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  • Oct, 2020

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    Federal Government led by Labor or Coalition better at…

    Q. Do you think a Federal Government led by Labor or the Coalition would be better at…?

      Coalition Labor Neither
    Reducing national debt 42% 28% 30%
    Managing the economy 44% 31% 25%
    Creating jobs 39% 38% 23%
    Helping those who’ve lost work because of Covid-19 get back into the workforce 38% 40% 22%
    Supporting those in financial need 35% 42% 23%
    Improving the financial situation of women 31% 38% 31%
    • A Coalition government is thought to be better than Labor at governance issues such as reducing national debt (42% to 28%) and managing the economy (44% to 31%).
    • Elements where Labor is seen to do a better job than the Coalition is in supporting those in financial need (42% to 35%) and improving the financial situation for women (38% to 31%).
    • Both parties are seen to be equally competent to create jobs (39% Coalition, 38% Labor) and helping those who have lost work due to Covid-19 (38% Coalition, 40% Labor).
  • Aug, 2020

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    Federal government better at

    Q. Do you think a Federal Government led by Labor or the Coalition would be better at…?

      Coalition Labor Neither
    Reducing national debt 45% 27% 28%
    Managing the economy 45% 32% 24%
    Stopping community transmission of Covid-19 as soon as possible 39% 31% 30%
    Working with other countries’ leaders appropriately 38% 34% 28%
    Creating jobs 37% 40% 23%
    Supporting those in financial need 35% 43% 22%
    Improving the education system 32% 41% 27%

     

    • A Coalition government is thought to be better than Labor at governance issues such as recovering the economy from Covid-19 (46% Coalition), reducing national debt (45%) and managing the economy (44%).
    • Elements where Labor is seen to do a better job than the Coalition is in improving the education system (41%), supporting those in financial need (43%) an creating jobs (40%).
    • Across all issues between one-fifth (22%) and almost a third (30%) of participants believe that neither party would be better at any of the listed elements.
  • Feb, 2020

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    Attitude to Bridget McKenzie’s resignation and grant allocation

    Q. The Deputy Leader of the Nationals has resigned for having a conflict of interest in awarding a grant to a shooting club of which she was a member. Which of the following statements do you agree with?

      NET: Agree NET: Disagree Strongly agree Somewhat agree Somewhat disagree Strongly disagree Unsure
    The investigation needs to continue to investigate any MP involved in the allocation of sports grants 70% 17% 70% 17% 11% 6% 13%
    Giving grants to sports organisations in marginal seats was only done to influence the election result in the Governments favour 66% 16% 36% 30% 12% 5% 18%
    The minister’s resignation should be the end of the matter 49% 38% 24% 26% 20% 18% 13%

     

     

    NET: Agree   Federal Voting Intention
    Total Labor Coalition Greens NET: Other
    The investigation needs to continue to investigate any MP involved in the allocation of sports grants 70% 77% 65% 81% 71%
    Giving grants to sports organisations in marginal seats was only done to influence the election result in the Governments favour 66% 76% 56% 70% 73%
    The minister’s resignation should be the end of the matter 49% 44% 61% 44% 44%
    Base (n) 1,056 354 320 113 155
    • 70% of participants agree that the investigation into the Deputy Nationals Leader needs to continue to investigate any MP involved in the allocation of sports grants. Half (49%) of participants agree that the minister’s resignation should be the end of the matter.
    • Coalition voters are more likely to agree that the minister’s resignation should be the end of the matter (61%) than all other voters (44%).
    • Additionally, Coalition voters are least likely to agree that the investigation needs to continue (65%) and giving grants to sports organisations in marginal seats was only done to influence the election result in the Governments favour (56%), than all other voters (76% and 74%).
  • Nov, 2013

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    International relations under a Coalition Government

    Q. Do you think under the Coalition Government, relations with the following countries will improve or get worse?

     

    Improve

    Get worse

    Stay much the same

    Don’t know

    United States

    24%

    12%

    48%

    16%

    United Kingdom

    20%

    11%

    52%

    17%

    New Zealand

    19%

    12%

    53%

    16%

    Germany

    11%

    11%

    57%

    21%

    Japan

    15%

    16%

    50%

    19%

    China

    19%

    22%

    40%

    19%

    South Africa

    9%

    12%

    56%

    23%

    India

    13%

    19%

    47%

    21%

    Indonesia

    11%

    49%

    22%

    18%

    For most countries, about half think that relations will stay much the same. The exceptions were China (19% improve, 22% get worse) and Indonesia (11% improve, 49% get worse).

    Respondents were more likely to think that relations with the United States, New Zealand and United Kingdom would improve.

    The main differences by party preference were for China (Labor 7% improve/38% get worse compared to Lib/Nat 33% improve/6% get worse) and Indonesia (Labor 4% improve/68% get worse compared to Lib/Nat 21% improve/31% get worse).

