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  • Mar, 2010

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    Federal politics – voting intention

    Q. If there was a Federal election held today, to which party would you probably give your first preference?  

    Q. If you ‘don’t know’ on the above question, which party are you currently leaning to?  

    *1,908 sample size

    2 week average % 2PP 2PP shift from last week
    Liberal 35%    
    National 3%    
    Total Lib/Nat 38% 44% -2%
    Labor 45% 56% +2%
    Greens 9%    
    Family First 2%    
    Other/Independent 6%    

     NB.  The data in the above table is derived from our weekly first preference voting question.  Respondents who select ‘don’t know’ as their first preference are not included in the results. 

    * Sample is the culmination of two week’s polling data.   Comments »

  • Mar, 2010

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    Attributes of the Labor Party

    Q. Here is a list of things both favourable and unfavourable that have been said about various political parties. Which statements do you feel fit the Labor Party? 

      6 Jul 09 14 Mar 10

     

    % change
    Moderate 65% 63% -2%
    Will promise to do anything to win votes 57% 63% +6%
    Looks after the interests of working families 61% 57% -4%
    Professional in its approach 59% 55% -4%
    Understands the problems facing Australia 62% 54% -8%
    Has a good team of leaders 60% 52% -8%
    Out of touch with ordinary people 44% 48% +4%
    Too dominated by its leader 39% 45% +6%
    Divided 30% 36% +6%
    Keeps its promises 44% 33% -11%
    Extreme 25% 26% +1%

    The Labor Party’s main attributes were being moderate (63%), will promise anything to win votes (63%), looks after the interests of working families (57%) and professional in its approach (55%).

     Since these questions were last asked in July 2009, most of Labor’s positive attributes have declined a little and the negative attributes increased. Main changes since last July were keeps its promises (down 11% to 33%), has a good team of leaders (down 8% to 52%) and understands the problems facing Australia (down 8% to 54%).

    Note that the 2PP voting intention for 6 July 2009 was 59%-41% compared to the current 56%-44%. Comments »

  • Mar, 2010

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    Party Attributes Comparison

      Labor Liberal

     

    % difference
    Looks after the interests of working families 57% 35% +22%
    Has a good team of leaders 52% 31% +21%
    Moderate 63% 50% +13%
    Understands the problems facing Australia 54% 43% +11%
    Keeps its promises 33% 23% +10%
    Professional in its approach 55% 47% +8%
    Too dominated by its leader 45% 44% +1%
    Will promise to do anything to win votes 63% 72% -9%
    Out of touch with ordinary people 48% 58% -10%
    Extreme 26% 38% -12%
    Divided 36% 66% -30%

    The Labor Party maintains significant leads over the Liberal Party on all positive attributes – in particular, looks after the interest of working families (+22%), has a good team of leaders (+21%), moderate (+11%), understands the problems facing Australia (+11%) and keeps its promises (+10).

     The Liberal Party is more likely to be considered divided (-30%), extreme (-12%) and out of touch with ordinary people (-10%). Comments »

  • Mar, 2010

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    Federal politics – voting intention

    Q. If there was a Federal election held today, to which party would you probably give your first preference?  

    Q. If you ‘don’t know’ on the above question, which party are you currently leaning to?  

    *1816 sample size

    2 week average % 2PP 2PP shift from last week
    Liberal 37%    
    National 3%    
    Total Lib/Nat 40% 47% +1%
    Labor 42% 53% -1%
    Greens 9%    
    Family First 2%    
    Other/Independent 7%    

     NB.  The data in the above table is derived from our weekly first preference voting question.  Respondents who select ‘don’t know’ as their first preference are not included in the results. 

    * Sample is the culmination of two week’s polling data.   Comments »

  • Mar, 2010

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    Means testing the private health insurance rebate

    Q. The Government proposes to phase out the 30 per cent rebate on private health insurance for singles on incomes over $75,000 and couples on $150,000-plus. Do you support or oppose means testing the heath insurance rebate for people on higher incomes?

