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  • Mar, 2013

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    Main reason for voting Labor

    Q. Which of the following is the main reason you would vote for the Labor Party if there was an election today?

    I always vote for the Labor Party

    28%

    The Labor Party has been a good Government

    11%

    The Liberal Party would not be a good Government

    4%

    I don’t want Tony Abbott to be Prime Minister

    35%

    The Labor Party have better policies than the Liberal Party

    10%

    I would be personally better off under a Labor Government

    8%

    Other reason

    2%

    Don’t know

    2%

    More than one third said the main reason they would be voting Labor was they don’t want Tony Abbott as Prime Minister.

    28% said they always vote Labor and 11% said the Labor Party had been a good Government.

  • Mar, 2013

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    Better Prime Minister

    Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott?

     

    5
    Jul 10

    14 Mar 11

    14 Jun

    12 Sept

    12 Dec

    12 Mar 12

    12 Jun

    10 Sep

    10 Dec

    14 Jan 13

    11 Feb

    11 Mar

    Vote
    ALP 

    Vote Lib

    Vote Gre
    ens

    Julia Gillard

    53%

    44%

    41%

    36%

    39%

    40%

    37%

    40%

    43%

    42%

    39%

    39%

    84%

    6%

    71%

    Tony Abbott

    26%

    33%

    36%

    40%

    35%

    37%

    37%

    37%

    34%

    33%

    37%

    39%

    2%

    80%

    3%

    Don’t know

    21%

    23%

    24%

    24%

    26%

    23%

    26%

    24%

    23%

    24%

    24%

    22%

    14%

    13%

    25%

    39% (no change) believe Julia Gillard would make the better Prime Minister and 39% (up 2%) prefer Tony Abbott.

    Men prefer Tony Abbott 41%/36% and women prefer Julia Gillard 42%/37%.

  • Feb, 2013

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    Expectations of a Liberal/National Government

    Q. If the Labor Party lost the next election, do you think the following would be better or worse under a Liberal/National Government led by Tony Abbott?

     

    A lot better

    A little better

    Stay much the same

    A little worse

    A lot worse

    Don’t use

    NET (Better-Worse)

    Political leadership

    16%

    19%

    27%

    10%

    24%

    4%

    +1

    Trust in Government

    13%

    19%

    29%

    12%

    22%

    4%

    -2

    Unemployment

    7%

    18%

    39%

    13%

    19%

    5%

    -7

    The economy overall

    16%

    22%

    31%

    12%

    16%

    4%

    +10

    The cost of living

    6%

    19%

    36%

    14%

    21%

    4%

    -10

    Interest rates

    5%

    13%

    48%

    14%

    16%

    5%

    -12

    Health services

    6%

    19%

    36%

    16%

    20%

    4%

    -11

    Job security

    7%

    17%

    36%

    14%

    22%

    4%

    -12

    Workers rights and conditions

    5%

    13%

    37%

    15%

    25%

    5%

    -22

    Company profits

    13%

    28%

    37%

    6%

    10%

    6%

    +25

    The environment

    5%

    13%

    47%

    11%

    21%

    4%

    -14

    Job creation

    8%

    20%

    39%

    13%

    16%

    4%

    -1

    Public services

    6%

    15%

    42%

    13%

    20%

    4%

    -12

    Benefits for people on Government support – such as pensioners and the unemployed

    5%

    13%

    39%

    16%

    23%

    5%

    -21

    Your personal financial situation

    6%

    16%

    42%

    15%

    16%

    4%

    -9

    Under a Liberal Government, respondents though that the economy overall (+10) and company profits (+25) would be better.

    However they were more likely to think that workers rights and conditions (-22), benefits for people on Government support  (-21), the environment (-14), interest rates (-12), job security (-12), public services, health services (-11) and the cost of living (-10) would all be worse. 22% think their own financial situation will be better, 31% think it will be worse and 42% much the same.

  • Feb, 2013

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    Liberals ready to govern

    Q. Do you think the Liberal Party led by Tony Abbott has shown it has the policies and leadership to be ready to govern?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Liberals are ready to govern

    36%

    6%

    72%

    4%

    Liberals are not ready to govern

    45%

    82%

    12%

    79%

    Don’t know

    19%

    13%

    16%

    17%

    36% think that the Liberal Party has the policies and leadership to be ready to govern and 45% think they do not. 72% of Liberal/National voters think they are ready to govern.

    41% of men and 32% of women think they are ready to govern.

  • Feb, 2013

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    Better Prime Minister

    Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott?