  • Sep, 2013

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    Party trust to handle issues

    Q.  Which party would you trust most to handle the following issues?

     

    Labor

    Liberal

    Greens

    Don’t know

     

    Difference 2 Sep 13

    Difference 23 Jul 13

    Management of the economy

    32%

    47%

    4%

    18%

    -15

    -15

    Ensuring a quality education for all children

    42%

    32%

    8%

    19%

    +10

    +9

    Ensuring the quality of Australia’s health system

    37%

    34%

    8%

    21%

    +3

    +1

    Protecting the environment

    19%

    21%

    43%

    17%

    +22

    +18

    A fair industrial relations system

    41%

    31%

    7%

    21%

    +10

    +11

    Political leadership

    31%

    40%

    6%

    23%

    -9

    -7

    Addressing climate change

    24%

    23%

    32%

    21%

    +9

    +7

    Controlling interest rates

    29%

    41%

    4%

    26%

    -12

    -14

    Australian jobs and protection of local industries

    38%

    36%

    5%

    21%

    -2

    -1

    Ensuring a quality water supply

    22%

    30%

    22%

    26%

    -8

    -7

    Housing affordability

    30%

    32%

    7%

    31%

    -2

    -2

    Ensuring a fair taxation system

    32%

    37%

    6%

    26%

    -5

    -2

    Security and the war on terrorism

    27%

    38%

    5%

    30%

    -11

    -15

    Treatment of asylum seekers

    23%

    36%

    16%

    26%

    -13

    -11

    Managing population growth

    24%

    33%

    9%

    34%

    -9

    -13

    Note – Differences are calculated by subtracting Liberal % from Labor % – except for the two issues on which the Greens lead in which case it is Greens minus Liberal.

    The Labor Party is trusted more to handle a quality education for all children (+10) and a fair industrial relations system (+10).

    The Liberal Party is trusted more to handle management of the economy (-15), treatment of asylum seekers (-13), controlling interest rates (-12) and security and the war on terrorism (-11).

    There have been no major changes since this question was last asked in July.

  • Aug, 2013

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    Party attributes comparison – Labor vs Liberal

     

    Labor

    Liberal

    Difference

    Divided

    66%

    31%

    +35

    Looks after the interests of working people

    53%

    36%

    +17

    Have good policies

    46%

    38%

    +8

    Understands the problems facing Australia

    50%

    48%

    +2

    Will promise to do anything to win votes

    65%

    65%

    Moderate

    48%

    48%

    Has a good team of leaders

    36%

    36%

    Trustworthy

    30%

    30%

    Have a vision for the future

    49%

    51%

    -2

    Extreme

    34%

    39%

    -5

    Keeps its promises

    27%

    32%

    -5

    Out of touch with ordinary people

    51%

    58%

    -7

    Clear about what they stand for

    38%

    45%

    -7

    Too close to the big corporate and financial interests

    31%

    60%

    -29

    The Labor Party is viewed more favourably than the Liberal Party in terms of looking after the interest of working people, being too close to the big corporate and financial interests, having good policies and less out of touch with ordinary people.

    The Liberal Party is seen more favourably in terms of being divided and clear about what they stand for.

  • Apr, 2013

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    NBN

    Q. The Government’s NBN (National Broadband Network) is a fast, high capacity fibre network to the home reaching 93% of Australian homes and businesses.

    The Coalition has proposed a broadband plan in which the NBN would be replaced with broadband fibre to local “nodes” (or exchanges) and the existing telephone copper network would connect the rest of the way to homes. This would mean slower broadband speeds than the NBN but cost less to build. Do you support the Government’s or the Coalition’s broadband policy?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Support Government’s policy

    54%

    83%

    31%

    74%

    Support the Coalition’s policy

    23%

    4%

    46%

    7%

    Don’t know

    23%

    12%

    23%

    19%

    54% support the Government’s broadband policy and 23% support the Coalition’s policy.

    For those aged 18-34, 61% support the Government’s policy and 15% support the Coalition’s. 51% of those aged 35-54 and 49% of those aged 55+ support the Government’s policy.

  • Feb, 2013

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    Will the Coalition deliver a surplus

    Q. Do you think that if Tony Abbott and Coalition win the next election, they will deliver a budget surplus in their first year of Government?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Probably will deliver a surplus

    19%

    10%

    31%

    14%

    Probably won’t deliver a surplus

    60%

    74%

    52%

    66%

    Don’t know

    20%

    16%

    18%

    20%

    60% think that if Tony Abbott and Coalition win the next election, they probably won’t deliver a budget surplus in their first year of Government and 19% think they probably will.

    A majority of all demographic and voter groups (including Liberal/National voters) think the Coalition will probably not deliver a surplus in their first year if elected.

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