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  • Dec, 2011

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    Leaders in 12 Months

    Q. Do you think Julia Gillard will still be leading the Labor Party in 12 months time?

    Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
    Yes 26% 49% 12% 37%
    No 55% 31% 76% 45%
    Don’t know 19% 21% 12% 18%

    Q. Do you think Tony Abbott will still be leading the Liberal Party in 12 months time?

    Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
    Yes 41% 26% 64% 29%
    No 34% 53% 16% 53%
    Don’t know 25% 21% 20% 18%

    Only 26% believe that Julia Gillard will still be leader of the Labor Party in 12 months time and 55% think she will not. Respondents were more likely to think that Tony Abbott would still be leading his party (41% yes, 34% no).

    49% of Labor voters think Julia Gillard will still be leading her party, compared to 64% of Liberal/National voters who think Tony Abbott will still be leading his party.

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  • Dec, 2011

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    Approval of 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 14 June 12 Sept 17 Oct 14 Nov 12 Dec
    Total approve 37% 37% 39% 38% 38% 39% 40% 36% 32%
    Total disapprove 37% 47% 39% 47% 48% 50% 51% 52% 53%
    Strongly approve 5% 8% 9% 7% 6% 8% 8% 6% 6%
    Approve 32% 29% 30% 31% 32% 31% 32% 30% 26%
    Disapprove 20% 23% 21% 24% 25% 23% 23% 26% 25%
    Strongly disapprove 17% 24% 18% 23% 23% 27% 28% 26% 28%
    Don’t know 26% 16% 22% 16% 15% 11% 9% 12% 14%

    Tony Abbott’s approval rating has fallen again over the last month. 32% (down 4%) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader and 53% (up 1%) disapprove – a change in net rating from -16 to -21 over the last 4 weeks. This is the lowest rating recorded for Tony Abbott since he became opposition leader.

    65% (down 8%) of Coalition voters approve and 22% (up 3%) disapprove.

    By gender – men 36% approve/52% disapprove, women 29% approve/55% disapprove.

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  • Dec, 2011

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    Better Prime Minister

    Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott?

    5 Jul 2010 14 Mar 14 June 12 Sept 17 Oct 14 Nov 12 Dec Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
    Julia Gillard 53% 44% 41% 36% 38% 41% 39% 81% 5% 74%
    Tony Abbott 26% 33% 36% 40% 39% 36% 35% 5% 72% 3%
    Don’t know 21% 23% 24% 24% 23% 24% 26% 14% 23% 23%

    39% believe Julia Gillard would make the better Prime Minister and 35% prefer Tony Abbott – no significant change from last month’s result.

    Men prefer Julia Gillard 40%/38% and women favour Julia Gillard 38%/32%.

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  • Dec, 2011

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    The Past Year – Politicians

    Q. Has it been a good or bad year for each of the following politicians?

    Total good

    (Dec 10)

    Total bad

    (Dec 10)

    Total good Total bad Very good Good Neither good nor bad Bad Very bad Don’t know
    Julia Gillard 49% 25% 21% 57% 3% 18% 16% 35% 22% 6%
    Bob Brown 38% 21% 32% 27% 8% 24% 26% 14% 13% 16%
    Tony Abbott 30% 33% 21% 38% 2% 19% 32% 25% 13% 8%
    Malcolm Turnbull 10% 43% 17% 23% 2% 15% 45% 16% 7% 17%
    Kevin Rudd 10% 70% 31% 30% 5% 26% 31% 22% 8% 7%

    Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
    Total good Total bad Total good Total bad Total good Total bad Total good Total bad
    Julia Gillard 21% 57% 41% 36% 10% 77% 29% 43%
    Bob Brown 32% 27% 37% 19% 25% 40% 66% 4%
    Tony Abbott 21% 38% 9% 57% 39% 18% 7% 64%
    Malcolm Turnbull 17% 23% 18% 21% 18% 23% 23% 22%
    Kevin Rudd 31% 30% 37% 24% 31% 38% 29% 25%

    Overall, only Bob Brown (32%/27%) was thought to have had a good year. Respondents were divided on whether Kevin Rudd has had a good year (31%/30%). Only 21% thought Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott had a good year in 2011. 2011 was considered worse than 2010 for each of the party leaders. Malcolm Turnbull and Kevin Rudd were considered to have had a somewhat better year compared to 2010.

