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  • Feb, 2020

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    Attitude to Bridget McKenzie’s resignation and grant allocation

    Q. The Deputy Leader of the Nationals has resigned for having a conflict of interest in awarding a grant to a shooting club of which she was a member. Which of the following statements do you agree with?

      NET: Agree NET: Disagree Strongly agree Somewhat agree Somewhat disagree Strongly disagree Unsure
    The investigation needs to continue to investigate any MP involved in the allocation of sports grants 70% 17% 70% 17% 11% 6% 13%
    Giving grants to sports organisations in marginal seats was only done to influence the election result in the Governments favour 66% 16% 36% 30% 12% 5% 18%
    The minister’s resignation should be the end of the matter 49% 38% 24% 26% 20% 18% 13%

     

     

    NET: Agree   Federal Voting Intention
    Total Labor Coalition Greens NET: Other
    The investigation needs to continue to investigate any MP involved in the allocation of sports grants 70% 77% 65% 81% 71%
    Giving grants to sports organisations in marginal seats was only done to influence the election result in the Governments favour 66% 76% 56% 70% 73%
    The minister’s resignation should be the end of the matter 49% 44% 61% 44% 44%
    Base (n) 1,056 354 320 113 155
    • 70% of participants agree that the investigation into the Deputy Nationals Leader needs to continue to investigate any MP involved in the allocation of sports grants. Half (49%) of participants agree that the minister’s resignation should be the end of the matter.
    • Coalition voters are more likely to agree that the minister’s resignation should be the end of the matter (61%) than all other voters (44%).
    • Additionally, Coalition voters are least likely to agree that the investigation needs to continue (65%) and giving grants to sports organisations in marginal seats was only done to influence the election result in the Governments favour (56%), than all other voters (76% and 74%).
  • Dec, 2011

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    2012 Outlook – Political Parties

    Q. Do you think 2012 will be a good or bad year for each of the following political parties?

    Total good

    Dec 10

    Total bad

    Dec10

    Total good Total bad Very good Good Neither good nor bad Bad Very bad Don’t know
    The Liberal Party 35% 18% 36% 24% 8% 28% 28% 17% 7% 12%
    The Labor Party 19% 40% 16% 49% 3% 13% 23% 29% 20% 11%
    The Greens 22% 29% 17% 37% 2% 15% 32% 20% 17% 13%

    Respondents expect that 2012 is likely to be a relatively good year for the Liberal Party (36% good/24% bad) and a bad year for the Labor Party (16%/49%) and the Greens (17%/37%).

    Among their own voters, 67% expect the Liberals to have a good year, 38% expect Labor to have a good year and 67% expect the Greens to have a good year.

    Compared to expectations 12 months ago, respondents were somewhat less positive about all political parties – The Liberal Party has dropped form net +17% to net +12%, the Labor Party from -21% to -33% and the Greens from -7% to -20%.

    Comparing these results with last week’s questions about 2011, respondents expect the Liberal Party to have a better year (net +12% next year this year compared to net -3% this year), the Labor Party to have a similar year (-33% next year, -37% this year) and the Greens to have a much worse year (-20% next year, +4% this year).

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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?

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    2010

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    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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    The Past Year – Political Parties

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

    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
    The Greens 42% 21% 33% 29% 7% 26% 28% 15% 14% 11%
    The Liberal Party 33% 27% 27% 30% 4% 23% 34% 22% 8% 9%
    The Labor Party 21% 47% 16% 53% 2% 14% 22% 33% 21% 8%

    Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
    Total good Total bad Total good Total bad Total good Total bad Total good Total bad
    The Greens 33% 29% 41% 16% 23% 45% 70% 3%
    The Liberal Party 27% 30% 13% 45% 45% 16% 17% 45%
    The Labor Party 16% 53% 35% 32% 7% 73% 11% 48%

    Respondents were more likely to think it has been a good year for the Greens (33%) than the Liberal Party (27%) or the Labor Party (16%).

    Among their own voters 70% think it has been a good year for the Greens, 45% the Liberal Party and 35% the Labor Party.

    Compared to last year’s results, all parties figures have declined – The Greens net +21% to +4%, Liberals from net +6% to -3% and Labor from net -26% to -37%.

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