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  • Jun, 2011

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    Balance of Power

    Q. Do you think the independents and Greens holding the balance of power in Parliament has been good or bad for Australia?

    7 Mar 11 Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
    Total good 27% 28% 40% 11% 77%
    Total bad 41% 39% 19% 68% 6%
    Very good 7% 9% 11% 3% 40%
    Good 20% 19% 29% 8% 37%
    Neither good nor bad 33% 33% 41% 21% 17%
    Bad 22% 21% 13% 33% 5%
    Very bad 19% 18% 6% 35% 1%

    28% of respondents think the independents and Greens holding the balance of power in Parliament has been good for Australia and 39% bad. This is very similar to the results obtained for this question in March. The only substantial change is that Labor voters are now more positive – in March they responded 33% good/25% bad.

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  • Sep, 2010

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    Independents in Parliament

    Q. Do you think there should be more or fewer independents in Federal Parliament?

    Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other
    Should be more 29% 29% 21% 58% 65%
    Should be fewer 26% 21% 40% 5% 7%
    About the right number 23% 32% 19% 19% 14%
    Don’t know 22% 19% 20% 17% 14%

    Respondents are divided over whether there should be more or fewer independents in Parliament – 29% say more, 26% fewer and 23% think there is about the right number. 40% of Coalition voters think there should be fewer and a majority of Greens and other voters think there should be more.

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