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  • Jun, 2020

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    Leader attributes – Scott Morrison

    Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Prime Minister, Scott Morrison?

      Total Change (Jan’20) Jan’20 Oct’19 Dec’18
    Intelligent 73% +15 58% 64% 61%
    Hard-working 72% +19 53% 63% 60%
    A capable leader 70% +25 45% 54% 49%
    Good in a crisis 66% +34 32% 51% 41%
    Understands the problems facing Australia 65% +23 42% 50% 46%
    Trustworthy 56% +16 40% 43% 39%
    More honest than most politicians 51% +12 39% 44% 39%
    Visionary 48% +18 30% 42% 38%
    Out of touch with ordinary people 47% -15 62% 56% 54%
    Superficial 41% -10 51% 48% 45%
    Narrow-minded 40% -14 54% 47% 46%
    Arrogant 39% -12 51% 44% 43%
    Intolerant 34% -9 43% 41% 37%
    Aggressive 32% 0 32% 37% 34%
    Erratic 28% -10 38% 34% 36%
    Base (n) 1,059   1,081 1,088 1,026
    • The attributes most associated with Scott Morrison are Intelligent (73%), Hard-working (72%) and A capable leader (70%).
    • Since the start of the year, Morrison is more likely to be described with positive attributes such as Good in a crisis (up 34%), a capable leader (up 25%) and Understands the problems facing Australia (23%).
    • He is now less associated with negative attributes such as Out of touch with ordinary people (-15%), Narrow-minded (-14%) and Arrogant (-12%).
  • Jun, 2020

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    Leader attributes – Anthony Albanese

    Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Opposition Leader, Anthony Albanese?

      Total Change (Oct’19) Oct’19
    Hard-working 67% +3 64%
    Intelligent 67% +1 66%
    Understands the problems facing Australia 62% +9 53%
    A capable leader 54% +3 51%
    Trustworthy 48% +7 41%
    Good in a crisis 47% +7 40%
    More honest than most politicians 42% 0 42%
    Visionary 41% 0 41%
    Out of touch with ordinary people 41% -3 44%
    Superficial 38% -1 39%
    Narrow-minded 36% -1 37%
    Arrogant 34% +1 33%
    Intolerant 31% +1 30%
    Erratic 31% +1 30%
    Aggressive 30% +3 27%
    Base (n) 1,059   1,088
    • The attributes mainly associated with Anthony Albanese are Hard-working (67%), Intelligent (67%) and Understands the problems facing Australia (62%), He is less likely to be seen as Intolerant (31%), Erratic (31%) or Aggressive (30%).
    • Since October last year, Anthony Albanese is more likely to be associated with Understands the problems facing Australia (up 9%), Trustworthy (up 7%) and Good in a crisis (up 7%). However, the Leader of the Opposition hasn’t seen as much of an increase in these measures when compared to the Prime Minister.
  • May, 2016

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    Leader attributes – Malcolm Turnbull

    Q: Which of the following describe your opinion of the Prime Minister, Malcolm Turnbull?

      Total   May 3 2016   Difference
    Intelligent 76% 77% -1
    Out of touch with ordinary people 63% 56% +7
    Hard-working 60% 65% -5
    A capable leader 55% 59% -4
    Arrogant 51% 46% +5
    Good in a crisis 48% 49% -1
    Superficial 48% 46% +2
    Understands the problems facing Australia 47% 52% -5
    Narrow-minded 41% 41% –
    Visionary 40% 41% -1
    Trustworthy 37% 40% -3
    More honest than most politicians 36% 39% -3
    Erratic 34% 34% –
    Intolerant 34% 34% –
    Aggressive 31% 28% +3

    Malcolm Turnbull’s key attributes were intelligent (76%), out of touch with ordinary people (63%), hard working (60%) and a capable leader (55%).

    Over the last 3 weeks, the main changes have been for out of touch with ordinary people (up 7%), hard-working (down 5%), arrogant (up 5%) and understands the problems facing Australia (down 5%).

  • May, 2016

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    Leader attributes – Bill Shorten

    Q: Which of the following describe your opinion of the Opposition Leader, Bill Shorten?

      Total   May 3 2016   Change
    Hard working 60%   62%   -2
    Intelligent 60%   60%   –
    Understands the problems facing Australia 50%   50%   –
    Superficial 44%   43%   +1
    A capable leader 43%   41%   +2
    Out of touch with ordinary people 42%   44%   -2
    Narrow-minded 40%   40%   –
    Arrogant 40%   38%   +2
    Erratic 37%   37%   –
    Good in a crisis 37%   34%   +3
    Trustworthy 31%   33%   -2
    Aggressive 30%   33%   -3
    Intolerant 30%   31%   -1
    Visionary 28%   29%   -1
    More honest than most politicians 26%   26%   –

    Bill Shorten’s key attributes were hard working (60%), intelligent (60%) and understands the problems facing Australia (50%).

    There have been no significant changes over the last 3 weeks.

