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  • Mar, 2020

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    Better at managing the economy

    Q Which party do you think is better at managing:

      Coalition Labor Neither Difference (Coalition minus Labor)
    The economy to benefit big business 53% 22% 26% +31
    The economy generally 40% 31% 29% +9
    The economy to benefit small business 36% 35% 29% +1
    The economy to benefit older Australians 32% 35% 33% -3
    The economy to benefit people living in regional communities 29% 35% 37% -6
    The economy to benefit workers 26% 46% 28% -20
    • The Coalition is perceived to be better at managing the economy to benefit big business (53%) and managing the economy generally (40%) than Labor (22% and 31% respectively).
    • Labor is seen as better at managing the economy for workers (46%) than the Coalition (26%).
    • Between a quarter (26%) and a third (37%) of participants believe that neither Coalition nor Labor is better at managing any economic elements.
  • May, 2018

    State of the economy

     Q. Overall, how would you describe the current state of the Australian economy?

     

      Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other   Dec 2016 May 2017 Nov 2017
    Total Good 39% 36% 58% 29% 22%   23% 30% 33%
    Total Poor 24% 28% 13% 25% 44%   36% 29% 24%
    Very good 8% 6% 14% 3% 4% 2% 3% 3%
    Good 31% 30% 44% 26% 18% 21% 27% 30%
    Neither good nor poor 32% 35% 27% 37% 34% 37% 36% 38%
    Poor 18% 21% 11% 21% 28% 28% 23% 17%
    Very poor 6% 7% 2% 4% 16% 8% 6% 7%
    Don’t know 5% 2% 25 8%   4% 5% 5%

    Overall, 39% thought that the state of the economy was good (up 6% from November). 24% thought it was bad (no change).

    58% of Liberal/National voters thought the state of the economy was good, compared to 36% of Labor voters, 29% of Greens voters and 22% of other/independent voters.

  • Mar, 2015

    Trust most to handle the economy

    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

    Joe Hockey

    26%

    5%

    62%

    6%

    14%

    34%

    Chris Bowen

    25%

    49%

    6%

    42%

    10%

    23%

    Don’t know

    49%

    46%

    31%

    52%

    76%

    43%

    26% have more trust in Joe Hockey to handle Australia’s economy and 25% have more trust in Chris Bowen. 49% don’t know who they would trust more.

    This represents a 10-point shift in favour of Chris Bowen since this question was asked in August.

  • Aug, 2014

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    Managing the economy

    Q. Which party – Labor or Liberal – do you think is best when it comes to:

     

    Labor

    Liberal

    No Difference

    Don’t Know

    Difference (Labor v. Liberal)

     

    Difference May 2014

    Representing the interests of Australian working families

    48%

    17%

    25%

    11%

    +31%

    +27%

    Representing the interests of you and people like you

    35%

    27%

    27%

    11%

    +8%

    +10%

    Standing up for the middle class in Australia

    30%

    28%

    27%

    15%

    +2%

    +14%

    Representing the interests of the large corporate and financial interests

    9%

    59%

    19%

    13%

    -50%

    -41%

    Being more concerned about the interests of working families in Australia than the rich and large business and financial interests

    47%

    15%

    24%

    14%

    +32%

    +29%

    Handling the economy overall

    23%

    37%

    27%

    14%

    -14%

    -14%

    Handling the economy in a way that tries to take the interests of working families into consideration as much as it takes the interests of the large corporate and financial groups

    34%

    23%

    27%

    15%

    +11%

    +10%

    Handling the economy in a way that best helps small business

    24%

    32%

    27%

    17%

    -8%

    -5%

    Handling the economy in a way that best helps the middle class

    25%

    32%

    28%

    14%

    -7%

    +1%

    Handling the economy in a way that helps you and people like you the most.

    32%

    27%

    27%

    14%

    +5%

    +8%

    Labor was more likely to be selected as the party best at all of the items, except for ‘Representing the interests of the large corporate and financial interests’ (59% Liberal, 9% Labor), ‘Handling the economy overall’ (37% Liberal, 23% Labor), ‘Handling the economy in a way that best helps small business’ (32% Liberal, 24% Labor) and ‘Handling the economy in a way that best helps the middle class’ (32% Liberal, 25% Labor).

    Since this question was asked in May, the main shifts have been for “Standing up for the middle class in Australia “ (Labor down 12%), “Handling the economy in a way that best helps the middle class” (Labor down 8%) and “Representing the interests of the large corporate and financial interests” (Liberals up 9%).

  • Aug, 2014

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    Trust most to handle the economy

    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

    Joe Hockey

    34%

    7%

    73%

    10%

    19%

    Chris Bowen

    23%

    44%

    4%

    43%

    22%

    Don’t know

    43%

    49%

    23%

    47%

    59%

    34% have more trust in Joe Hockey to handle Australia’s economy and 23% have more trust in Chris Bowen. 43% don’t know who they would trust more.

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