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  • Jul, 2012

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    Trust to Deal with Global Economic Problems

    Q. Who do you trust most to deal effectively with global economic problems – Julia Gillard and the Labor Party or Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Julia Gillard and the Labor Party

    32%

    80%

    3%

    68%

    Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party

    42%

    3%

    84%

    11%

    Don’t know

    26%

    17%

    13%

    21%

    42% would trust Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party more to deal effectively with global economic problems and 32% would trust Julia Gillard and the Labor Party more.

    Those more likely to trust Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party were aged 55+ (51%), full-time workers (46%) and income $1,600+ pw (48%).

    Respondents earning less than $1,000 pw were more likely to trust Julia Gillard and the Labor Party  (39%) than Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party (35%).

    Of those who had heard or read a lot about the crisis in Europe, 46% would trust Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party more to deal effectively with global economic problems and 41% would trust Julia Gillard and the Labor Party more.

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