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  • Dec, 2014

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    Performance of politicians

     Q. How would you rate the performance of the following people over the last 12 months?

     

    Total good

    Total poor

    Net rating

     

    Very good

    Good

    Neither good nor poor

    Poor

    Very poor

    Don’t know

    Tony Abbott – Prime Minister

    27%

    49%

    -22

    8%

    19%

    17%

    16%

    33%

    7%

    Bill Shorten – Opposition leader

    26%

    31%

    -5

    7%

    19%

    30%

    17%

    14%

    13%

    Joe Hockey – Treasurer

    22%

    46%

    -24

    5%

    17%

    23%

    16%

    30%

    10%

    Clive Palmer – leader of PUP

    9%

    59%

    -50

    2%

    7%

    22%

    21%

    38%

    11%

    Christine Milne – leader of the Greens

    16%

    39%

    -23

    4%

    12%

    27%

    14%

    25%

    19%

    Julie Bishop – Foreign Minister

    47%

    19%

    +28

    23%

    24%

    22%

    9%

    10%

    12%

    The Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop was the only politician measured with a positive rating – 47% rated her performance as good and 19% poor. Bill Shorten was the best of the others with a net rating of -5. Clive Palmer’s performance was rated very poorly (-50) while Tony Abbott, Joe Hockey and Christine Milne received similar net ratings.

    Tony Abbott received a net rating of +50 from Liberal/National voters, Bill Shorten scored +42 with Labor voters and Christine Milne scored +36 with Greens voters.

    Among Liberal/National voters Julie Bishop’s net rating was +61 and Joe Hockey’s +35.

  • Dec, 2014

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    Leader Attributes – Bill Shorten

    Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Opposition Leader, Bill Shorten?

     

    29 Oct 13

    27 May 14

     

    Total

    2 Dec

    Change

    Intelligent

    69%

    66%

    66%

    Hard working

    65%

    66%

    64%

    -2

    Understands the problems facing Australia

    50%

    53%

    53%

    A capable leader

    49%

    51%

    46%

    -5

    Superficial

    37%

    42%

    41%

    -1

    Out of touch with ordinary people

    42%

    39%

    40%

    +1

    Good in a crisis

    40%

    40%

    38%

    -2

    Narrow-minded

    31%

    35%

    36%

    +1

    Arrogant

    35%

    36%

    35%

    -1

    Trustworthy

    34%

    36%

    34%

    -2

    Visionary

    33%

    30%

    30%

    Erratic

    30%

    32%

    30%

    -2

    More honest than most politicians

    27%

    32%

    29%

    -3

    Aggressive

    31%

    32%

    29%

    -3

    Intolerant

    30%

    29%

    27%

    -2

    Bill Shorten’s key attributes were intelligent (66%), hard working (64%), understands the problems facing Australia (53%) and a capable leader (46%).

    Since May, the largest shift has been for a capable leader (-5).

  • Nov, 2014

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    Better Prime Minister

    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

    Vote Other

     

    Oct 13

    Mar 14

    June 14

    July 14

    Aug 14

    Sep 14

    Oct 14

    Tony Abbott

    36%

    8%

    82%

    4%

    28%

    41%

    39%

    36%

    34%

    37%

    35%

    38%

    Bill Shorten

    34%

    67%

    3%

    61%

    29%

    22%

    33%

    40%

    37%

    36%

    36%

    32%

    Don’t know

    29%

    25%

    15%

    36%

    43%

    37%

    28%

    24%

    29%

    27%

    30%

    30%

    36% (down 2% since October) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 34% (up 2%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.

    Men prefer Tony Abbott 40% to 33% and women prefer Bill Shorten 36% to 32%.

  • Oct, 2014

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    Approval of Bill Shorten

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

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/
    Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote Other

     

    Nov 2013

    Mar 2014

    June 2014

    July 2014

    Aug 2014

    Sep 2014

    Total approve

    35%

    61%

    24%

    36%

    17%

    31%

    32%

    38%

    36%

    34%

    35%

    Total disapprove

    36%

    17%

    53%

    36%

    54%

    27%

    39%

    40%

    39%

    40%

    36%

    Strongly approve

    5%

    11%

    2%

    3%

    5%

    4%

    7%

    6%

    7%

    5%

    Approve

    30%

    50%

    22%

    36%

    14%

    26%

    28%

    31%

    30%

    27%

    30%

    Disapprove

    24%

    14%

    29%

    31%

    45%

    17%

    24%

    22%

    22%

    21%

    22%

    Strongly disapprove

    12%

    3%

    24%

    5%

    9%

    10%

    15%

    18%

    17%

    19%

    14%

    Don’t know

    29%

    23%

    22%

    28%

    30%

    43%

    29%

    22%

    25%

    25%

    29%

    35% (no change since August) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 36% (no change) disapprove.

