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  • May, 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 14

    15 Apr

     

    Total

    27 May

    Change

    Intelligent

    69%

    63%

    66%

    +3

    Hard working

    65%

    60%

    66%

    +6

    Understands the problems facing Australia

    50%

    44%

    53%

    +9

    A capable leader

    49%

    42%

    51%

    +9

    Superficial

    37%

    43%

    42%

    -1

    Good in a crisis

    40%

    36%

    40%

    +4

    Out of touch with ordinary people

    42%

    44%

    39%

    -5

    Trustworthy

    34%

    32%

    36%

    +4

    Arrogant

    35%

    40%

    36%

    -4

    Narrow-minded

    31%

    39%

    35%

    -4

    More honest than most politicians

    27%

    26%

    32%

    +6

    Erratic

    30%

    37%

    32%

    -5

    Aggressive

    31%

    31%

    32%

    +1

    Visionary

    33%

    28%

    30%

    +2

    Intolerant

    30%

    32%

    29%

    -3

    Bill Shorten’s key attributes were intelligent (66%), hard working (66%), understands the problems facing Australia (53%) and a capable leader (51%).

    Since April, the largest shifts have been for a capable leader (+9), understands the problems facing Australia (+9), hard working (+6) and more honest than most politicians (+6).

  • May, 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

    12 Nov

    14 Jan 2014

    11 Feb

    8 April

    Tony Abbott

    36%

    4%

    81%

    4%

    23%

    41%

    42%

    42%

    40%

    42%

    Bill Shorten

    37%

    74%

    3%

    60%

    35%

    22%

    27%

    31%

    30%

    32%

    Don’t know

    28%

    22%

    16%

    36%

    42%

    37%

    31%

    27%

    31%

    26%

    37% of Australians believe Bill Shorten would make a better Prime Minister than Tony Abbott. This is just 1% more than selected Tony Abbott (36%).

    28% don’t know who would make a better Prime Minister.

    Since this question was last asked in April 2014, Tony Abbott has dropped -6% as preferred Prime Minister (down from 42%) and Bill Shorten has gained +5% (up from 32%).

    Males (38%) were slightly more likely than females (34%) to select Tony Abbott. There was no difference between the genders in their preference from Bill Shorten, with 37% of males and 36% of females selecting him. Females (30%) were more likely than males (25%) to select ‘don’t know’.

    Those aged 55+ (51%) were more likely than those aged under 30 (26%) or 30-55 (32%) to select Tony Abbott.

    Those aged 30-55 (42%) were more likely than those aged under 30 (31%) or 55+ 30%) to select Bill Shorten. A very large number of those aged under 30 selected don’t know (44%).

    Those in NSW (42%) were far more likely than those in QLD (28%) or VIC (34%) to select Tony Abbott.

    Those in QLD (44%) were more likely to select Bill Shorten (just 34% of those in NSW and 35% of those in VIC selected Bill Shorten).

  • Apr, 2014

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    Labor Party reforms

    Q. The Opposition Leader Bill Shorten has proposed reforms to the Labor Party to change the roles played by unions and party members in control of the party. These include making it easier to join the Labor Party, eliminating requirement to be a union member and increasing member involvement in selection of leaders and candidates.

    Would these reforms make you more likely or less likely to vote for the Labor Party or would they make no difference to your vote?

     

    Total

     

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other

    Total more likely

    26%

    38%

    15%

    38%

    26%

    Total less likely

    6%

    2%

    10%

    5%

    7%

    Much more likely

    8%

    16%

    3%

    5%

    6%

    A little more likely

    18%

    22%

    12%

    33%

    20%

    Make no difference

    59%

    51%

    71%

    49%

    61%

    A little less likely

    2%

    1%

    1%

    2%

    4%

    Much less likely

    4%

    1%

    9%

    3%

    3%

    Don’t know

    9%

    9%

    4%

    8%

    6%

    Overall, one-quarter of Australians (26%) say that the proposed reforms would make them more likely to vote for the Labor Party.

    Most (59%) say that it will make no difference.

    71% of Lib/Nat voters say that the reforms would make no difference to their likelihood to vote for the Labor Party.

