ABCC, Double dissolution, malcolm turnbull, Senate
Q: The Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull has announced that he intends to recall Parliament in April to pass legislation to re-establish the ABCC (Australian Building and Construction Commission). If the Senate rejects the bill to restore the ABCC, or the Senate fails to pass it, would you approve or disapprove the Government calling a double-dissolution election?
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
Mar 2016 |
|
| Total approve | 39% | 35% | 57% | 36% | 30% | 34% | ||
| Total disapprove | 24% | 34% | 16% | 33% | 27% | 22% | ||
| Strongly approve | 13% | 11% | 20% | 11% | 11% | 13% | ||
| Approve | 26% | 24% | 37% | 25% | 19% | 21% | ||
| Disapprove | 16% | 20% | 14% | 20% | 17% | 15% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 8% | 14% | 2% | 13% | 10% | 7% | ||
| Don’t know | 36% | 31% | 27% | 31% | 42% | 44% |
39% would approve of the Government calling a double dissolution election if the Senate fails to restore the ABCC and 24% oppose. 36% don’t have an opinion.
This represents a small increase in approval since this question was asked in March.
malcolm turnbull, Prime Minister
Q: Do you approve or disapprove of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | Malcolm Turnbull as Opposition leader
Nov 2009 |
Tony Abbott as PM
Sep 2015 |
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| Total approve | 47% | 38% | 70% | 40% | 24% | 25% | 33% | ||
| Total disapprove | 17% | 23% | 7% | 31% | 36% | 55% | 57% | ||
| Strongly approve | 11% | 4% | 22% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 9% | ||
| Approve | 36% | 34% | 48% | 36% | 21% | 23% | 24% | ||
| Disapprove | 11% | 16% | 4% | 22% | 20% | 33% | 25% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 6% | 7% | 3% | 9% | 16% | 22% | 32% | ||
| Don’t know | 35% | 37% | 22% | 29% | 40% | 19% | 10% |
47% of respondents approve of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister and 17% disapprove – a net approval rating of +30.
70% of Liberal/National voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance with 7% disapproving. 38% of Labor voters and 40% of Greens voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance.
By gender, men were 51% approve/20% disapprove and women 43% approve/16% disapprove.
Bill Shorten, malcolm turnbull, Prime Minister
Q: Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | Sep 2015 | Abbott Shorten
Sep 2015 |
||||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 48% | 28% | 80% | 34% | 36% | 53% | 32% | |||
| Bill Shorten | 19% | 41% | 5% | 27% | 12% | 17% | 35% | |||
| Don’t know | 33% | 30% | 14% | 39% | 51% | 30% | 32% |
48% (down 5% from 2 weeks ago) of respondents think Malcolm Turnbull would make the better Prime Minister and 19% (up 2%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.
50% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 20% prefer Bill Shorten.
46% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 18% prefer Bill Shorten.
Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Minister for Communications (Opposition Leader), Malcolm Turnbull?
|
June 2009 |
|
Feb 2015 |
|
Difference |
|
| Intelligent |
75% |
74% |
-1 |
||
| Hard-working |
68% |
66% |
-2 |
||
| A capable leader |
39% |
60% |
+21 |
||
| Good in a crisis |
32% |
56% |
+24 |
||
| Understands the problems facing Australia |
48% |
55% |
+7 |
||
| Arrogant |
69% |
48% |
-21 |
||
| Out of touch with ordinary people |
65% |
48% |
-17 |
||
| Visionary |
26% |
44% |
+18 |
||
| Trustworthy |
na |
44% |
na |
||
| Superficial |
51% |
41% |
-10 |
||
| More honest than most politicians |
16% |
40% |
+24 |
||
| Narrow-minded |
51% |
36% |
-15 |
||
| Aggressive |
na |
35% |
na |
||
| Intolerant |
na |
31% |
na |
||
| Erratic |
na |
24% |
na |
||
| Demanding |
62% |
na |
na |
||
| Down to earth |
25% |
na |
na |
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%).
