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  • Sep, 2015

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    Better Prime Minister

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

      Total   Vote Lab Vote Lib/
    Nat
    Vote Grn Vote Other   Oct 2013 June 2014 Dec 2014 Mar 2015 Jun 2015 Jul 2015 Aug 2015
    Tony Abbott 32% 3% 77% 2% 21% 41% 36% 31% 33% 38% 37% 36%
    Bill Shorten 35% 72% 5% 60% 23% 22% 40% 36% 37% 33% 30% 32%
    Don’t know 32% 25% 17% 39% 56% 37% 24% 33% 30% 29% 33% 31%

    32% (down 4% since July) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 35% (up 3%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.

    Women increasingly prefer Bill Shorten (35% up from 32% in July). Women are less likely to prefer Tony Abbot than in July (29% down from 36% in July).

    35% of men prefer Tony Abbott and 36% prefer Bill Shorten.

    Tony Abbott is the preferred PM in NSW (37% compared to 29% from Bill Shorten), but Bill Shorten is preferred in QLD (33% compared to 30%) and VIC (39% compared to 32%).

  • Jul, 2015

    Better Prime Minister

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

      Total   Vote Lab Vote Lib/
    Nat
    Vote GRN Vote Other   Oct 13 Mar 14 June 14 Sep 14 Dec 14 Mar 15 Apr 15 May 15 Jun 15
    Tony Abbott 37% 9% 83% 1% 33% 41% 39% 36% 35% 31% 33% 32% 35% 38%
    Bill Shorten 30% 61% 3% 54% 23% 22% 33% 40% 36% 36% 37% 35% 32% 33%
    Don’t know 33% 30% 14% 45% 44% 37% 28% 24% 30% 33% 30% 33% 33% 29%

    37% (down 1% since June) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 30% (down 3%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister. This is Tony Abbott’s best result since April last year.

    38% of men prefer Tony Abbott and 31% prefer Bill Shorten – and women prefer Tony Abbott 36% to 29%.

  • May, 2015

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    Better Prime Minister

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

      Total   Vote Lab Vote Lib/
    Nat
    Vote Grn Vote Other   Oct 2013 June 2014 Dec 2104 Jan 2015 Feb 2015 Mar 2015 Apr 2015
    Tony Abbott 35% 4% 78% 11% 32% 41% 36% 31% 35% 31% 33% 32%
    Bill Shorten 32% 70% 4% 43% 15% 22% 40% 36% 37% 39% 37% 35%
    Don’t know 33% 26% 18% 46% 53% 37% 24% 33% 28% 30% 30% 33%

    35% (up 3% since April) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 32% (down 3%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.

    This is the first month Tony Abbott has been preferred over Bill Shorten since November last year.

    41% of men prefer Tony Abbott and 31% prefer Bill Shorten – and women prefer Bill Shorten 34% to 29%.

  • Apr, 2015

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    Better Prime Minister

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

      Total   Vote Lab Vote Lib/
    Nat
    Vote Greens Vote Other   Oct 2013 Mar 2014 June 2014 Dec 2104 Jan 2015 Feb 2015 Mar 2015
    Tony Abbott 32% 4% 76% 2% 19% 41% 39% 36% 31% 35% 31% 33%
    Bill Shorten 35% 69% 5% 62% 23% 22% 33% 40% 36% 37% 39% 37%
    Don’t know 33% 26% 19% 36% 57% 37% 28% 24% 33% 28% 30% 30%

    32% (down 1% since March) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 35% (down 2%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.

    36% of men prefer Tony Abbott and 36% prefer Bill Shorten – and women prefer Bill Shorten 34% to 29%.

  • Mar, 2015

    Better Prime Minister

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

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/
    Nat

    Vote Green

    Vote Other

     

    Oct 2013

    Mar 2014

    June 2014

    Sep 2014

    Dec 2104

    Jan 2015

    Feb 2015

    Tony Abbott

    33%

    4%

    77%

    4%

    22%

    41%

    39%

    36%

    35%

    31%

    35%

    31%

    Bill Shorten

    37%

    77%

    8%

    56%

    26%

    22%

    33%

    40%

    36%

    36%

    37%

    39%

    Don’t know

    30%

    19%

    15%

    41%

    52%

    37%

    28%

    24%

    30%

    33%

    28%

    30%

    33% (up 2% since February) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 37% (down 2%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.

    36% of men prefer Tony Abbott and 37% prefer Bill Shorten – and women prefer Bill Shorten 38% to 29%.

  • Feb, 2015

    Better Prime Minister

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

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote Other

     

    Oct 2013

    Mar 2014

    June 2014

    Sep 2014

    Dec 2104

    Jan 2015

    Tony Abbott

    31%

    5%

    75%

    4%

    22%

    41%

    39%

    36%

    35%

    31%

    35%

    Bill Shorten

    39%

    78%

    6%

    59%

    24%

    22%

    33%

    40%

    36%

    36%

    37%

    Don’t know

    30%

    18%

    18%

    36%

    55%

    37%

    28%

    24%

    30%

    33%

    28%

    31% (down 4% since January) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 39% (up 2%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.

    34% of men prefer Tony Abbott and 41% prefer Bill Shorten – and women prefer Bill Shorten 38% to 28%.

  • Jan, 2015

    Better Prime Minister

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

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/
    Nat

    Vote Green

    Vote Other

     

    Oct 2013

    Mar 2014

    June 2014

    Sep 2014

    Oct 2014

    Nov 2014

    Dec 2104

    Tony Abbott

    35%

    7%

    82%

    6%

    28%

    41%

    39%

    36%

    35%

    38%

    36%

    31%

    Bill Shorten

    37%

    73%

    3%

    71%

    27%

    22%

    33%

    40%

    36%

    32%

    34%

    36%

    Don’t know

    28%

    20%

    15%

    23%

    45%

    37%

    28%

    24%

    30%

    30%

    29%

    33%

    35% (up 4% since December) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 37% (up 1%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.

    37% of men prefer Tony Abbott and 37% prefer Bill Shorten – and women prefer Bill Shorten 38% to 33%.

  • Nov, 2014

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    Better Prime Minister

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

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/
    Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote Other

     

    Oct 13

    Mar 14

    June 14

    July 14

    Aug 14

    Sep 14

    Oct 14

    Tony Abbott

    36%

    8%

    82%

    4%

    28%

    41%

    39%

    36%

    34%

    37%

    35%

    38%

    Bill Shorten

    34%

    67%

    3%

    61%

    29%

    22%

    33%

    40%

    37%

    36%

    36%

    32%

    Don’t know

    29%

    25%

    15%

    36%

    43%

    37%

    28%

    24%

    29%

    27%

    30%

    30%

    36% (down 2% since October) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 34% (up 2%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.

    Men prefer Tony Abbott 40% to 33% and women prefer Bill Shorten 36% to 32%.

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