Q. Who would you trust most to handle Australia’s economy – The Treasurer Joe Hockey or the Shadow Treasurer Chris Bowen?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other/ Indep-endent | Aug 2014 | Mar 2015 | |||
| Joe Hockey | 30% | 7% | 66% | 16% | 21% | 34% | 26% | ||
| Chris Bowen | 22% | 44% | 5% | 26% | 19% | 23% | 25% | ||
| Don’t know | 48% | 49% | 29% | 57% | 61% | 43% | 49% |
30% have more trust in Joe Hockey to handle Australia’s economy and 22% have more trust in Chris Bowen. 48% don’t know who they would trust more.
This represents a 7-point shift in favour of Joe Hockey since this question was asked in March.