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  • Apr, 2014

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    Approval of Tony Abbott

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other/

    indep-endent

    Tony Abbott as Opp. Leader

    2 Sep 13

    Tony Abbott as PM

    24 Sep

    12 Nov

    14
    Jan
    14

    11 Feb

    11 Mar

    Total approve

    41%

    11%

    84%

    12%

    32%

    40%

    41%

    45%

    47%

    41%

    40%

    Total disapprove

    47%

    84%

    7%

    76%

    55%

    49%

    36%

    40%

    43%

    47%

    47%

    Strongly approve

    13%

    3%

    30%

    5%

    13%

    14%

    14%

    13%

    12%

    11%

    Approve

    28%

    8%

    54%

    12%

    27%

    27%

    27%

    31%

    34%

    29%

    29%

    Disapprove

    17%

    27%

    5%

    21%

    23%

    19%

    13%

    19%

    18%

    19%

    20%

    Strongly disapprove

    30%

    57%

    2%

    55%

    32%

    30%

    23%

    21%

    25%

    28%

    27%

    Don’t know

    12%

    6%

    9%

    12%

    12%

    10%

    23%

    16%

    11%

    12%

    12%

     

    41% (up 1%) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister and 47% (no change) disapprove. This represents little change in his rating as Prime Minister over the last four weeks – from net -7 to net -6.

    By gender – 49% (up 5%) of men approve and 43% (down 3%) disapprove; 34% (down 3%) of women approve and 50% (up 1%) disapprove.

  • Mar, 2014

    ,

    Approval of Tony Abbott

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other/

    indep-endent

    Tony Abbott as Opposition Leader

    2 Sep 13

    Tony Abbott as Prime Minister

    24 Sep

    10 Dec

    14 Jan 2014

    11 Feb

    Total approve

    40%

    11%

    83%

    13%

    30%

    40%

    41%

    45%

    47%

    41%

    Total disapprove

    47%

    84%

    6%

    81%

    54%

    49%

    36%

    46%

    43%

    47%

    Strongly approve

    11%

    2%

    27%

    2%

    2%

    13%

    14%

    12%

    13%

    12%

    Approve

    29%

    9%

    56%

    11%

    28%

    27%

    27%

    33%

    34%

    29%

    Disapprove

    20%

    31%

    6%

    17%

    29%

    19%

    13%

    20%

    18%

    19%

    Strongly disapprove

    27%

    53%

    *

    64%

    25%

    30%

    23%

    26%

    25%

    28%

    Don’t know

    12%

    6%

    11%

    6%

    16%

    10%

    23%

    9%

    11%

    12%

    40% (down 1%) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister and 47% (no change) disapprove. This represents little change in his rating as Prime Minister over the last four weeks – from net -6 to net -7.

    By gender – 44% (down 1%) of men approve and 46% (down 1%) disapprove; 37% (down 1%) of women approve and 49% (up 2%) disapprove.

  • Feb, 2014

    Approval of Tony Abbott

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other/

    indep-endent

    Tony Abbott as Opp Leader

    2 Sep 13

    Tony Abbott as PM

    24 Sep

    22 Oct

    12 Nov

    10 Dec

    14 Jan 2014

    Total approve

    41%

    12%

    85%

    14%

    17%

    40%

    41%

    46%

    45%

    45%

    47%

    Total disapprove

    47%

    81%

    6%

    76%

    64%

    49%

    36%

    35%

    40%

    46%

    43%

    Strongly approve

    12%

    2%

    29%

    4%

    13%

    14%

    16%

    14%

    12%

    13%

    Approve

    29%

    10%

    56%

    14%

    13%

    27%

    27%

    30%

    31%

    33%

    34%

    Disapprove

    19%

    27%

    6%

    17%

    32%

    19%

    13%

    15%

    19%

    20%

    18%

    Strongly disapprove

    28%

    54%

    59%

    32%

    30%

    23%

    20%

    21%

    26%

    25%

    Don’t know

    12%

    7%

    9%

    10%

    19%

    10%

    23%

    19%

    16%

    9%

    11%

    41% (down 6%) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister and 47% (up 4%) disapprove. This represents a decline in his rating as Prime Minister over the last four weeks from net +4 to net -6.

