Approval of Tony Abbott, Tony abbot
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?
| Total | Vote Lab | Vote Lib/ Nat |
Vote Grn | Vote Oth. | June 2014 | Sep 2014 | Dec 2014 | Jan 2015 | Feb 2015 | Mar 2015 | Apr 2015 | |||
| Total approve | 36% | 7% | 78% | 1% | 35% | 35% | 35% | 32% | 37% | 29% | 31% | 33% | ||
| Total disapprove | 54% | 87% | 14% | 83% | 58% | 58% | 52% | 55% | 53% | 62% | 56% | 58% | ||
| Strongly approve | 10% | 1% | 25% | 3% | 5% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 7% | ||
| Approve | 26% | 6% | 53% | 8% | 30% | 25% | 26% | 24% | 28% | 22% | 24% | 26% | ||
| Disapprove | 25% | 32% | 12% | 43% | 23% | 18% | 22% | 22% | 23% | 26% | 22% | 28% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 29% | 55% | 2% | 40% | 25% | 40% | 30% | 33% | 30% | 36% | 34% | 30% | ||
| Don’t know | 11% | 6% | 8% | 6% | 17% | 7% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 12% | 9% |
36% of respondents approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister – up 3% since the last time this question was asked in April – and 54% disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing (down 4%). This represents a 7-point change in his net rating from -25 to -18.
78% (up 3%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Tony Abbott’s performance, with 14% (down 4%) disapproving. 87% of Labor voters and 83% of Greens voters disapprove of Tony Abbott’s performance.
By gender men were 40% approve/54% disapprove and women 32% approve/53% disapprove.
Tony abbot, Tony Abbott as Prime Minister
Q. Do you think Tony Abbott is likely or unlikely to still be the leader of the Liberal Party at the next election?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
| Likely |
29% |
16% |
50% |
19% |
29% |
|
| Unlikely |
51% |
72% |
29% |
68% |
60% |
|
| Don’t know |
20% |
12% |
21% |
13% |
11% |
51% think that Tony Abbott is unlikely to still be leader of the Liberal Party at the next election and 29% think it is likely.
72% of Labor voters and 68% of Greens voters think it is unlikely and 50% of Liberal/National voters think it is likely he will still be leader.
Better PM, Bill Shorten, Tony abbot
Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
Oct 2013 |
Mar 2014 |
June 2014 |
Sep 2014 |
Oct 2014 |
Nov 2014 |
|
| Tony Abbott |
31% |
4% |
74% |
3% |
22% |
41% |
39% |
36% |
35% |
38% |
36% |
||
| Bill Shorten |
36% |
73% |
6% |
62% |
24% |
22% |
33% |
40% |
36% |
32% |
34% |
||
| Don’t know |
33% |
23% |
20% |
34% |
54% |
37% |
28% |
24% |
30% |
30% |
29% |
31% (down 5% since November) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 36% (up 2%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.
35% of men prefer Tony Abbott and 35% prefer Bill Shorten – and women prefer Bill Shorten 37% to 27%.
Bill Shorten, Christine Milne, Joe Hockey, Julie Bishop, Tony abbot
Q. How would you rate the performance of the following people over the last 12 months?
|
Total good |
Total poor |
Net rating |
|
Very good |
Good |
Neither good nor poor |
Poor |
Very poor |
Don’t know |
|
| Tony Abbott – Prime Minister |
27% |
49% |
-22 |
8% |
19% |
17% |
16% |
33% |
7% |
|
| Bill Shorten – Opposition leader |
26% |
31% |
-5 |
7% |
19% |
30% |
17% |
14% |
13% |
|
| Joe Hockey – Treasurer |
22% |
46% |
-24 |
5% |
17% |
23% |
16% |
30% |
10% |
|
| Clive Palmer – leader of PUP |
9% |
59% |
-50 |
2% |
7% |
22% |
21% |
38% |
11% |
|
| Christine Milne – leader of the Greens |
16% |
39% |
-23 |
4% |
12% |
27% |
14% |
25% |
19% |
|
| Julie Bishop – Foreign Minister |
47% |
19% |
+28 |
23% |
24% |
22% |
9% |
10% |
12% |
The Foreign Minister, Julie Bishop was the only politician measured with a positive rating – 47% rated her performance as good and 19% poor. Bill Shorten was the best of the others with a net rating of -5. Clive Palmer’s performance was rated very poorly (-50) while Tony Abbott, Joe Hockey and Christine Milne received similar net ratings.
Tony Abbott received a net rating of +50 from Liberal/National voters, Bill Shorten scored +42 with Labor voters and Christine Milne scored +36 with Greens voters.
