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  • Jan, 2020

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    Preferred Prime Minister

    Q. Who do you think would makes the better Prime Minister out of Scott Morrison and Anthony Albanese?

      Jan’20 Nov’19 Oct’19 Sep’19 Aug’19 Jul’19 Jun’19
    Scott Morrison 36% 44% 43% 46% 44% 44% 43%
    Anthony Albanese 39% 28% 28% 25% 28% 26% 25%
    Don’t know 25% 29% 29% 29% 28% 31% 32%
    Base (n) 1,081 1,075 1,088 1,093 1,096 1,091 1,099
    • For the first time since becoming leader of the Labor party, more people consider Anthony Albanese more capable of being PM than Scott Morrison. 39% think Albanese would be the better PM, compared to 36% for Morrison.
    • A 6pt drop from November for Morrison has coincided with an 11pt increase for Albanese.
    • A quarter (25%) don’t know who would make the better PM between the two.
  • Dec, 2019

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    Performance of Anthony Albanese

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

    Dec’19 Nov’19 Oct’19 Sep’19 Aug’19 Jul’19 Jun’19
    NET: Approve 39% 37% 40% 36% 38% 39% 35%
    NET: Disapprove 28% 34% 29% 31% 29% 24% 25%
    Don’t know 33% 29% 31% 33% 33% 37% 39%
    Base (n) 1,035 1,075 1,088 1,093 1,096 1,091 1,099

     

    Total Federal Voting Intention
    Labor Coalition Greens NET: Other
    Strongly approve 8% 14% 7% 8% 3%
    Approve 31% 44% 31% 29% 14%
    Disapprove 18% 10% 25% 20% 28%
    Strongly disapprove 10% 4% 15% 7% 20%
    Don’t know 33% 28% 22% 35% 35%
    NET: Approve 39% 58% 38% 37% 17%
    NET: Disapprove 28% 14% 40% 28% 48%
    Base (n) 1,035 339 356 106 116
    • Anthony Albanese has 39% approval as Opposition Leader, but one third (33%) still don’t know how to rate his performance.
  • Dec, 2019

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    Performance of Anthony Albanese compared to expectations

    Q. Since the federal election in May 2019, how has the performance of Anthony Albanese compared to your expectations?

      Performance of Anthony Albanese Federal Voting Intention
    Total NET: Approve NET: Disapprove Don’t know Labor Coalition Greens NET: Other
    Has exceeded my expectations 8% 16% 3% 2% 11% 6% 10% 6%
    Has met my expectations 48% 67% 21% 50% 55% 47% 46% 30%
    Has fallen short of my expectations 44% 18% 77% 48% 34% 47% 44% 64%
    Base (n) 1,035 441 461 133 339 356 106 116
    • Less than half of participants say that Anthony Albanese has met their expectations since the election, with 77% of those who disapprove of his performance saying he fell short of their expectations.
    • Labor voters are most likely to say that he has met their expectations (55%) whereas 64% of other party or independent voters say he has fallen short of their expectations.
  • Nov, 2019

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    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%).
  • Nov, 2019

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    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.
  • Sep, 2013

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    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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