    By gender – 45% (down 6%) of men approve and 47% (up 6%) disapprove; 38% (down 3%) of women approve and 47% (up 3%) disapprove.

  • Jan, 2014

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    Approval of Tony Abbott

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other/

    indep-endent

    Tony Abbott as Opposition Leader

    2 Sep 13

    Tony Abbott as Prime Minister

    24 Sep

    22 Oct

    12 Nov

    10 Dec

    Total approve

    47%

    15%

    87%

    7%

    31%

    40%

    41%

    46%

    45%

    45%

    Total disapprove

    43%

    75%

    6%

    88%

    57%

    49%

    36%

    35%

    40%

    46%

    Strongly approve

    13%

    2%

    27%

    3%

    13%

    14%

    16%

    14%

    12%

    Approve

    34%

    13%

    60%

    7%

    28%

    27%

    27%

    30%

    31%

    33%

    Disapprove

    18%

    26%

    5%

    25%

    38%

    19%

    13%

    15%

    19%

    20%

    Strongly disapprove

    25%

    49%

    1%

    63%

    19%

    30%

    23%

    20%

    21%

    26%

    Don’t know

    11%

    10%

    7%

    5%

    13%

    10%

    23%

    19%

    16%

    9%

    47% (up 2%) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister and 43% (down 3%) disapprove. This represents an improvement in his rating as Prime Minister over the last five weeks from net -1 to net +4.

    By gender – 51% (up 1%) of men approve and 41% (down 2%) disapprove; 41% (no change) of women approve and 44% (down 5%) disapprove.

  • Dec, 2013

    , , ,

    Approval of Tony Abbott

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other/

    indep-endent

     

    Tony Abbott as Opposition Leader

    2 Sep

    Tony Abbott as Prime Minister

    24 Sep

    22
    Oct

    12
    Nov

    Total approve

    45%

     

    10%

    89%

    9%

    33%

     

    40%

    41%

    46%

    45%

    Total disapprove

    46%

     

    84%

    5%

    85%

    47%

     

    49%

    36%

    35%

    40%

    Strongly approve

    12%

    3%

    27%

    3%

    13%

    14%

    16%

    14%

    Approve

    33%

    7%

    62%

    9%

    30%

    27%

    27%

    30%

    31%

    Disapprove

    20%

    34%

    5%

    19%

    23%

    19%

    13%

    15%

    19%

    Strongly disapprove

    26%

    50%

    *

    66%

    24%

    30%

    23%

    20%

    21%

    Don’t know

    9%

    6%

    6%

    5%

    15%

    10%

    23%

    19%

    16%

    45% (no change) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister and 46% (up 6%) disapprove. This represents a decline on his rating as Prime Minister over the last four weeks from net +5 to net -1.

    By gender – 50% (no change) of men approve and 43% (up 5%) disapprove; 41% (up 2%) of women approve and 49% (up 7%) disapprove.

  • Sep, 2013

    , ,

    Approval of Tony Abbott

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

     

    Kevin Rudd as Prime Minister

    2 Sep

    Tony Abbott as Opposition Leader

    2 Sep

    Total approve

    41%

    10%

    82%

    6%

    42%

    40%

    Total disapprove

    36%

    67%

    3%

    72%

    47%

    49%

    Strongly approve

    14%

    2%

    32%

    13%

    13%

    Approve

    27%

    8%

    50%

    6%

    29%

    27%

    Disapprove

    13%

    22%

    2%

    25%

    19%

    19%

    Strongly disapprove

    23%

    45%

    1%

    47%

    28%

    30%

    Don’t know

    23%

    22%

    14%

    22%

    11%

    10%

    41% approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister and 36% disapprove. This represents an improvement on his last approval rating as Opposition Leader, but is a little lower than Julia Gillard’s rating immediately after winning the 2010 election  (45% approve/37% disapprove).