      Total

    %

    Voter ID Weekly income
    Labor Coalition Green < $600

    per week

    $600 – $1000 per week $1000 – $1600 per week $1600 +

    per week

    Total support 51% 66% 39% 57% 63% 60% 53% 41%
    Total oppose 34% 20% 50% 32% 24% 25% 28% 50%
    Strongly support 23% 33% 14% 28% 36% 25% 24% 14%
    Support 28% 33% 25% 29% 27% 35% 29% 27%
    Oppose 17% 11% 23% 20% 16% 13% 15% 19%
    Strongly oppose 17% 9% 27% 12% 8% 12% 13% 31%
    Don’t know 15% 13% 11% 11% 14% 15% 19% 10%

     When it comes to the Government’s proposed plan to phase out the 30 per cent rebate on private health insurance for singles on incomes over $75 000 and couples on $150,000 plus, just over half (51%) support means testing the health insurance rebate for people on higher incomes. 34% oppose means testing for people on higher incomes and 15% don’t know.

     Labor voters were more likely to support means testing the health insurance rebate for people on higher incomes (66%), while Coalition voters were more likely to oppose it (50%).

     Support for a means test decreased as weekly income increased – people earning less than $600 per week were more likely to support means testing the health insurance rebate for people on higher incomes (63%), while those earning $1600 per were more likely to oppose (50%). 

     People not working were more likely to support the means test (57%), while those in full-time work were more likely to oppose (37%).  Comments »

  • Feb, 2010

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    Federal politics – voting intention

    Q. If there was a Federal election held today, to which party would you probably give your first preference?  

    Q. If you ‘don’t know’ on the above question, which party are you currently leaning to?  

    *1834 sample size

    2 week average % 2PP 2PP shift from last week
    Liberal 37%    
    National 3%    
    Total Lib/Nat 40% 46% +1%
    Labor 43% 54% -1%
    Greens 8%    
    Family First 2%    
    Other/Independent 7%    

     NB.  The data in the above table is derived from our weekly first preference voting question.  Respondents who select ‘don’t know’ as their first preference are not included in the results. 

    * Sample is the culmination of two week’s polling data.   Comments »

  • Feb, 2010

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    Approval of Environment Minister, Peter Garrett

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Peter Garrett is doing as Environment Minister?

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    Strongly approve 4%
    Approve 24%
    Disapprove 26%
    Strongly disapprove 30%
    Don’t know 16%
    Total approve 28%
    Total disapprove 56%

     Just over half (56%) of those surveyed disapprove of the job Peter Garrett is doing as Environment Minister, 28% approve and 16% don’t know.

    This gives Peter Garrett an approval rating of -28%.  

     Results followed party lines – Labor voters were more likely to approve (47%), while Coalition voters were more likely to disapprove (84%).  37% of Labor voters disapprove of the job Garrett is doing as Environment Minister. 

     Green voters were reasonably split in terms of their level of approval of the Environment Minister – 42% approve and 46% disapprove of the job Garrett is doing. 

     People aged 65 years and over were more likely to disapprove (82%) while those aged 35 – 44 were more likely to approve (35%). 

     We asked a similar question in June 2008 asking people to rate the performance of Peter Garrett – 32% rated his performance as very good/good and 47% rated it as very poor/poor. Comments »

  • Feb, 2010

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    Federal politics – voting intention

    Q. If there was a Federal election held today, to which party would you probably give your first preference?  

    Q. If you ‘don’t know’ on the above question, which party are you currently leaning to?  

    *1830 sample size

    2 week average % 2PP 2PP shift from last week
    Liberal 36%    
    National 2%    
    Total Lib/Nat 38% 45%
    Labor 44% 55%
    Greens 10%    
    Family First 2%    
    Other/Independent 6%    

     NB.  The data in the above table is derived from our weekly first preference voting question.  Respondents who select ‘don’t know’ as their first preference are not included in the results. 

    * Sample is the culmination of two week’s polling data.

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