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  • Jul, 2011

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    Approval of Julia Gillard

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister?

    Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard
    31 May

    2010

    19 Jul 20 Sep 20 Dec 17 Jan 2011 14 Feb 14 Mar 11 Apr 9 May 14 June 11 July
    Total approve 41% 52% 45% 43% 51% 48% 41% 37% 41% 34% 29%
    Total disapprove 47% 30% 37% 40% 36% 41% 46% 50% 48% 54% 62%
    Strongly approve 7% 11% 12% 10% 8% 9% 7% 7% 7% 6% 5%
    Approve 34% 41% 33% 33% 43% 39% 34% 30% 34% 28% 24%
    Disapprove 25% 17% 21% 24% 24% 25% 22% 25% 26% 29% 30%
    Strongly disapprove 22% 13% 16% 16% 12% 16% 24% 25% 22% 25% 32%
    Don’t know 12% 18% 19% 17% 14% 11% 13% 13% 11% 13% 9%

    29% (down 5%) approve of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister and 62% (up 8%) disapprove – a change in net rating from -20 to -33 over the last 4 weeks.

    72% of Labor voters approve (down 4%) and 20% disapprove (up 6%).

    By gender – men 31% approve/63% disapprove, women 28% approve/61% disapprove.

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  • Jun, 2011

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    Approval of Julia Gillard

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister?

    Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard
    31 May

    2010

    19 Jul 20 Sep 20 Dec 17 Jan 2011 14 Feb 14 Mar 11 Apr 9 May 14 June
    Total approve 41% 52% 45% 43% 51% 48% 41% 37% 41% 34%
    Total disapprove 47% 30% 37% 40% 36% 41% 46% 50% 48% 54%
    Strongly approve 7% 11% 12% 10% 8% 9% 7% 7% 7% 6%
    Approve 34% 41% 33% 33% 43% 39% 34% 30% 34% 28%
    Disapprove 25% 17% 21% 24% 24% 25% 22% 25% 26% 29%
    Strongly disapprove 22% 13% 16% 16% 12% 16% 24% 25% 22% 25%
    Don’t know 12% 18% 19% 17% 14% 11% 13% 13% 11% 13%

    34% (down 7%) approve of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister and 54% (up 6%) disapprove – a change in net rating from -7 to -20 over the last 5 weeks.

    76% of Labor voters approve (down 10%) and 14% disapprove (up 4%).

    By gender – men 34% approve/57% disapprove, women 35% approve/49% disapprove.

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  • Jun, 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?

    18 Jan

    2010

    29 Mar 5 Jul 20 Sep 20 Dec 17 Jan 2011 14 Feb 14 Mar 11 Apr 9 May 14 June
    Total approve 37% 33% 37% 43% 39% 42% 38% 38% 36% 42% 38%
    Total disapprove 37% 50% 47% 37% 39% 37% 46% 47% 48% 44% 48%
    Strongly approve 5% 8% 8% 12% 9% 7% 8% 7% 7% 8% 6%
    Approve 32% 25% 29% 31% 30% 35% 30% 31% 29% 34% 32%
    Disapprove 20% 28% 23% 21% 21% 22% 24% 24% 25% 25% 25%
    Strongly disapprove 17% 22% 24% 16% 18% 15% 22% 23% 23% 19% 23%
    Don’t know 26% 16% 16% 19% 22% 20% 16% 16% 17% 14% 15%

    38% (down 4%) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader and 48% (up 4%) disapprove – a change in net rating from -2 to -10 over the last 4 weeks.

    70% of Coalition voters approve and 20% disapprove.

    By gender – men 44% approve/47% disapprove, women 32% approve/49% disapprove.

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  • Oct, 2010

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    Approval of Julia Gillard

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister?

      Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard
      31 May 5 Jul 19 Jul 26 Jul 2 Aug 9 Aug 16 Aug 20 Sep 18 Oct
    Total approve 41% 48% 52% 49% 46% 45% 46% 45% 45%
    Total disapprove 47% 27% 30% 33% 38% 40% 40% 37% 37%
    Strongly approve 7% 14% 11% 12% 10% 13% 13% 12% 10%
    Approve 34% 34% 41% 37% 36% 32% 33% 33% 36%
    Disapprove 25% 13% 17% 19% 23% 24% 24% 21% 20%
    Strongly disapprove 22% 14% 13% 14% 15% 16% 16% 16% 17%
    Don’t know 12% 26% 18% 17% 15% 15% 13% 19% 18%

     45% approve of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister and 37% disapprove – showing no change from last months ratings.

