Chris Bowen, Joe Hockey, trust to handle the economy
Q. Who would you trust most to handle Australia’s economy – The Treasurer Joe Hockey or the Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
| Joe Hockey |
33% |
6% |
73% |
1% |
21% |
|
| Chris Bowen |
27% |
53% |
5% |
42% |
22% |
|
| Don’t know |
41% |
41% |
22% |
57% |
57% |
33% of Australians most trust Joe Hockey to handle Australia’s economy. 27% most trust Chris Bowen. The largest proportion of Australian’s selected ‘don’t know’ (41%).
Although Labor voters were more likely to select Chris Bowen (53%), 41% still selected ‘don’t know’.
Lib/Nat voters were more likely to select Joe Hockey (73%), but 22% still picked ‘don’t know’.
Green voters were more likely to select Chris Bowen, with the majority (57%) selecting don’t know.
ALP, asylum seekers, Chris Bowen, detention centres, EMC, Federal Labor Government, immigration, Immigration minister, Julia Gillard, Labor, peter lewis, The Drum
First Published on The Drum 26/10/2010
If political progressives want to stop the ALP from drifting to the Right, energetically backing the decision to move women and children out of immigration detention looks like a good place to start.
Prime Minister Julia Gillard and Immigration minister Chris Bowen took the new minority government’s first truly brave decision last week, yet all they got was a sullen acceptance from a Left still acting like jilted lovers after the disappointments of the election campaign.