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Performance of Anthony Albanese

Dec 15, 2020

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Anthony Albanese is doing as Opposition Leader?

	Dec’20	Nov’20	Oct’20	Sep’20	Aug’20	Jul’20	Jun’20	May’20	Apr’20	Mar’20	Feb’20	Jan’20
TOTAL: Approve	43%	40%	44%	44%	44%	44%	43%	42%	44%	41%	41%	43%
TOTAL: Disapprove	29%	33%	29%	29%	30%	28%	30%	27%	29%	33%	31%	30%
Don’t know	28%	27%	27%	27%	25%	28%	26%	31%	27%	26%	28%	27%
Base (n)	1,071	1,010	1,082	1,076	1,010	1,054	1,059	1,093	1,069	1,096	1,056	1,081

	Total	Federal Voting Intention
	Total	Labor	Coalition	Greens	TOTAL: Other
Strongly approve	9%	13%	7%	11%	15%
Approve	34%	48%	29%	30%	22%
Disapprove	19%	14%	30%	20%	18%
Strongly disapprove	10%	3%	17%	5%	17%
Don’t know	28%	21%	17%	35%	29%
TOTAL: Approve	43%	62%	36%	40%	36%
TOTAL: Disapprove	29%	17%	47%	25%	35%
Base (n)	1,071	356	406	102	107

The Opposition Leader’s approval rating is now 43% (40% in November) and about the same as ratings seen throughout the year.

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Performance of Anthony Albanese

Nov 17, 2020

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Anthony Albanese is doing as Opposition Leader?

	Nov’20	Oct’20	Sep’20	Aug’20	Jul’20	Jun’20	May’20	Apr’20	Mar’20	Feb’20	Jan’20	Dec’19
TOTAL: Approve	40%	44%	44%	44%	44%	43%	42%	44%	41%	41%	43%	39%
TOTAL: Disapprove	33%	29%	29%	30%	28%	30%	27%	29%	33%	31%	30%	28%
Don’t know	27%	27%	27%	25%	28%	26%	31%	27%	26%	28%	27%	33%
Base (n)	1,010	1,082	1,076	1,010	1,054	1,059	1,093	1,069	1,096	1,056	1,081	1,035

	Total	Federal Voting Intention
	Total	Labor	Coalition	Greens	TOTAL: Other
Strongly approve	8%	11%	7%	8%	4%
Approve	33%	48%	23%	41%	27%
Disapprove	22%	14%	29%	15%	34%
Strongly disapprove	11%	5%	20%	5%	16%
Don’t know	27%	23%	21%	31%	20%
TOTAL: Approve	40%	59%	30%	49%	31%
TOTAL: Disapprove	33%	19%	48%	19%	50%
Base (n)	1,010	323	404	80	122

The Opposition Leader’s approval rating has decreased from 44% in October to 40% this month.
Albanese’s approval rating has decreased among men (51% to 46%), people in regional areas (44% to 39%) and among Labor voters (65% to 59%).

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Performance of Anthony Albanese

Sep 8, 2020

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Anthony Albanese is doing as Opposition Leader?

	Sep’20	Aug’20	Jul’20	Jun’20	May’20	Apr’20	Mar’20	Feb’20	Jan’20	Dec’19	Nov’19	Oct’19
TOTAL: Approve	44%	44%	44%	43%	42%	44%	41%	41%	43%	39%	37%	40%
TOTAL: Disapprove	29%	30%	28%	30%	27%	29%	33%	31%	30%	28%	34%	29%
Don’t know	27%	25%	28%	26%	31%	27%	26%	28%	27%	33%	29%	31%
Base (n)	1,076	1,010	1,054	1,059	1,093	1,069	1,096	1,056	1,081	1,035	1,075	1,088

	Total	Federal Voting Intention
	Total	Labor	Coalition	Greens	TOTAL: Other
Strongly approve	11%	15%	8%	8%	20%
Approve	33%	47%	28%	42%	24%
Disapprove	20%	12%	31%	18%	15%
Strongly disapprove	9%	2%	15%	2%	15%
Don’t know	27%	25%	17%	30%	27%
TOTAL: Approve	44%	62%	36%	50%	44%
TOTAL: Disapprove	29%	14%	47%	20%	30%
Base (n)	1,076	321	390	108	138

The Opposition Leader’s approval rating remains consistent for the third consecutive month at 44%.
Albanese’s approval among Labor voters has fallen from 70% in July to 62% in August. The proportion of Labor voters who strongly approve of his performance has dropped from 22% to 15%. Labor voters are now more likely to say they are unsure of his performance, which has increased from 15% to 25%. Those that disapprove remains consistent from last month (15% in August, 14% in September).

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