32% | 25% | 16% |
| Disapprove | 24% | 19% | 28% | 30% | 32% |
| Strongly disapprove | 9% | 2% | 14% | 7% | 18% |
| Don’t know | 29% | 23% | 22% | 32% | 31% |
| NET: Approve | 37% | 57% | 35% | 31% | 19% |
| NET: Disapprove | 34% | 21% | 43% | 37% | 50% |
| Base (n) | 1,075 | 325 | 377 | 107 | 155 |
- Anthony Albanese has 37% approval as Opposition Leader, but just under one third (29%) 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 39% recorded a response of don’t know.
- Approval with Albanese’s performance is driven by Labor party voters (57%), participants with a university education (47%) and males (43%).
Preferred Prime Minister
Q. Who do you think would makes the better Prime Minister out of Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese?
| Nov’19 | Oct’19 | Sep’19 | Aug’19 | Jul’19 | Jun’19 | |
| Scott Morrison | 44% | 43% | 46% | 44% | 44% | 43% |
| Anthony Albanese | 28% | 28% | 25% | 28% | 26% | 25% |
| Don’t know | 29% | 29% | 29% | 28% | 31% | 32% |
| Base (n) | 1,075 | 1,088 | 1,093 | 1,096 | 1,091 | 1,099 |
| Total | Gender | Age | ||||
| Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | ||
| Scott Morrison | 44% | 47% | 41% | 38% | 40% | 52% |
| Anthony Albanese | 28% | 30% | 25% | 33% | 25% | 26% |
| Don’t know | 29% | 23% | 34% | 29% | 35% | 22% |
| Base (n) | 1,075 | 526 | 549 | 327 | 371 | 377 |
- More than two-fifths of participants think that Scott Morrison makes the better PM (44%), which is on par with previous months from mid-2019 (between 43% and 46% since June).
- 29% don’t know who would make the better PM between Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese.
Better Prime Minister
Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Anthony Albanese?
Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Tony Abbott |
37% |
7% |
74% |
11% |
|
| Anthony Albanese |
31% |
58% |
5% |
51% |
|
| Don’t know |
33% |
35% |
21% |
38% |
|
| Tony Abbott |
37% |
7% |
75% |
2% |
|
| Bill Shorten |
32% |
58% |
6% |
55% |
|
| Don’t know |
32% |
35% |
19% |
43% |
Tony Abbott is preferred to Anthony Albanese as Prime Minister by 37% to 31% and to Bill Shorten by 37% to 32%.
Among Labor voters both Bill Shorten and Anthony Albanese are preferred 58% to 7%.
In comparison, immediately after the 2010 election Julia Gillard was preferred over Tony Abbott by 47% to 35%.
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Two Party Preferred: 14 May 2019
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