Among Liberal/National voters Julie Bishop’s net rating was +61 and Joe Hockey’s +35.
Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Prime Minister, Tony Abbott?
|
2 Sep 13 (as Opposition leader) |
29 Oct 13 |
27 May 14 |
|
Total 2 Dec |
Change |
|
| Out of touch with ordinary people |
52% |
51% |
67% |
66% |
-1 |
|
| Hard working |
71% |
67% |
57% |
62% |
+5 |
|
| Arrogant |
52% |
54% |
63% |
61% |
-2 |
|
| Narrow-minded |
55% |
54% |
61% |
61% |
– |
|
| Superficial |
48% |
49% |
57% |
54% |
-3 |
|
| Intolerant |
47% |
49% |
55% |
53% |
-2 |
|
| Erratic |
43% |
43% |
51% |
52% |
+1 |
|
| Intelligent |
63% |
62% |
52% |
51% |
-1 |
|
| Aggressive |
47% |
46% |
52% |
49% |
-3 |
|
| A capable leader |
46% |
52% |
41% |
43% |
+2 |
|
| Good in a crisis |
39% |
45% |
35% |
42% |
+7 |
|
| Understands the problems facing Australia |
46% |
51% |
42% |
40% |
-2 |
|
| More honest than most politicians |
34% |
39% |
30% |
30% |
– |
|
| Trustworthy |
38% |
40% |
29% |
30% |
+1 |
|
| Visionary |
35% |
33% |
31% |
27% |
-4 |
Tony Abbott’s key attributes were out of touch with ordinary people (66%), hard working (62%), arrogant (61%) and narrow-minded (61%).
Since May, the largest shifts have been for good in a crisis (+7), hard working (+5) ands visionary (-4).
Better Prime Minister, Bill Shorten, Tony abbot
Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/ |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
Oct 13 |
Mar 14 |
June 14 |
July 14 |
Aug 14 |
Sep 14 |
Oct 14 |
|
| Tony Abbott |
36% |
8% |
82% |
4% |
28% |
41% |
39% |
36% |
34% |
37% |
35% |
38% |
||
| Bill Shorten |
34% |
67% |
3% |
61% |
29% |
22% |
33% |
40% |
37% |
36% |
36% |
32% |
||
| Don’t know |
29% |
25% |
15% |
36% |
43% |
37% |
28% |
24% |
29% |
27% |
30% |
30% |
36% (down 2% since October) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 34% (up 2%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.
Men prefer Tony Abbott 40% to 33% and women prefer Bill Shorten 36% to 32%.
International Relations, liberal government, Tony abbot
Q. How much trust do you have in Tony Abbott and the Liberal Government to handle Australia’s international relations?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
Nov 2013 |
Jun 2014 |
|
| Total a lot/some |
40% |
16% |
82% |
19% |
26% |
41% |
35% |
||
| Total little/no trust |
53% |
81% |
15% |
80% |
71% |
53% |
59% |
||
| A lot of trust |
17% |
1% |
44% |
2% |
8% |
20% |
17% |
||
| Some trust |
23% |
15% |
38% |
17% |
18% |
21% |
18% |
||
| A little trust |
18% |
24% |
13% |
10% |
20% |
18% |
16% |
||
| No trust |
35% |
57% |
2% |
70% |
51% |
35% |
43% |
||
| Don’t know |
6% |
3% |
3% |
1% |
2% |
7% |
5% |
17% of people have “a lot of trust” in Tony Abbott and the Liberal Government to handle Australia’s international relations.
35% have no trust.
Labor (57%) and Greens (70%) voters were far more likely to have ‘no trust’. Liberal/National voters were far less likely (2%) to have no trust. 44% of Liberal/National voters have “a lot of trust”.
Since this question was asked in June, those saying they have a lot or some trust has increased by 5% and those saying they have no trust decreased by 6% – a similar position to the poll in November last year.
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 |
|
Jun 2014 |
|
| Total very/somewhat confident |
49% |
23% |
91% |
16% |
34% |
45% |
||
| Very confident |
17% |
2% |
42% |
2% |
8% |
18% |
||
| Somewhat confident |
32% |
21% |
49% |
14% |
26% |
27% |
||
| Not at all confident |
47% |
74% |
9% |
82% |
63% |
50% |
||
| Don’t know |
4% |
3% |
1% |
2% |
3% |
5% |
49% (up 4% since June) say they are very or somewhat confident that Tony Abbott will do a good job in representing Australia to the international community and 47% (down 3%) say they are not at all confident.