29 July 2013, 290713, Andrew Robb, Joe Hockey, Julie Bishop, Leader of the Liberal Party, Liberal party Leadership, malcolm turnbull, tony abbott
Q. Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Liberal Party?
|
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
23 Apr 12 |
30 May 11 |
28 Feb 11 |
27 Sep 10 |
| Tony Abbott |
17% |
5% |
36% |
1% |
23% |
22% |
24% |
26% |
||
| Malcolm Turnbull |
37% |
44% |
35% |
51% |
30% |
25% |
18% |
20% |
||
| Joe Hockey |
10% |
9% |
13% |
9% |
14% |
17% |
16% |
15% |
||
| Julie Bishop |
3% |
4% |
3% |
1% |
5% |
3% |
4% |
5% |
||
| Andrew Robb |
* |
* |
* |
– |
1% |
1% |
1% |
na |
||
| Someone else |
12% |
20% |
3% |
13% |
12% |
13% |
14% |
na |
||
| Don’t know |
19% |
19% |
9% |
24% |
16% |
19% |
22% |
33% |
37% (up 7% since April last year) think Malcolm Turnbull would make the best leader of the Liberal Party, 17% (down 6%) prefer Tony Abbott and 10% (down 4%) Joe Hockey.
Among Liberal/National voters, 36% (-3%) prefer Tony Abbott, 35% (+9%) Malcolm Turnbull and 13% (-4%) Joe Hockey.
Malcolm Turnbull is preferred by 39% of men and 36% of women, Tony Abbott by 21% of men and 14% of women.
18 June 2012, 180612, Australia Day, banks, clive palmer, Foreign companies, Gina Rinehart, Julia Gillard, kevin rudd, malcolm turnbull, Mining magnates, tony abbott
Q. How much trust do you have that the following people or organisations can be relied on to act in the community’s interest?
|
|
Total a lot/some trust |
Total little/no trust |
A lot of trust |
Some trust |
A little trust |
No trust |
Don’t know |
Net trust |
| Kevin Rudd |
37% |
56% |
14% |
23% |
26% |
30% |
7% |
-19 |
| Malcolm Turnbull |
33% |
54% |
8% |
25% |
29% |
25% |
14% |
-21 |
| Tony Abbott |
29% |
63% |
10% |
19% |
20% |
43% |
7% |
-34 |
| Julia Gillard |
26% |
67% |
8% |
18% |
22% |
45% |
6% |
-41 |
| Mining magnates like Clive Palmer and Gina Rinehart |
14% |
73% |
3% |
11% |
23% |
50% |
13% |
-59 |
| Australian companies |
46% |
47% |
8% |
38% |
35% |
12% |
7% |
-1 |
| Banks |
17% |
66% |
2% |
15% |
32% |
44% |
7% |
-49 |
| Foreign companies |
8% |
81% |
1% |
7% |
24% |
57% |
10% |
-73 |
There was a substantial lack of trust in all people and organisations tested with the exception of Australian companies – which split 46% a lot/some trust and 47% little/no trust.
For both the Labor Party and the Liberal Party, the current leaders were less trusted than the previous leaders. However, all political leaders were more trusted than mining magnates like Clive Palmer and Gina Rinehart.
Among Labor voters, 58% had a lot/some trust in Julia Gillard and 58% had a lot/some trust in Kevin Rudd. Among Liberal/National voters, 58% had a lot/some trust in Tony Abbott and 44% had a lot/some trust in Malcolm Turnbull.
23 April 2012, 230412, Joe Hockey, leadership, LIB, Liberal Party, malcolm turnbull, party leadership, Polling, polls, tony abbott
Q. Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Liberal Party?
|
27 Sep 2010 |
28 Feb 2011 |
30 May 2011 |
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Tony Abbott |
26% |
24% |
22% |
23% |
11% |
39% |
3% |
| Malcolm Turnbull |
20% |
18% |
25% |
30% |
37% |
26% |
53% |
| Joe Hockey |
15% |
16% |
17% |
14% |
12% |
17% |
12% |
| Julie Bishop |
5% |
4% |
3% |
5% |
4% |
5% |
5% |
| Andrew Robb |
na |
1% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
1% |
– |
| Someone else |
na |
14% |
13% |
12% |
16% |
6% |
18% |
| Don’t know |
33% |
22% |
19% |
16% |
18% |
7% |
10 |
30% (+5%) think Malcolm Turnbull would make the best leader of the Liberal Party, 23% (+1%) prefer Tony Abbott and 14% (-3%) Joe Hockey.
Among Liberal/National voters, 39% (-1%) prefer Tony Abbott, 26% (+7%) Malcolm Turnbull and 17% (-5%) Joe Hockey.
Malcolm Turnbull is preferred by 33% of men and 28% of women, Tony Abbott by 26% of men and 19% of women.