Tony Abbott representing Australia
Q. When you think of Tony Abbott representing Australia at international conferences and meetings, how confident are you that he will do a good job in representing Australia to the international community?
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
Kevin Rudd 5 Oct 09 |
|
Total very/somewhat confident |
45% |
15% |
91% |
14% |
44% |
74% |
||
Very confident |
18% |
3% |
46% |
2% |
6% |
31% |
||
Somewhat confident |
27% |
12% |
45% |
12% |
38% |
43% |
||
Not at all confident |
50% |
81% |
8% |
85% |
54% |
18% |
||
Don’t know |
5% |
% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
8% |
45% say they are very or somewhat confident that Tony Abbott will do a good job in representing Australia to the international community and 50% say they are not at all confident.
When this question was asked about Kevin Rudd in 2009, 74% said they were very/somewhat confident and only 18% said they were not at all confident.
Approval of Julia Gillard
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister?
|
19 Jul 2010 |
20 Dec |
14 Mar 2011 |
14 June |
12 Sept |
12 Dec |
12 Mar 2012 |
12 Jun |
16 Jul |
Total approve |
52% |
43% |
41% |
34% |
28% |
34% |
32% |
32% |
32% |
Total disapprove |
30% |
40% |
46% |
54% |
64% |
54% |
61% |
56% |
58% |
Strongly approve |
11% |
10% |
7% |
6% |
5% |
6% |
8% |
6% |
5% |
Approve |
41% |
33% |
34% |
28% |
23% |
28% |
24% |
26% |
27% |
Disapprove |
17% |
24% |
22% |
29% |
28% |
25% |
29% |
22% |
26% |
Strongly disapprove |
13% |
16% |
24% |
25% |
36% |
29% |
32% |
34% |
32% |
Don’t know |
18% |
17% |
13% |
13% |
8% |
11% |
7% |
12% |
10% |
Julia Gillard’s approval rating has changed little since last month. 32% (no change) approve of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister and 58% (up 2%) disapprove – a change in net rating from -24 to -26 over the last 5 weeks.
73% of Labor voters approve (down 1%) and 19% disapprove (up 3%).
By gender – men 32% approve/60% disapprove, women 33% approve/57% disapprove.

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