    Among their own voters thought, 66% (down 2%) thought Bob Brown had a good year, 41% (down 28%) thought Julia Gillard had a good year and 39% (down 5%) thought Tony Abbott has had a good year.

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  • Nov, 2011

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    Rating of Opposition Leader during Barack Obama Visit

    Q. How would you rate the performance of the Opposition Leader Tony Abbott during recent visit by US President Barack Obama?

    Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
    Total good 18% 9% 31% 2%
    Total poor 30% 49% 9% 54%
    Very good 4% 2% 7%
    Good 14% 7% 24% 2%
    Average 37% 32% 46% 26%
    Poor 14% 17% 7% 24%
    Very poor 16% 32% 2% 30%
    Don’t know 15% 10% 13% 17%

    Overall, the Opposition Leader’s performance during the recent visit by US President Barack Obama was rated negatively.

    18% rated his performance during the recent visit by US President Barack Obama as good and 30% rated it poor. 37% thought it was average.

    Liberal/National voters were more likely to rate it as average (46%) – only 31% rated it good.

    There was little difference between the ratings of men and women.

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  • Nov, 2011

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    Liberal Party and WorkChoices

    Q. If they won the next election, how likely do you think it would be that Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party would try to bring back industrial laws similar to WorkChoices?

    31 May 10 12 July 10 Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
    Total likely 58% 56% 51% 75% 33% 78%
    Total unlikely 21% 24% 27% 13% 44% 11%
    Very likely 28% 26% 22% 45% 4% 41%
    Quite likely 30% 30% 29% 30% 29% 37%
    Not very likely 18% 18% 19% 9% 31% 8%
    Not at all likely 3% 6% 8% 4% 13% 3%
    Don’t know 20% 20% 22% 11% 23% 11%

    Respondents were less likely to think that Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party would try to bring back industrial laws similar to WorkChoices than when a similar question was asked last year. 51% (down 5%) think it is likely that Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party would try to bring back industrial laws similar to WorkChoices if they won the next election and 27% (up 3%) think it is unlikely.

    75% of Labor voters and 78% of Greens voters think it is likely, while Liberal/National voters are split 33% likely to 44% unlikely.

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  • Nov, 2011

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    Approval of 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 14 June 12 Sept 17 Oct 14 Nov
    Total approve 37% 37% 39% 38% 38% 39% 40% 36%
    Total disapprove 37% 47% 39% 47% 48% 50% 51% 52%
    Strongly approve 5% 8% 9% 7% 6% 8% 8% 6%
    Approve 32% 29% 30% 31% 32% 31% 32% 30%
    Disapprove 20% 23% 21% 24% 25% 23% 23% 26%
    Strongly disapprove 17% 24% 18% 23% 23% 27% 28% 26%
    Don’t know 26% 16% 22% 16% 15% 11% 9% 12%

    Tony Abbott’s approval rating has fallen over the last month. 36% (down 4%) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader and 52% (up 1%) disapprove – a change in net rating from -11 to -16 over the last 4 weeks. This is the lowest rating recorded for Tony Abbott since he became opposition leader.

    73% (down 5%) of Coalition voters approve and 19% (up 3%) disapprove.

    By gender – men 39% approve/52% disapprove, women 33% approve/51% disapprove.

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  • Nov, 2011

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    Better Prime Minister

    Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott?

    5 Jul 2010 14 Mar 14 June 12 Sept 17 Oct 14 Nov Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
    Julia Gillard 53% 44% 41% 36% 38% 41% 83% 7% 80%
    Tony Abbott 26% 33% 36% 40% 39% 36% 5% 73% 4%
    Don’t know 21% 23% 24% 24% 23% 24% 12% 20% 17%

    41% believe Julia Gillard would make the better Prime Minister and 36% prefer Tony Abbott – a net improvement for Julia Gillard of 6% on last month’s figures (from -1% to +5%). This is the best result for Julia Gillard since June.

    Men are evenly split 39%/39% and women favour Julia Gillard 42%/33%.

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