    61% (no change) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 17% (up 1%) disapprove.

    40% of men and 31% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 39% of men and 33% of women disapprove.

  • Sep, 2014

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    Approval of Bill Shorten

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

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote Other

     

    12 Nov 2013

    11 Mar

    11 June

    8 July

    12 Aug

    Total approve

    35%

    61%

    22%

    42%

    21%

    31%

    32%

    38%

    36%

    34%

    Total disapprove

    36%

    16%

    58%

    30%

    51%

    27%

    39%

    40%

    39%

    40%

    Strongly approve

    5%

    13%

    1%

    4%

    5%

    4%

    7%

    6%

    7%

    Approve

    30%

    48%

    21%

    38%

    21%

    26%

    28%

    31%

    30%

    27%

    Disapprove

    22%

    14%

    28%

    22%

    32%

    17%

    24%

    22%

    22%

    21%

    Strongly disapprove

    14%

    2%

    30%

    8%

    19%

    10%

    15%

    18%

    17%

    19%

    Don’t know

    29%

    23%

    21%

    29%

    27%

    43%

    29%

    22%

    25%

    25%

    35% (up 1% since August) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 36% (down 4%) disapprove. This represents an improvement in net rating from -6 to -1.

    61% (down 2%) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 16% (up 2%) disapprove.

    38% of men and 32% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 41% of men and 32% of women disapprove.

  • Sep, 2014

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    Better Prime Minister

    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

    Vote Other

     

    22 Oct 2013

    11 Mar

    11 June

    8 July

    12 Aug

    Tony Abbott

    35%

    5%

    82%

    9%

    22%

    41%

    39%

    36%

    34%

    37%

    Bill Shorten

    36%

    69%

    5%

    60%

    33%

    22%

    33%

    40%

    37%

    36%

    Don’t know

    30%

    26%

    13%

    32%

    45%

    37%

    28%

    24%

    29%

    27%

    35% (down 2% since August) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 36% (no change) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.

    Men prefer Tony Abbott 39% to 36% and women prefer Bill Shorten 35% to 30%.

  • Jul, 2014

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    Approval of Bill Shorten

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

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/
    Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote Other

     

    12 Nov 2013

    14 Jan 2014

    11 Feb

    11 Mar

    8 Apr

    13 May

    11 Jun

    Total
    approve

    36%

    64%

    19%

    44%

    21%

    31%

    35%

    30%

    32%

    34%

    35%

    38%

    Total disapprove

    39%

    16%

    64%

    16%

    55%

    27%

    32%

    34%

    39%

    38%

    37%

    40%

    Strongly approve

    6%

    13%

    1%

    4%

    4%

    5%

    5%

    4%

    4%

    6%

    6%

    7%

    Approve

    30%

    51%

    18%

    40%

    17%

    26%

    30%

    26%

    28%

    28%

    29%

    31%

    Disapprove

    22%

    12%

    30%

    14%

    32%

    17%

    20%

    21%

    24%

    22%

    19%

    22%

    Strongly disapprove

    17%

    4%

    34%

    2%

    23%

    10%

    12%

    13%

    15%

    16%

    18%

    18%

    Don’t know

    25%

    20%

    16%

    39%

    24%

    43%

    32%

    35%

    29%

    28%

    28%

    22%

    36% (down 2% since June) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 39% (down 1%) disapprove.

    64% (down 1%) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 16% (no change) disapprove. 39% of Greens voters did not know.

    39% of men and 33% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 45% of men and 33% of women disapprove.

  • Jun, 2014

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    Better Prime Minister

    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

    Vote Other

    22 Oct 2013

    10 Dec

    14 Jan 2014

    11 Feb

    11 Mar

    8 April

    13 May

    Tony Abbott

    36%

    7%

    81%

    6%

    31%

    41%

    43%

    42%

    40%

    39%

    42%

    36%

    Bill Shorten

    40%

    75%

    6%

    72%

    28%

    22%

    33%

    31%

    30%

    33%

    32%

    37%

    Don’t know

    24%

    18%

    14%

    22%

    41%

    37%

    24%

    27%

    31%

    28%

    26%

    28%

    40% (up 3% since May) of respondents think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister and 36% (no change) think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister.

    Men prefer Bill Shorten 39% to 37% and women prefer Bill Shorten 42% to 34%.

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