    By gender – 44% of men approve and 34% disapprove; 38% of women approve and 39% disapprove.

  • Aug, 2013

    , ,

    Approval of Tony Abbott

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

     

    18 Jan

    2010

    5 Jul

     

    20 Dec

    14 June  2011

    12 Dec

    12 Jun 2012

    10 Dec

    11 Mar 2013

    11 Jun

    15 Jul

    13 Aug

     

    26 Aug

    Total approve

    37%

    37%

    39%

    38%

    32%

    32%

    33%

    37%

    40%

    39%

    37%

    37%

    Total disapprove

    37%

    47%

    39%

    48%

    53%

    54%

    56%

    51%

    49%

    51%

    51%

    52%

    Strongly approve

    5%

    8%

    9%

    6%

    6%

    6%

    8%

    7%

    10%

    11%

    9%

    10%

    Approve

    32%

    29%

    30%

    32%

    26%

    26%

    25%

    30%

    30%

    28%

    28%

    27%

    Disapprove

    20%

    23%

    21%

    25%

    25%

    24%

    25%

    22%

    17%

    21%

    21%

    23%

    Strongly disapprove

    17%

    24%

    18%

    23%

    28%

    30%

    31%

    29%

    32%

    30%

    30%

    29%

    Don’t know

    26%

    16%

    22%

    15%

    14%

    13%

    12%

    12%

    11%

    11%

    11%

    10%

    Tony Abbott’s approval ratings have changed little over the past two weeks. 37% (no change) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader and 52% (up 1%) disapprove – a change in net rating from -14 to -15 over the last 2 weeks.

    73% (down 3%) of Coalition voters approve and 18% (up 4%) disapprove.

    By gender – men 45% approve/47% disapprove, women 29% approve/57% disapprove. In net terms this represents no net change with men (at -2) and a shift with women from -24 to -28.

  • Jul, 2013

    , , ,

    Approval of Tony Abbott

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

     

    18
    Jan
    10

    5 Jul

    20 Dec

    14 June  11

    12 Dec

    12
    Jun
    12

    10 Dec

    14
    Jan
    13

    11
    Feb

    11 Mar

    11 Jun

     

    15 Jul

    Total approve

    37%

    37%

    39%

    38%

    32%

    32%

    33%

    33%

    36%

    37%

    40%

    39%

    Total disapprove

    37%

    47%

    39%

    48%

    53%

    54%

    56%

    57%

    53%

    51%

    49%

    51%

    Strongly approve

    5%

    8%

    9%

    6%

    6%

    6%

    8%

    8%

    7%

    7%

    10%

    11%

    Approve

    32%

    29%

    30%

    32%

    26%

    26%

    25%

    25%

    29%

    30%

    30%

    28%

    Disapprove

    20%

    23%

    21%

    25%

    25%

    24%

    25%

    27%

    22%

    22%

    17%

    21%

    Strongly disapprove

    17%

    24%

    18%

    23%

    28%

    30%

    31%

    30%

    31%

    29%

    32%

    30%

    Don’t know

    26%

    16%

    22%

    15%

    14%

    13%

    12%

    10%

    11%

    12%

    11%

    11%

    Tony Abbott’s approval ratings have dropped slightly over the past month. 39% (down 1%) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader and 51% (up 2%) disapprove – a change in net rating from -9 to -12 over the last 5 weeks.

    75% (down 5%) of Coalition voters approve and 14% (up 3%) disapprove.

    By gender – men 43% approve/50% disapprove, women 35% approve/51% disapprove. In net terms this represents a shift with men from -3 to -7 and with women from -17 to -16.

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