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  • Jul, 2015

    Trade with Indonesia

    Q. It was recently announced that Australia’s live export trade to Indonesia has fallen substantially. Do you think this is likely to be a result of the Australian Government’s relationship with Indonesia or is it more likely to be due to other factors?

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote Other

    A result of Australia’s relationship with Indonesia

    40%

    50%

    30%

    49%

    48%

    Due to other factors

    32%

    24%

    45%

    28%

    26%

    Don’t know

    28%

    26%

    25%

    23%

    27%

    40% think that the fall in Australia’s live export trade to Indonesia is a result of Australia’s relationship with Indonesia and 32% think it is due to other factors.

    Liberal/National voters are more likely to think it is dues to other factors (45%) rather than our relationship with Indonesia (30%).

  • Feb, 2015

    Relations with Indonesia

    Q. How would you rate the performance of Tony Abbott and the Coalition Government in handling relations with Indonesia?

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other

     

    Nov 2013

    May 2014

    Oct 2014

    Total good

    24%

    9%

    47%

    9%

    17%

    29%

    25%

    32%

    Total poor

    42%

    62%

    16%

    70%

    42%

    42%

    43%

    39%

    Very good

    8%

    3%

    16%

    5%

    11%

    8%

    12%

    Good

    16%

    6%

    31%

    9%

    12%

    18%

    17%

    20%

    Neither good nor poor

    27%

    24%

    32%

    15%

    31%

    21%

    19%

    22%

    Poor

    16%

    21%

    10%

    19%

    19%

    16%

    19%

    18%

    Very poor

    26%

    41%

    6%

    51%

    23%

    26%

    24%

    21%

    Don’t know

    7%

    5%

    5%

    6%

    10%

    8%

    13%

    8%

     

    24% (down 8% since October) of respondents rate Tony Abbott and the Coalition Government handling of relations with Indonesia as good. 42% (up 3%) rate them as poor. This represents a decline of 11 points from net -7 to net -18 (the same as recorded in May last year).

    47% of Liberal/National voters rate the Government’s performance as “good”  – compared to 71% in October.

  • May, 2014

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    Relations with Indonesia

    Q. How would you rate the performance of Tony Abbott and the Coalition Government in handling relations with Indonesia?

     

    Total

     

    Male

    Female

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other

     

    Nov 2013

    Total good

    25%

    29%

    22%

    7%

    54%

    10%

    15%

    29%

    Total poor

    43%

    44%

    42%

    69%

    12%

    68%

    52%

    42%

    Very good

    8%

    9%

    7%

    1%

    18%

    2%

    6%

    11%

    Good

    17%

    20%

    15%

    6%

    36%

    8%

    9%

    18%

    Neither good nor poor

    19%

    21%

    17%

    13%

    27%

    8%

    17%

    21%

    Poor

    19%

    20%

    18%

    25%

    10%

    20%

    29%

    16%

    Very poor

    24%

    24%

    24%

    44%

    2%

    48%

    23%

    26%

    Don’t know

    13%

    6%

    19%

    11%

    8%

    13%

    16%

    8%

    Just 25% of Australians would rate Tony Abbott and the Coalition Government handling of relations with Indonesia as good.

    43% would rate them as poor.

    Males (29%) were slightly more likely to give the government a good rating.

    Lib/Nat voters were more likely to rate them as good (54% good).

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