     89% of Labor voters approve and 3% disapprove.

    By gender – men 45% approve/41% disapprove, women 45% approve/35% disapprove. Comments »

  • Oct, 2010

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    Attributes to describe the Prime Minister

    Q.  Which of the following describe your opinion of the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard?

      5 Jul 10 4 Oct 10 Difference
    Intelligent 87% 81% -6%
    Hard-working 89% 82% -7%
    A capable leader 72% 59% -13%
    Demanding 58% 58% 0%
    Arrogant 37% 39% 2%
    Out of touch with ordinary people 35% 44% 9%
    Understands the problems facing Australia 68% 55% -13%
    Visionary 48% 38% -10%
    Good in a crisis 61% 46% -15%
    Narrow-minded 28% 35% 7%
    Down to earth 68% 62% -6%
    Too inflexible 26% 36% 10%
    Complacent 27% 31% 4%
    More honest than most politicians 45% 37% -8%
    Trustworthy 49% 42% -7%

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  • Oct, 2010

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    Attributes to describe the Prime Minister – Gender difference

    Q.  Which of the following describe your opinion of the Prime Minister, Julia Gillard?

      Total Male Female
    Intelligent 81% 79% 84%
    Hard-working 82% 80% 83%
    A capable leader 59% 57% 61%
    Demanding 58% 62% 54%
    Arrogant 39% 38% 39%
    Out of touch with ordinary people 44% 47% 41%
    Understands the problems facing Australia 55% 53% 56%
    Visionary 38% 38% 38%
    Good in a crisis 46% 46% 46%
    Narrow-minded 35% 38% 31%
    Down to earth 62% 60% 65%
    Too inflexible 36% 40% 33%
    Complacent 31% 34% 28%
    More honest than most politicians 37% 39% 35%
    Trustworthy 42% 45% 39%

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  • Aug, 2010

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    Opinion of Julia Gillard

    Q. Since the election was called has your opinion of Julia Gillard and the Labor Party gone up or down?

      Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens   2 weeks ago
    Total gone up 21% 42% 8% 22%   19%
    Total gone down 40% 13% 67% 28%   42%
    Gone up a lot 6% 16% * 3%   6%
    Gone up a little 15% 26% 8% 19%   13%
    Stayed the same 35% 44% 23% 48%   32%
    Gone down a little 18% 12% 26% 15%   20%
    Gone down a lot 22% 1% 41% 13%   22%
    Don’t know 4% 1% 1% 2%   7%

    21% say their opinion of Julia Gillard and the Labor Party has gone up during the election campaign and 40% say it has gone down.

    This is a slight improvement on their position 2 weeks ago when opinion was 19% up and 42% down.

    By gender – men 20% up/43% down and women 23% up/36% down. Comments »

  • Aug, 2010

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    Approval of Julia Gillard

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister?

      Kevin Rudd Julia Gillard
      29 Mar 31 May 5 Jul 19 Jul 26 Jul 2 Aug 9 Aug 16 Aug
    Total approve 53% 41% 48% 52% 49% 46% 45% 46%
    Total disapprove 36% 47% 27% 30% 33% 38% 40% 40%
    Strongly approve 12% 7% 14% 11% 12% 10% 13% 13%
    Approve 41% 34% 34% 41% 37% 36% 32% 33%
    Disapprove 22% 25% 13% 17% 19% 23% 24% 24%
    Strongly disapprove 14% 22% 14% 13% 14% 15% 16% 16%
    Don’t know 12% 12% 26% 18% 17% 15% 15% 13%

     46% approve Julia Gillard’s performance as Prime Minister and 40% disapprove. Since this question was asked last week, approval has increased by 1% and disapproval is unchanged. 91% of Labor voters approve and only 3% disapprove. Among Liberal/National voters, 13% approve and 79% disapprove.

     By gender – men 44% approve/46% disapprove and women 48% approve/34% disapprove. Comments »

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