     

    5
    Jul
    10

    14
    Mar
    11

    14 June

    12 Sept

    12 Dec

    12 Mar 12

    12
    Jun

    10 Sept

    10 Dec

    14
    Jan
    13

    11
    Feb

    Vote
    ALP

    Vote Lib

    Vote Greens

    Julia Gillard

    53%

    44%

    41%

    36%

    39%

    40%

    37%

    40%

    43%

    42%

    39%

    82%

    5%

    69%

    Tony Abbott

    26%

    33%

    36%

    40%

    35%

    37%

    37%

    37%

    34%

    33%

    37%

    6%

    75%

    6%

    Don’t know

    21%

    23%

    24%

    24%

    26%

    23%

    26%

    24%

    23%

    24%

    24%

    12%

    20%

    25%

    39% (down 3%) believe Julia Gillard would make the better Prime Minister and 37% (up 4%) prefer Tony Abbott.

    Men prefer Tony Abbott 41%/38% and women prefer Julia Gillard 39%/33%.

  • Feb, 2013

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    Will the Coalition deliver a surplus

    Q. Do you think that if Tony Abbott and Coalition win the next election, they will deliver a budget surplus in their first year of Government?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Probably will deliver a surplus

    19%

    10%

    31%

    14%

    Probably won’t deliver a surplus

    60%

    74%

    52%

    66%

    Don’t know

    20%

    16%

    18%

    20%

    60% think that if Tony Abbott and Coalition win the next election, they probably won’t deliver a budget surplus in their first year of Government and 19% think they probably will.

    A majority of all demographic and voter groups (including Liberal/National voters) think the Coalition will probably not deliver a surplus in their first year if elected.

  • Jan, 2013

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    Better Prime Minister

    Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott?

     

    5 Jul 2010

    14 Mar 2011

    14 June

    12 Sept

    12 Dec

    12 Mar 2012

    12 Jun

    10 Sept

    10 Dec

    14 Jan 2013

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Julia Gillard

    53%

    44%

    41%

    36%

    39%

    40%

    37%

    40%

    43%

    42%

    89%

    5%

    84%

    Tony Abbott

    26%

    33%

    36%

    40%

    35%

    37%

    37%

    37%

    34%

    33%

    1%

    73%

    3%

    Don’t know

    21%

    23%

    24%

    24%

    26%

    23%

    26%

    24%

    23%

    24%

    10%

    22%

    14%

    42% (down 1%) believe Julia Gillard would make the better Prime Minister and 33% (down 1%) prefer Tony Abbott.

    Men prefer Julia Gillard 39%/38% and women prefer Julia Gillard 46%/29%.

  • Jan, 2013

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    Leader Attributes – Tony Abbott

    Q. Which of the following describe your opinion of the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott?

     

    5 Jul 10

    4 Oct 10

    7 Feb 11

    27 Jun 11

    2 Apr 12

    17 Sept 12

    14 Jan 13

    Change

    Intelligent

    70%

    71%

    64%

    61%

    56%

    62%

    64%

    +2%

    Hard-working

    76%

    78%

    72%

    75%

    68%

    67%

    70%

    +3%

    A capable leader

    47%

    52%

    48%

    45%

    41%

    37%

    43%

    +6%

    Arrogant

    59%

    60%

    58%

    60%

    61%

    63%

    61%

    -2%

    Out of touch with ordinary people

    57%

    53%

    54%

    57%

    54%

    57%

    54%

    -3%

    Understands the problems facing Australia

    50%

    53%

    50%

    48%

    49%

    43%

    47%

    +4%

    Visionary

    32%

    31%

    27%

    27%

    26%

    29%

    28%

    -1%

    Superficial

    45%

    49%

    49%

    51%

    48%

    -3%

    Good in a crisis

    40%

    42%

    41%

    40%

    36%

    35%

    39%

    +4%

    Narrow-minded

    56%

    53%

    51%

    54%

    54%

    59%

    56%

    -3%

    More honest than most politicians

    33%

    32%

    31%

    32%

    30%

    27%

    29%

    +2%

    Trustworthy

    33%

    35%

    34%

    32%

    32%

    30%

    33%

    +3%

    Intolerant

    53%

    49%

    -4%

    Aggressive

    59%

    55%

    -4%

    Erratic

    51%

    51%

    Abbott’s key attributes were hard-working (70%), intelligent (64%), arrogant (61%), narrow-minded (56%), aggressive (55%) and out of touch with ordinary people (54%).

    Since September last year, Tony Abbott has improved his ratings a little on most positive attributes – the biggest shift being for a capable leader (+6%).

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