  • Apr, 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 14

     

    Total

    15 Apr

    Change

    Intelligent

    69%

    63%

    -6

    Hard working

    65%

    60%

    -5

    Understands the problems facing Australia

    50%

    44%

    -6

    Out of touch with ordinary people

    42%

    44%

    +2

    Superficial

    37%

    43%

    +6

    A capable leader

    49%

    42%

    -7

    Arrogant

    35%

    40%

    +5

    Narrow-minded

    31%

    39%

    +8

    Erratic

    30%

    37%

    +7

    Good in a crisis

    40%

    36%

    -4

    Trustworthy

    34%

    32%

    -2

    Intolerant

    30%

    32%

    +2

    Aggressive

    31%

    31%

    Visionary

    33%

    28%

    -5

    More honest than most politicians

    27%

    26%

    -1

    Bill Shorten’s key attributes were intelligent (63%), hard working (60%), understands the problems facing Australia (44%) and out of touch with ordinary people (44%). Since October, the largest shifts have been for narrow-minded (+8), a capable leader (-7), erratic (+7), intelligent (-6), understands the problems facing Australia (-6) and superficial (+6).

  • Apr, 2014

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    Leader Attributes – Comparisons

     

    Abbott

    Shorten

     

    Difference

    Arrogant

    58%

    40%

    +18

    Narrow-minded

    56%

    39%

    +17

    Intolerant

    47%

    32%

    +15

    Aggressive

    45%

    31%

    +14

    Out of touch with ordinary people

    56%

    44%

    +12

    More honest than most politicians

    37%

    26%

    +11

    Good in a crisis

    45%

    36%

    +9

    A capable leader

    50%

    42%

    +8

    Trustworthy

    40%

    32%

    +8

    Superficial

    50%

    43%

    +7

    Erratic

    43%

    37%

    +6

    Hard-working

    66%

    60%

    +6

    Visionary

    34%

    28%

    +6

    Understands the problems facing Australia

    48%

    44%

    +4

    Intelligent

    59%

    63%

    -4

    Compared to Bill Shorten, Tony Abbott is much more likely to be considered arrogant (+18), narrow minded (+17), intolerant (+15), aggressive (+14), out of touch with ordinary people (+12) and more honest than most politicians (+11).

    Bill Shorten is regarded by more slightly respondents to be intelligent (-4).

    Note that Bill Shorten’s ratings are mostly lower than those of Tony Abbott on both positive and negative attributes – presumably because he is less well known.

  • Apr, 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/

    indep-endent

     

    22 Oct 2013

    12 Nov

    14 Jan 2014

    11 Feb

    11 Mar

    Tony Abbott

    42%

    9%

    88%

    14%

    29%

    41%

    42%

    42%

    40%

    39%

    Bill Shorten

    32%

    67%

    3%

    54%

    23%

    22%

    27%

    31%

    30%

    33%

    Don’t know

    26%

    25%

    8%

    31%

    49%

    37%

    31%

    27%

    31%

    28%

    42%  (up 3%) think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 32% (down 1%) favour Bill Shorten. 26% could not make a choice.

    Tony Abbott is favoured 47%/29% among men and 37%/34% among women.

  • Mar, 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/

    indep-endent

    22 Oct 2013

    12 Nov

    10 Dec

    14 Jan 2014

    11 Feb

    Tony Abbott

    39%

    6%

    83%

    12%

    28%

    41%

    42%

    43%

    42%

    40%

    Bill Shorten

    33%

    67%

    2%

    58%

    30%

    22%

    27%

    33%

    31%

    30%

    Don’t know

    28%

    27%

    15%

    29%

    42%

    37%

    31%

    24%

    27%

    31%

    39%  (down 1%) think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 33% (up 3%) favour Bill Shorten. 28% could not make a choice.

    Tony Abbott is favoured 41%/35% among men and 36%/31% among women.

  • Feb, 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/

    indep-endent

     

    22 Oct 2013

    12 Nov

    10 Dec

    14 Jan 2014

    Tony Abbott

    40%

    9%

    83%

    14%

    17%

    41%

    42%

    43%

    42%

    Bill Shorten

    30%

    64%

    1%

    50%

    22%

    22%

    27%

    33%

    31%

    Don’t know

    31%

    26%

    16%

    36%

    60%

    37%

    31%

    24%

    27%

    40%  (down 2%) think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 30% (down 1%) favour Bill Shorten. 31% (up 4%) could not make a choice.

    Tony Abbott is favoured 43%/29% among men and 36%/30% among women.

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