Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Joe Hockey is doing as Treasurer?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other/ Indep- endent |
Nov 2013 |
Aug 2014 |
Mar 2015 |
May 2015 Pre- budget |
|||
|
Total approve |
34% |
12% |
72% |
8% |
24% |
45% |
35% |
27% |
30% |
||
|
Total disapprove |
44% |
73% |
13% |
70% |
52% |
28% |
44% |
51% |
48% |
||
|
Strongly approve |
8% |
4% |
18% |
1% |
4% |
13% |
11% |
6% |
6% |
||
|
Approve |
26% |
8% |
54% |
7% |
20% |
32% |
24% |
21% |
24% |
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|
Disapprove |
23% |
34% |
11% |
32% |
29% |
15% |
20% |
25% |
25% |
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|
Strongly disapprove |
21% |
39% |
2% |
38% |
23% |
13% |
24% |
26% |
23% |
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|
Don’t know |
22% |
16% |
15% |
22% |
23% |
27% |
21% |
22% |
23% |
34% approve of the job Joe Hockey is doing as Treasurer and 44% disapprove. 22% could not give an opinion.
This represents an improvement in net rating from -18 to -10 since this question was asked in the week prior to the Federal Budget. By gender – 36% (+2) of men approve and 47% (-4) disapprove; 34% (+8) of women approve and 41% (-2) disapprove.
Approval of Joe Hockey, Joe Hockey
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Joe Hockey is doing as Treasurer?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other/ Indep-endent | Nov 2013 | Aug 2014 | Mar 2015 | |||
| Total approve | 30% | 10% | 63% | 14% | 18% | 45% | 35% | 27% | ||
| Total disapprove | 48% | 71% | 19% | 63% | 59% | 28% | 44% | 51% | ||
| Strongly approve | 6% | 1% | 13% | 3% | 1% | 13% | 11% | 6% | ||
| Approve | 24% | 9% | 50% | 11% | 17% | 32% | 24% | 21% | ||
| Disapprove | 25% | 33% | 15% | 33% | 30% | 15% | 20% | 25% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 23% | 38% | 4% | 30% | 29% | 13% | 24% | 26% | ||
| Don’t know | 23% | 19% | 18% | 23% | 23% | 27% | 21% | 22% |
30% approve of the job Joe Hockey is doing as Treasurer and 48% disapprove. 23% could not give an opinion.
This represents a change in net rating from -24 to -18 since this question was asked in March.
By gender – 34% (+6) of men approve and 51% (-3) disapprove; 26% (-1) of women approve and 43% (-5) disapprove.
Joe Hockey, trust to handle 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/ Indep-endent | Aug 2014 | Mar 2015 | |||
| Joe Hockey | 30% | 7% | 66% | 16% | 21% | 34% | 26% | ||
| Chris Bowen | 22% | 44% | 5% | 26% | 19% | 23% | 25% | ||
| Don’t know | 48% | 49% | 29% | 57% | 61% | 43% | 49% |
30% have more trust in Joe Hockey to handle Australia’s economy and 22% have more trust in Chris Bowen. 48% don’t know who they would trust more.
This represents a 7-point shift in favour of Joe Hockey since this question was asked in March.
Bill Shorten, Christine Milne, Joe Hockey, Julie Bishop, Tony abbot
Q. How would you rate the performance of the following people over the last 12 months?
|
Total good |
Total poor |
Net rating |
|
Very good |
Good |
Neither good nor poor |
Poor |
Very poor |
Don’t know |
|
| Tony Abbott – Prime Minister |
27% |
49% |
-22 |
8% |
19% |
17% |
16% |
33% |
7% |
|
| Bill Shorten – Opposition leader |
26% |
31% |
-5 |
7% |
19% |
30% |
17% |
14% |
13% |
|
| Joe Hockey – Treasurer |
22% |
46% |
-24 |
5% |
17% |
23% |
16% |
30% |
10% |
|
| Clive Palmer – leader of PUP |
9% |
59% |
-50 |
2% |
7% |
22% |
21% |
38% |
11% |
|
| Christine Milne – leader of the Greens |
16% |
39% |
-23 |
4% |
12% |
27% |
14% |
25% |
19% |
|
| Julie Bishop – Foreign Minister |
47% |
19% |
+28 |
23% |
24% |
22% |
9% |
10% |
12% |
The Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop was the only politician measured with a positive rating – 47% rated her performance as good and 19% poor. Bill Shorten was the best of the others with a net rating of -5. Clive Palmer’s performance was rated very poorly (-50) while Tony Abbott, Joe Hockey and Christine Milne received similar net ratings.
