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  • Mar, 2011

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    Approval of Kevin Rudd as Foreign Minister

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Kevin Rudd is doing as Foreign Minister?

    Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
    Total approve 61% 83% 47% 74%
    Total disapprove 19% 5% 33% 9%
    Strongly approve 17% 27% 9% 25%
    Approve 44% 56% 38% 49%
    Disapprove 11% 4% 18% 7%
    Strongly disapprove 8% 1% 15% 2%
    Don’t know 21% 12% 21% 18%

    61% approve of the job Kevin Rudd is doing as Foreign Minister and 19% disapprove. 83% of Labor voters and 74% of Greens voters approve.

    Coalition voters are also more likely to approve than disapprove (47% approve/33% disapprove).

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  • Mar, 2011

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    Military Intervention in Libya

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the military intervention in Libya being undertaken by the US, France, Italy, Canada and others?

    Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
    Total approve 57% 64% 63% 53%
    Total disapprove 22% 20% 22% 23%
    Strongly approve 18% 20% 22% 14%
    Approve 39% 44% 41% 39%
    Disapprove 14% 15% 12% 12%
    Strongly disapprove 8% 5% 10% 11%
    Don’t know 21% 17% 15% 24%

    57% approve the military intervention in Libya while 22% disapprove. A majority of all voter groups approve – although Greens voters are more likely to be undecided (24% don’t know).

    65% of men approve compared to 49% of women. By age – those aged 55+ approve 69%/18% and aged 18-44 approve 51%/23%

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  • Mar, 2011

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    Federal politics – voting intention

    Q. If a Federal Election was held today to which party will you probably give your first preference vote? If not sure, which party are you currently leaning toward?

    Q. If don’t know -Well which party are you currently leaning to?

    sample size = 1,947

    First preference/leaning to Election

    21 Aug 10

    4 weeks ago 2 weeks ago Last week This week
    Liberal 40% 44% 45% 44%
    National 3% 3% 2% 3%
    Total Lib/Nat 43.6 43% 47% 47% 46%
    Labor 38.0 39% 36% 35% 36%
    Greens 11.8 11% 10% 10% 10%
    Other/Independent 6.6 7% 7% 8% 8%
    2PP Election

    21 Aug 10

    4 weeks ago 2 weeks ago Last week This week
    Total Lib/Nat 49.9% 49% 53% 54% 53%
    Labor 50.1% 51% 47% 46% 47%

    NB.  The data in the above tables comprise 2-week averages derived the first preference/leaning to voting questions.  Respondents who select ‘don’t know’ are not included in the results.  The two-party preferred estimate is calculated by distributing the votes of the other parties according to their preferences at the 2010 election.

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  • Mar, 2011

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    Federal politics – voting intention

    Q. If a Federal Election was held today to which party will you probably give your first preference vote? If not sure, which party are you currently leaning toward?

    Q. If don’t know -Well which party are you currently leaning to?

    sample size = 1,884

    First preference/leaning to Election

    21 Aug 10

    4 weeks ago 2 weeks ago Last week This week
    Liberal 41% 42% 44% 45%
    National 3% 3% 3% 2%
    Total Lib/Nat 43.6 44% 45% 47% 47%
    Labor 38.0 40% 37% 36% 35%
    Greens 11.8 10% 10% 10% 10%
    Other/Independent 6.6 6% 7% 7% 8%
    2PP Election

    21 Aug 10

    4 weeks ago 2 weeks ago Last week This week
    Total Lib/Nat 49.9% 50% 52% 53% 54%
    Labor 50.1% 50% 48% 47% 46%

    NB.  The data in the above tables comprise 2-week averages derived the first preference/leaning to voting questions.  Respondents who select ‘don’t know’ are not included in the results.  The two-party preferred estimate is calculated by distributing the votes of the other parties according to their preferences at the 2010 election.

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  • Mar, 2011

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    Federal politics – voting intention

    Q. If a Federal Election was held today to which party will you probably give your first preference vote? If not sure, which party are you currently leaning toward?

    Q. If don’t know -Well which party are you currently leaning to?

    sample size = 1,918

    First preference/leaning to Election

    21 Aug 10

    4 weeks ago 2 weeks ago Last week This week
    Liberal 43% 40% 42% 44%
    National 3% 3% 3% 3%
    Total Lib/Nat 43.6 46% 43% 45% 47%
    Labor 38.0 38% 39% 37% 36%
    Greens 11.8 10% 11% 10% 10%
    Other/Independent 6.6 7% 7% 7% 7%
    2PP Election

    21 Aug 10

    4 weeks ago 2 weeks ago Last week This week
    Total Lib/Nat 49.9% 51% 49% 52% 53%
    Labor 50.1% 49% 51% 48% 47%

    NB.  The data in the above tables comprise 2-week averages derived the first preference/leaning to voting questions.  Respondents who select ‘don’t know’ are not included in the results.  The two-party preferred estimate is calculated by distributing the votes of the other parties according to their preferences at the 2010 election.

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  • Mar, 2011

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    Support for Carbon Pricing

    Q. Do you support or oppose the Government’s recent announcement to introduce a carbon pricing scheme from 1 July 2012, which will require industries to pay a tax based on the amount of carbon pollution they emit?

    Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
    Total support 35% 54% 18% 75%
    Total oppose 48% 25% 72% 13%
    Strongly support 9% 16% 2% 34%
    Support 26% 38% 16% 41%
    Oppose 19% 13% 24% 10%
    Strongly oppose 29% 12% 48% 3%
    Don’t know 18% 21% 9% 11%

    35% support the Government’s recent announcement to introduce a carbon pricing scheme and 48% oppose. The scheme is strongly supported by Greens voters (75%) and has majority support from Labor voters (54%) but is strongly opposed by Coalition voters (72%).

    Respondents aged under 35 were split 36% support/37% oppose while those aged 55+ were more strongly opposed (36% support/56% oppose).

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  • Mar, 2011

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    Leadership or Broken Promise

    Q. Tony Abbott and the opposition claim this is a ‘backflip’ on a promise Prime Minister Gillard made before the 2010 election not to introduce a carbon tax in the next term of parliament. Which of the following statements is closest to your view:

    Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
    The Prime Minister has broken an election promise and should wait until after the next election before introducing a carbon pollution tax 59% 33% 86% 26%
    The Prime Minister is showing strong leadership on an issue of national importance 27% 51% 7% 67%
    Don’t know 13% 16% 7% 7%

    59% agree are more likely to think that the Prime Minister has broken an election promise and should wait until after the next election before introducing a carbon pollution tax and 27% believe she is showing strong leadership on an issue of national importance.

    Opinions are strongly related to voting intention although a substantial minority (33%) of Labor voters agree that the Prime Minister has broken an election promise and should wait.

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  • Mar, 2011

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    Action on Climate Change

    Q. Do you think the Government needs to take action on climate change as soon as possible, should they wait a few years before taking action or don’t they need to take any action at all?

    Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
    Need to take action as soon as possible 47% 60% 33% 85%
    Can wait a few years before taking action 24% 19% 33% 8%
    Don’t need to take any action 19% 9% 29% 3%
    Don’t know 11% 12% 5% 4%

    Nearly half of respondents (47%) believe that the Government needs to take action on climate change as soon as possible, 24% think they can wait and 19% think they do not need to take any action.

    52% of respondents aged under 35 think they need to take action as soon as possible compared to 44% of those aged 55+.

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