04 June 2012, 040612, Craig Thompson, Julia Gillard, Labor Party, Liberal Party, the media, tony abbott
Q. How would you rate the way each of the following have handled this issue concerning Craig Thomson?
|
Total good |
Total poor |
Very good |
Good |
Neither good nor poor |
Poor |
Very poor |
Don’t know |
|
| Julia Gillard and the Labor Party |
15% |
49% |
5% |
10% |
20% |
18% |
31% |
16% |
| Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party |
19% |
40% |
5% |
14% |
24% |
16% |
24% |
17% |
| Craig Thomson |
6% |
56% |
1% |
5% |
21% |
19% |
37% |
16% |
| The media |
20% |
37% |
3% |
17% |
29% |
16% |
21% |
14% |
Overall, respondents believed that all parties have handled the Craig Thomson issue poorly.
37% thought the media has handled it poorly, 40% Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party, 49% Julia Gillard and the Labor Party and 56% Craig Thomson himself. Only 6% thought Craig Thomson’s handling of the issue was good.
42% of Labor voters thought Julia Gillard and the Labor Party’s handling of the issue was good compared to 37% of Coalition voters who thought Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party’s handling was good.
In terms of the media, 52% of Labor voters, 57% of Greens voters and 49% of those aged 55+ thought their handling was poor.
For union members, 29% thought Julia Gillard and the Labor Party’s handling was good, 21% Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party, 14% Craig Thomson himself and 28% the media.
14 May 2012, 140512, Abbott approval, approval, Approval rating, Opposition leader, Polling, polls, tony abbott
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader?
|
18 Jan 2010 |
5 Jul 2010 |
20 Dec 2010 |
14 Mar 2011 |
14 June |
12 Sept |
12 Dec |
16 Jan 2012 |
13 Feb |
12 Mar |
16 Apr |
14 May |
|
| Total approve |
37% |
37% |
39% |
38% |
38% |
39% |
32% |
35% |
35% |
36% |
38% |
36% |
| Total disapprove |
37% |
47% |
39% |
47% |
48% |
50% |
53% |
51% |
53% |
52% |
50% |
53% |
| Strongly approve |
5% |
8% |
9% |
7% |
6% |
8% |
6% |
7% |
6% |
7% |
7% |
7% |
| Approve |
32% |
29% |
30% |
31% |
32% |
31% |
26% |
28% |
29% |
29% |
31% |
29% |
| Disapprove |
20% |
23% |
21% |
24% |
25% |
23% |
25% |
25% |
23% |
23% |
23% |
24% |
| Strongly disapprove |
17% |
24% |
18% |
23% |
23% |
27% |
28% |
26% |
30% |
29% |
27% |
29% |
| Don’t know |
26% |
16% |
22% |
16% |
15% |
11% |
14% |
13% |
12% |
12% |
13% |
11% |
Tony Abbott’s approval rating has declined a little over the last month. 36% (down 2%) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader and 53% (up 3%) disapprove – a change in net rating from -12 to -17 over the last 4 weeks.
71% (down 1%) of Coalition voters approve and 19% (up 2%) disapprove.
By gender – men 38% approve/53% disapprove, women 33% approve/53% disapprove.
14 May 2012, 140512, Better Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, PM, Polling, polls, Prime Minister, tony abbott
Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott?
|
5 Jul 2010 |
14 Mar 2011 |
14 June |
12 Sept |
12 Dec |
16 Jan 2012 |
13 Feb |
12 Mar |
16 Apr |
14 May |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Julia Gillard |
53% |
44% |
41% |
36% |
39% |
39% |
41% |
40% |
38% |
38% |
83% |
4% |
69% |
| Tony Abbott |
26% |
33% |
36% |
40% |
35% |
36% |
34% |
37% |
36% |
37% |
3% |
79% |
5% |
| Don’t know |
21% |
23% |
24% |
24% |
26% |
25% |
25% |
23% |
25% |
24% |
15% |
17% |
27% |
38% (no change) believe Julia Gillard would make the better Prime Minister and 37% (up 1%) prefer Tony Abbott – a net change from +2% to +1% for Julia Gillard.
Men prefer Tony Abbott 39%/37% and women prefer Julia Gillard 39%/36%.
23 April 2012, 230412, Joe Hockey, leadership, LIB, Liberal Party, malcolm turnbull, party leadership, Polling, polls, tony abbott
Q. Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Liberal Party?
|
27 Sep 2010 |
28 Feb 2011 |
30 May 2011 |
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Tony Abbott |
26% |
24% |
22% |
23% |
11% |
39% |
3% |
| Malcolm Turnbull |
20% |
18% |
25% |
30% |
37% |
26% |
53% |
| Joe Hockey |
15% |
16% |
17% |
14% |
12% |
17% |
12% |
| Julie Bishop |
5% |
4% |
3% |
5% |
4% |
5% |
5% |
| Andrew Robb |
na |
1% |
1% |
1% |
2% |
1% |
– |
| Someone else |
na |
14% |
13% |
12% |
16% |
6% |
18% |
| Don’t know |
33% |
22% |
19% |
16% |
18% |
7% |
10 |
30% (+5%) think Malcolm Turnbull would make the best leader of the Liberal Party, 23% (+1%) prefer Tony Abbott and 14% (-3%) Joe Hockey.
Among Liberal/National voters, 39% (-1%) prefer Tony Abbott, 26% (+7%) Malcolm Turnbull and 17% (-5%) Joe Hockey.
Malcolm Turnbull is preferred by 33% of men and 28% of women, Tony Abbott by 26% of men and 19% of women.
