24 June 2013, 240613, aggressive, erratic, good in a crisis, intelligent, Julia Gillard, tony abbott
|
Gillard |
Abbott |
|
Difference |
|
| Intelligent |
69% |
62% |
+7 |
|
| Out of touch with ordinary people |
57% |
52% |
+5 |
|
| Good in a crisis |
41% |
38% |
+3 |
|
| Hard-working |
71% |
68% |
+3 |
|
| Visionary |
32% |
30% |
+2 |
|
| More honest than most politicians |
30% |
29% |
+1 |
|
| Superficial |
49% |
49% |
– |
|
| Erratic |
47% |
47% |
– |
|
| A capable leader |
44% |
44% |
– |
|
| Trustworthy |
30% |
31% |
-1 |
|
| Understands the problems facing Australia |
42% |
44% |
-2 |
|
| Aggressive |
45% |
51% |
-6 |
|
| Narrow-minded |
46% |
55% |
-9 |
|
| Intolerant |
39% |
48% |
-9 |
|
| Arrogant |
48% |
59% |
-9 |
Compared to Tony Abbott, Julia Gillard is more likely to be considered intelligent (+7) and out of touch with ordinary people (+5).
Tony Abbott is regarded by more respondents to be arrogant (-9), intolerant (-9), narrow-minded (-9) and aggressive (-6).
11 June 2013, 110613, Better PM, Julia Gillard, tony abbott
Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott?
|
5 |
14 June |
12 Dec |
12 Jun 12 |
10 Dec |
14 Jan 13 |
11 Feb |
11 Mar |
15 Apr |
13 May |
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib |
Vote Greens |
||
| Julia Gillard |
53% |
41% |
39% |
37% |
43% |
42% |
39% |
39% |
37% |
39% |
39% |
82% |
4% |
73% |
|
| Tony Abbott |
26% |
36% |
35% |
37% |
34% |
33% |
37% |
39% |
39% |
41% |
40% |
5% |
84% |
7% |
|
| Don’t know |
21% |
24% |
26% |
26% |
23% |
24% |
24% |
22% |
24% |
20% |
21% |
13% |
12% |
20% |
39% (no change) believe Julia Gillard would make the better Prime Minister and 40% (down 1%) prefer Tony Abbott.
Men prefer Tony Abbott 43%/35% and women prefer Julia Gillard 42%/38%.
27 May 2013, 270513, budget reply, Carbon Tax, dump carbon tax, dump mining tax, Mining tax, tony abbott
Q. In his reply to the budget Tony Abbott said he would dump the carbon tax and the mining tax but still retain the Labor Government’s compensation payments to households. If he is elected at the next election what do you think he is most likely to do?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Dump the carbon tax and mining tax and keep the compensation to households |
26% |
9% |
47% |
6% |
| Dump the carbon tax and mining tax but will not keep the compensation to households |
29% |
35% |
27% |
35% |
| He won’t dump the carbon tax and mining tax |
28% |
40% |
14% |
38% |
| Don’t know |
17% |
15% |
11% |
20% |
Only 26% think that if Tony Abbott becomes Prime Minister at the next election, he will dump the carbon tax and the mining tax but still retain the Labor Government’s compensation payments to households. 29% think he will dump the taxes but will not keep the compensation to households and 28% think he won’t dump the taxes.
Only 47% of Liberal/National voters believe he will dump the taxes and keep the compensation.
27 May 2013, 270513, Gonski reforms, support for gonski, tony abbott
Q. Tony Abbott has said that, if elected, he will not proceed with the Gonski reforms to education which gives more funds to public schools but he will keep the current system of school funding which he says is working well. Do you think he should implement the Gonski funding reforms or keep the current system?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Implement the Gonski reforms |
43% |
64% |
26% |
65% |
| Keep the current system of school funding |
34% |
18% |
56% |
14% |
| Don’t know |
22% |
18% |
18% |
22% |
43% support implementing the Gonski education funding reforms and 34% support keeping the current system of school funding.
Strongest support for implementing the Gonski reforms came from Labor voters (64%), Greens voters (65%) and people aged 25-44 (49%).
Strongest support for keeping the current system came from Liberal/National voters (56%) and people aged 65+ (55%).
13 May 2013, 130513, Approval of Tony Abbott, tony abbott
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader?
|
18 Jan 2010 |
5 Jul
|
20 Dec |
14 June 2011 |
12 Dec |
12 Jun 2012 |
10 Dec |
14 Jan 2013 |
11 Feb |
11 Mar |
15 Apr |
13 May |
|
| Total approve |
37% |
37% |
39% |
38% |
32% |
32% |
33% |
33% |
36% |
37% |
37% |
40% |
| Total disapprove |
37% |
47% |
39% |
48% |
53% |
54% |
56% |
57% |
53% |
51% |
52% |
50% |
| Strongly approve |
5% |
8% |
9% |
6% |
6% |
6% |
8% |
8% |
7% |
7% |
8% |
9% |
| Approve |
32% |
29% |
30% |
32% |
26% |
26% |
25% |
25% |
29% |
30% |
29% |
31% |
| Disapprove |
20% |
23% |
21% |
25% |
25% |
24% |
25% |
27% |
22% |
22% |
24% |
18% |
| Strongly disapprove |
17% |
24% |
18% |
23% |
28% |
30% |
31% |
30% |
31% |
29% |
28% |
32% |
| Don’t know |
26% |
16% |
22% |
15% |
14% |
13% |
12% |
10% |
11% |
12% |
10% |
11% |
40% (up 3%) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader and 50% (down 2%) disapprove – a change in net rating from -15 to -10 over the last 4 weeks, Tony Abbott’s best rating since July 2011.
