Performance of Tony Abbott
Q. Which of the following statements is closest to your view about the performance of Tony Abbott as Opposition leader?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
| Tony Abbott is performing the role of Opposition leader well and is keeping the Government accountable | 41% | 11% | 79% | 7% |
| Tony Abbott is just opposing everything and is obstructing the work of the Government | 43% | 78% | 12% | 82% |
| Don’t know | 16% | 11% | 9% | 12% |
41% think that Tony Abbott is performing the role of Opposition leader well and is keeping the Government accountable and 43% think he is just opposing everything and is obstructing the work of the Government.
Views are strongly correlated with voting intention – 79% of Coalition voters think he is performing the role of Opposition leader well, while 78% of Labor voters and 82% of Greens voters think he is just opposing everything.
Approval of Barnaby Joyce, Opposition Shadow Finance Minister
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Barnaby Joyce is doing as opposition shadow Finance Minister?
| % | |
| Total approve | 25% |
| Total disapprove | 36% |
| Net rating | -11% |
| Strongly approve | 4% |
| Approve | 21% |
| Disapprove | 22% |
| Strongly disapprove | 14% |
| Don’t know | 39% |
One quarter (25%) of those surveyed approve of the job Barnaby Joyce is doing as opposition shadow Finance Minister, 36% disapprove and 39% don’t know.
Results followed party lines – Coalition voters were more likely to approve of the job Joyce is doing (47%), while Labor voters were more likely to disapprove (53%).
56% of Green voters and 23% of Coalition voters disapprove of the job Joyce is doing as opposition shadow Finance Minister.
Males were more likely to disapprove of the job Joyce is doing (43%), while females were more likely to indicate they don’t know (47%). Comments »
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