16th April 2012, Better Prime Minister, Julia Gillard, tony abbott
Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott?
|
5 Jul 2010 |
14 Mar 2011 |
14 June |
12 Sept |
17 Oct |
14 Nov |
12 Dec |
16 Jan 2012 |
13 Feb |
12 Mar |
16 Apr |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Julia Gillard |
53% |
44% |
41% |
36% |
38% |
41% |
39% |
39% |
41% |
40% |
38% |
81% |
6% |
69% |
| Tony Abbott |
26% |
33% |
36% |
40% |
39% |
36% |
35% |
36% |
34% |
37% |
36% |
2% |
74% |
7% |
| Don’t know |
21% |
23% |
24% |
24% |
23% |
24% |
26% |
25% |
25% |
23% |
25% |
16% |
20% |
24% |
38% (down 2%) believe Julia Gillard would make the better Prime Minister and 36% (down 1%) prefer Tony Abbott – a net change from +3% to +2% for Julia Gillard.
Men prefer Tony Abbott 41%/36% and women prefer Julia Gillard 41%/32%.
02 April 2012, 020412, attributes, leader attributes, LIB, Liberals, Opposition leader, Opposition Leader attributes, Polling, polls, tony abbott
Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott?
|
5 Jul 10 |
4 Oct 10 |
7 Feb 11 |
27 Jun 11 |
2 Apr 12 |
Change |
|
| Intelligent |
70% |
71% |
64% |
61% |
56% |
-5% |
| Hard-working |
76% |
78% |
72% |
75% |
68% |
-7% |
| A capable leader |
47% |
52% |
48% |
45% |
41% |
-4% |
| Arrogant |
59% |
60% |
58% |
60% |
61% |
+1% |
| Out of touch with ordinary people |
57% |
53% |
54% |
57% |
54% |
-3% |
| Understands the problems facing Australia |
50% |
53% |
50% |
48% |
49% |
+1% |
| Visionary |
32% |
31% |
27% |
27% |
26% |
-1% |
| Superficial |
|
|
45% |
49% |
49% |
– |
| Good in a crisis |
40% |
42% |
41% |
40% |
36% |
-4% |
| Narrow-minded |
56% |
53% |
51% |
54% |
54% |
– |
| More honest than most politicians |
33% |
32% |
31% |
32% |
30% |
-2% |
| Trustworthy |
33% |
35% |
34% |
32% |
32% |
– |
Tony Abbott’s key attributes were hard-working (68%), arrogant (61%) and intelligent (56%).
Major changes since this question was asked in June last year were decreases for hard-working (-7%) and intelligent (-5%).
02 April 2012, 020412, Comparison of Leaders, Julia Gillard, Labor, leader attributes, leaders, Liberal, political leaders, Polling, polls, tony abbott
|
Julia Gillard |
Tony Abbott |
Difference |
|
| Intelligent |
61% |
56% |
+5% |
| Hard-working |
65% |
68% |
-3% |
| A capable leader |
38% |
41% |
-3% |
| Arrogant |
53% |
61% |
-8% |
| Out of touch with ordinary people |
65% |
54% |
+11% |
| Understands the problems facing Australia |
41% |
49% |
-8% |
| Visionary |
25% |
26% |
-1% |
| Superficial |
54% |
49% |
+5% |
| Good in a crisis |
36% |
36% |
– |
| Narrow-minded |
53% |
54% |
-1% |
| More honest than most politicians |
26% |
30% |
-4% |
| Trustworthy |
25% |
32% |
-7% |
Julia Gillard rates higher than Tony Abbott on out of touch with ordinary people (+11%), intelligent (+5%) and superficial (+5%).
She rates lower than Tony Abbott on arrogant (-8%), understands the problems facing Australia (-8%) and trustworthy (-7%).
12 March 2012, 120312, Approval of Tony Abbott, Greens, Labor, Liberal, Opposition leader, Polling, polls, tony abbott
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader?
|
18 Jan 2010 |
5 Jul 2010 |
20 Dec 2010 |
14 Mar 2011 |
14 June |
12 Sept |
17 Oct |
14 Nov |
12 Dec |
16 Jan 2012 |
13 Feb |
12 Mar |
|
| Total approve |
37% |
37% |
39% |
38% |
38% |
39% |
40% |
36% |
32% |
35% |
35% |
36% |
| Total disapprove |
37% |
47% |
39% |
47% |
48% |
50% |
51% |
52% |
53% |
51% |
53% |
52% |
| Strongly approve |
5% |
8% |
9% |
7% |
6% |
8% |
8% |
6% |
6% |
7% |
6% |
7% |
| Approve |
32% |
29% |
30% |
31% |
32% |
31% |
32% |
30% |
26% |
28% |
29% |
29% |
| Disapprove |
20% |
23% |
21% |
24% |
25% |
23% |
23% |
26% |
25% |
25% |
23% |
23% |
| Strongly disapprove |
17% |
24% |
18% |
23% |
23% |
27% |
28% |
26% |
28% |
26% |
30% |
29% |
| Don’t know |
26% |
16% |
22% |
16% |
15% |
11% |
9% |
12% |
14% |
13% |
12% |
12% |
Tony Abbott’s approval rating has changed little over the last month. 36% (up 1%) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader and 52% (down 1%) disapprove – a change in net rating from -18 to -16 over the last 4 weeks.
70% (up 3%) of Coalition voters approve and 21% (no change) disapprove.
By gender – men 37% approve/54% disapprove, women 36% approve/49% disapprove.