77% (up 5%) of Coalition voters approve and 13% (down 8%) disapprove.
By gender – men 42% approve/49% disapprove, women 37% approve/50% disapprove. In net terms this represents a shift with men from -9 to -7 and with women from -22 to -13.
13 May 2013, 130513, 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 June 2011 |
12 Dec |
12 Jun 2012 |
10 Dec |
14 Jan 2013 |
11 Feb |
11 Mar |
15 Apr |
13 May |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Julia Gillard |
53% |
41% |
39% |
37% |
43% |
42% |
39% |
39% |
37% |
39% |
86% |
2% |
76% |
| Tony Abbott |
26% |
36% |
35% |
37% |
34% |
33% |
37% |
39% |
39% |
41% |
3% |
84% |
2% |
| Don’t know |
21% |
24% |
26% |
26% |
23% |
24% |
24% |
22% |
24% |
20% |
11% |
13% |
22% |
39% (up 2%) believe Julia Gillard would make the better Prime Minister and 41% (up 2%) prefer Tony Abbott.
Men prefer Tony Abbott 44%/35% and women prefer Julia Gillard 43%/38%.
15 April 2013, 150413, Better PM, Julia Gillard, preferred PM, tony abbott
Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott?
|
5 |
14 June |
12 Dec |
12 Mar 12 |
12 Jun |
10 Sept |
10 Dec |
14 |
11 Feb |
11 Mar |
15 |
Vote ALP |
Vote Lib |
Vote Greens |
|
| Julia Gillard |
53% |
41% |
39% |
40% |
37% |
40% |
43% |
42% |
39% |
39% |
37% |
81% |
6% |
62% |
| Tony Abbott |
26% |
36% |
35% |
37% |
37% |
37% |
34% |
33% |
37% |
39% |
39% |
6% |
78% |
6% |
| Don’t know |
21% |
24% |
26% |
23% |
26% |
24% |
23% |
24% |
24% |
22% |
24% |
13% |
16% |
32% |
37% (down 2%) believe Julia Gillard would make the better Prime Minister and 39% (no change) prefer Tony Abbott. This is the first time since August 2012 that Tony Abbott has been preferred over Julia Gillard.
Men prefer Tony Abbott 42%/36% and women prefer Julia Gillard 38%/36%.
020413, 2 April 2013, aggressive, intolerant, leader attributes, tony abbott, trustworthy, visionary
Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott?
|
5 |
4 |
7 |
27 |
2 |
17 |
14 |
2 |
Change |
|
| Hard-working |
76% |
78% |
72% |
75% |
68% |
67% |
70% |
70% |
– |
| Intelligent |
70% |
71% |
64% |
61% |
56% |
62% |
64% |
63% |
-1% |
| Arrogant |
59% |
60% |
58% |
60% |
61% |
63% |
61% |
56% |
-5% |
| Narrow-minded |
56% |
53% |
51% |
54% |
54% |
59% |
56% |
53% |
-3% |
| Out of touch with ordinary people |
57% |
53% |
54% |
57% |
54% |
57% |
54% |
52% |
-2% |
| Understands the problems facing Australia |
50% |
53% |
50% |
48% |
49% |
43% |
47% |
49% |
+2% |
| Superficial |
45% |
49% |
49% |
51% |
48% |
49% |
+1% |
||
| Aggressive |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
59% |
55% |
49% |
-6% |
| Intolerant |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
53% |
49% |
48% |
-1% |
| A capable leader |
47% |
52% |
48% |
45% |
41% |
37% |
43% |
47% |
+4% |
| Erratic |
– |
– |
– |
– |
– |
51% |
51% |
45% |
-6% |
| Good in a crisis |
40% |
42% |
41% |
40% |
36% |
35% |
39% |
44% |
+5% |
| Visionary |
32% |
31% |
27% |
27% |
26% |
29% |
28% |
37% |
+9% |
| More honest than most politicians |
33% |
32% |
31% |
32% |
30% |
27% |
29% |
36% |
+7% |
| Trustworthy |
33% |
35% |
34% |
32% |
32% |
30% |
33% |
36% |
+3% |
Tony Abbott’s key attributes were hard-working (70%), intelligent (63%), arrogant (56%), narrow-minded (53%) and out of touch with ordinary people (52%).
Since January the major shifts have been for visionary (+9%), more honest than most politicians (+7%), erratic (-6%), aggressive (-6%), arrogant (-5%) and good in a crisis (+5%).