  • May, 2016

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    Leader attributes – comparisons

      Malcolm Turnbull Bill Shorten   Difference
    Out of touch with ordinary people 63% 42% +21
    Intelligent 76% 60% +16
    A capable leader 55% 43% +12
    Visionary 40% 28% +12
    Arrogant 51% 40% +11
    Good in a crisis 48% 37% +11
    More honest than most politicians 36% 26% +10
    Trustworthy 37% 31% +6
    Superficial 48% 44% +4
    Intolerant 34% 30% +4
    Narrow-minded 41% 40% +1
    Aggressive 31% 30% +1
    Hard-working 60% 60% –
    Understands the problems facing Australia 47% 50% -3
    Erratic 34% 37% -3

    Compared to Bill Shorten, Malcolm Turnbull is more likely to be considered out of touch with ordinary people (+21), intelligent (+16%), a capable leader (+12%) and visionary (+12%).

  • Feb, 2015

    Leader Attributes – Comparisons

     

     

    Abbott

    Shorten

     

    Difference
    Erratic

    60%

    31%

    +29
    Out of touch with ordinary people

    72%

    45%

    +27
    Arrogant

    65%

    39%

    +26
    Narrow-minded

    63%

    38%

    +25
    Intolerant

    54%

    30%

    +24
    Aggressive

    45%

    28%

    +17
    Superficial

    55%

    41%

    +14
    More honest than most politicians

    30%

    29%

    +1
    Good in a crisis

    36%

    37%

    -1
    Hard-working

    58%

    61%

    -3
    Trustworthy

    27%

    33%

    -6
    Visionary

    22%

    30%

    -8
    Intelligent

    50%

    62%

    -12
    A capable leader

    34%

    47%

    -13
    Understands the problems facing Australia

    35%

    52%

    -17

    Compared to Bill Shorten, Tony Abbott is much more likely to be considered erratic (+29), out of touch with ordinary people (+27), arrogant (+26), narrow minded (+25) and intolerant (+24).

    Bill Shorten is regarded by more respondents to be someone who understands the problems facing Australia (-17), a capable leader (-13) and intelligent (-12).

  • Dec, 2014

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    Leader Attributes – Tony Abbott

    Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Prime Minister, Tony Abbott?

     

    2 Sep 13

    (as Opposition leader)

    29 Oct 13

    27 May 14

     

    Total

    2 Dec

    Change
    Out of touch with ordinary people

    52%

    51%

    67%

    66%

    -1
    Hard working

    71%

    67%

    57%

    62%

    +5
    Arrogant

    52%

    54%

    63%

    61%

    -2
    Narrow-minded

    55%

    54%

    61%

    61%

    –
    Superficial

    48%

    49%

    57%

    54%

    -3
    Intolerant

    47%

    49%

    55%

    53%

    -2
    Erratic

    43%

    43%

    51%

    52%

    +1
    Intelligent

    63%

    62%

    52%

    51%

    -1
    Aggressive

    47%

    46%

    52%

    49%

    -3
    A capable leader

    46%

    52%

    41%

    43%

    +2
    Good in a crisis

    39%

    45%

    35%

    42%

    +7
    Understands the problems facing Australia

    46%

    51%

    42%

    40%

    -2
    More honest than most politicians

    34%

    39%

    30%

    30%

    –
    Trustworthy

    38%

    40%

    29%

    30%

    +1
    Visionary

    35%

    33%

    31%

    27%

    -4

    Tony Abbott’s key attributes were out of touch with ordinary people (66%), hard working (62%), arrogant (61%) and narrow-minded (61%).

    Since May, the largest shifts have been for good in a crisis (+7), hard working (+5) ands visionary (-4).

  • Dec, 2014

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    Leader Attributes – Bill Shorten

    Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Opposition Leader, Bill Shorten?

     

    29 Oct 13

    27 May 14

     

    Total

    2 Dec

    Change
    Intelligent

    69%

    66%

    66%

    –
    Hard working

    65%

    66%

    64%

    -2
    Understands the problems facing Australia

    50%

    53%

    53%

    –
    A capable leader

    49%

    51%

    46%

    -5
    Superficial

    37%

    42%

    41%

    -1
    Out of touch with ordinary people

    42%

    39%

    40%

    +1
    Good in a crisis

    40%

    40%

    38%

    -2
    Narrow-minded

    31%

    35%

    36%

    +1
    Arrogant

    35%

    36%

    35%

    -1
    Trustworthy

    34%

    36%

    34%

    -2
    Visionary

    33%

    30%

    30%

    –
    Erratic

    30%

    32%

    30%

    -2
    More honest than most politicians

    27%

    32%

    29%

    -3
    Aggressive

    31%

    32%

    29%

    -3
    Intolerant

    30%

    29%

    27%

    -2

    Bill Shorten’s key attributes were intelligent (66%), hard working (64%), understands the problems facing Australia (53%) and a capable leader (46%).

    Since May, the largest shift has been for a capable leader (-5).

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