Essential Report

Tony Abbott

Mar 22, 2016

Do you think Tony Abbott should –

	Total	Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens	Vote Other	Dec 2015
Stay in Parliament on the back bench	15%	16%	20%	7%	12%	14%
Stay in Parliament and be given a Ministry	18%	8%	32%	5%	20%	18%
Resign from Parliament now	29%	41%	16%	55%	31%	30%
Resign from Parliament at the next election	18%	21%	16%	23%	19%	19%
Don’t know	19%	14%	16%	10%	18%	19%

33% think Tony Abbott should stay in Parliament and 47% think he should resign – now or at the next election.

Overall, views have not changed significantly since this question was asked in December.

Among Liberal/National voters, 52% (up 4%) think he should stay in Parliament and 32% (down 5%) think he should resign.

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