Q. Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Labor Party?
| Total | Men | Women | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | |||
| Bill Shorten | 16% | 20% | 13% | 34% | 10% | 4% | 6% | ||
| Anthony Albanese | 12% | 13% | 11% | 13% | 11% | 18% | 16% | ||
| Tanya Plibersek | 13% | 12% | 14% | 15% | 10% | 29% | 7% | ||
| Chris Bowen | 5% | 7% | 3% | 3% | 7% | 7% | 5%% | ||
| Someone else | 18% | 20% | 17% | 10% | 26% | 15% | 35% | ||
| Don’t know | 36% | 29% | 42% | 25% | 35% | 27% | 31% |
16% think Bill Shorten would make the best leader of the Labor Party, 13% prefer Tanya Plibersek and 12% Anthony Albanese. 18% prefer someone else and 36% don’t know.
Among Labor voters, 34% prefer Bill Shorten, 15% Tanya Plibersek and 13% Anthony Albanese
Preferences of men were Bill Shorten 20%, Anthony Albanese 13% and Tanya Plibersek 12%.
Preferences of women were Tanya Plibersek 14%, Bill Shorten 13% and Anthony Albanese 11%.
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Q. Do you think the recent leadership challenge has been good or bad for the Labor Government?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Total good |
13% |
30% |
7% |
16% |
| Total bad |
62% |
39% |
80% |
50% |
| Very good |
4% |
10% |
2% |
4 |
| Good |
9% |
20% |
5% |
12% |
| Neither good nor bad |
18% |
26% |
12% |
28% |
| Bad |
24% |
25% |
22% |
28% |
| Very bad |
38% |
14% |
58% |
22% |
| Don’t know |
6% |
4% |
2% |
6% |
62% think that the recent leadership challenge was bad for the Labor Party and only 13% think it was good.
Labor voters were split – 39% think it was bad, 30% good and 26% neither good nor bad.
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Q. Who do you think is mainly responsible for the leadership problems of the Labor Party?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Kevin Rudd |
18% |
27% |
16% |
21% |
| Julia Gillard |
39% |
28% |
55% |
16% |
| Other people in the Labor Party |
23% |
23% |
21% |
25% |
| The media |
10% |
16% |
4% |
25% |
| Don’t know |
10% |
7% |
4% |
12% |
39% of respondents think that Julia Gillard is mainly responsible for the leadership problems of the Labor Party, 23% think other people in the Labor Party are responsible and 18% think Kevin Rudd is responsible. Only 10% think the media are mainly responsible.
A majority (55%) of Liberal/National voters think Julia Gillard is mainly responsible while Labor and Greens voters are fairly evenly divided between Julia Gillard, Kevin Rudd and other people in the Labor Party. 25% of Greens voters think that the media are responsible.
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Q. Do you think Julia Gillard will still be leading the Labor Party in 12 months time?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
| Yes | 26% | 49% | 12% | 37% |
| No | 55% | 31% | 76% | 45% |
| Don’t know | 19% | 21% | 12% | 18% |
Q. Do you think Tony Abbott will still be leading the Liberal Party in 12 months time?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
| Yes | 41% | 26% | 64% | 29% |
| No | 34% | 53% | 16% | 53% |
| Don’t know | 25% | 21% | 20% | 18% |
Only 26% believe that Julia Gillard will still be leader of the Labor Party in 12 months time and 55% think she will not. Respondents were more likely to think that Tony Abbott would still be leading his party (41% yes, 34% no).
49% of Labor voters think Julia Gillard will still be leading her party, compared to 64% of Liberal/National voters who think Tony Abbott will still be leading his party.
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Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister?
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| 31 May
2010 |
5 Jul | 19 Jul | 16 Aug | 20 Sep | 18 Oct | 22 Nov | 20 Dec | 17 Jan 2011 | 14 Feb | 14 Mar | |
| Total approve | 41% | 48% | 52% | 46% | 45% | 45% | 43% | 43% | 51% | 48% | 41% |
| Total disapprove | 47% | 27% | 30% | 40% | 37% | 37% | 38% | 40% | 36% | 41% | 46% |
| Strongly approve | 7% | 14% | 11% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 7% | 10% | 8% | 9% | 7% |
| Approve | 34% | 34% | 41% | 33% | 33% | 36% | 36% | 33% | 43% | 39% | 34% |
| Disapprove | 25% | 13% | 17% | 24% | 21% | 20% | 23% | 24% | 24% | 25% | 22% |
| Strongly disapprove | 22% | 14% | 13% | 16% | 16% | 17% | 15% | 16% | 12% | 16% | 24% |
| Don’t know | 12% | 26% | 18% | 13% | 19% | 18% | 18% | 17% | 14% | 11% | 13% |
41% (down 7%) approve of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister and 46% (up 5%) disapprove – a change in net rating from +7 to -5 over the last 4 weeks.
87% of Labor voters approve and 7% disapprove.
By gender – men 41% approve/49% disapprove, women 42% approve/43% disapprove.