Tony Abbott received a net rating of +50 from Liberal/National voters, Bill Shorten scored +42 with Labor voters and Christine Milne scored +36 with Greens voters.
Among Liberal/National voters Julie Bishop’s net rating was +61 and Joe Hockey’s +35.
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Joe Hockey is doing as Treasurer?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other/ Indep-endent |
|
Nov 13 |
|
| Total approve |
35% |
|
11% |
71% |
7% |
25% |
45% |
|
| Total disapprove |
44% |
|
72% |
13% |
67% |
52% |
28% |
|
| Strongly approve |
11% |
2% |
24% |
1% |
7% |
13% |
||
| Approve |
24% |
9% |
47% |
6% |
18% |
32% |
||
| Disapprove |
20% |
30% |
9% |
26% |
23% |
15% |
||
| Strongly disapprove |
24% |
42% |
4% |
41% |
29% |
13% |
||
| Don’t know |
21% |
17% |
16% |
27% |
22% |
27% |
35% approve of the job Joe Hockey is doing as Treasury and 44% disapprove. 21% could not give an opinion.
This represents a change in net rating from +17 to -9 since this question was asked in November.
By gender – 40% (-12) of men approve and 46% (+15) disapprove; 30% (-8) of women approve and 43% (+18) disapprove.
christopher pyne, george brandis, Greg Hunt, Joe Hockey, Julie Bishop, malcolm turnbull, Scott Morrison
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job the following people are doing as Government Ministers?
|
Total approve |
Total dis-approve |
Net score |
Strongly approve |
Approve |
Dis-approve |
Strongly dis-approve |
Don’t know |
|
| Malcolm Turnbull – Communications |
44% |
31% |
+13 |
8% |
36% |
18% |
13% |
25% |
| Julie Bishop – Foreign Affairs |
41% |
38% |
+3 |
12% |
29% |
18% |
20% |
22% |
| George Brandis – Attorney General |
33% |
31% |
+2 |
7% |
26% |
15% |
16% |
36% |
| Scott Morrison – Immigration and Border Protection |
38% |
39% |
-1 |
14% |
24% |
17% |
22% |
24% |
| Greg Hunt – Environment |
28% |
39% |
-11 |
5% |
23% |
18% |
21% |
34% |
| Joe Hockey – Treasurer |
36% |
48% |
-12 |
10% |
26% |
21% |
27% |
15% |
| Christopher Pyne – Education |
29% |
47% |
-18 |
7% |
22% |
20% |
27% |
24% |
Malcolm Turnbull (+13) received the highest rating while Christopher Pyne (-18), Joe Hockey (-12) and Greg Hunt (-11) receive substantial negative ratings. Respondents were divided over the performance of Julie Bishop (+3), George Brandis (+2) and Scott Morrison (-1).
Liberal voters were most approving of Joe Hockey (78% approve), Julie Bishop (74%), Malcolm Turnbull (72%) and Scott Morrison (70%).
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.
government-owned assests, Joe Hockey, ports, rail, roads, state government
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the Treasurer Joe Hockey’s proposal that State Governments sell their Government-owned assets (e.g. ports, rail, roads) to fund construction of new infrastructure?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other/ Indep-endent |
|
| Total approve |
25% |
|
10% |
44% |
17% |
23% |
| Total disapprove |
58% |
|
80% |
41% |
63% |
60% |
| Strongly approve |
7% |
3% |
11% |
4% |
8% |
|
| Approve |
18% |
7% |
33% |
13% |
15% |
|
| Disapprove |
27% |
25% |
31% |
28% |
22% |
|
| Strongly disapprove |
31% |
55% |
10% |
35% |
38% |
|
| Don’t know |
18% |
11% |
16% |
19% |
16% |
58% disapprove of the Treasurer Joe Hockey’s proposal that State Governments sell their Government-owned to fund construction of new infrastructure and 25% approve.
Labor voters (80%) and Greens voters (63%) strongly disapprove but Liberal/National voters are divided with 44% approve/41% disapprove.