challenges facing women, discrimination, discrimination against women, quotas, sexism, women
Q. Would you support or oppose the Liberal Party adopting quotas to increase number of Liberal women in the parliament?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | ||
| Total support | 61% | 63% | 68% | 68% | 50% | |
| Total oppose | 21% | 18% | 27% | 14% | 35% | |
| Strongly support | 19% | 17% | 21% | 32% | 18% | |
| Support | 42% | 46% | 47% | 36% | 32% | |
| Oppose | 14% | 12% | 16% | 13% | 23% | |
| Strongly oppose | 7% | 6% | 11% | 1% | 12% | |
| Don’t know | 18% | 19% | 5% | 18% | 15% |
61% support the Liberal Party adopting quotas to increase number of Liberal women in the parliament and 21% oppose.
68% of Liberal National voters support quotas for women and 27% oppose.
56% of men support quotas for women compared to 65% of women.
16 October 2012, 161012, aggression, Australia's interests, challenges facing women, embarrassing, gender wars, parental leave, religious beliefs, temperament, tony abbott
Q. Thinking about the leader of the Opposition, Tony Abbott, please indicate yes or no for each of the following statements:
|
Total |
Vote |
Vote |
Vote |
Men |
Women |
|
| Has the right temperament to be Prime Minister |
42% |
13% |
77% |
10% |
44% |
39% |
| Would be embarrassing as Prime Minister of Australia |
50% |
78% |
19% |
83% |
49% |
50% |
| Is someone that can effectively represent Australia’s interests |
43% |
11% |
82% |
8% |
45% |
40% |
| Will serve my interests as Prime Minister |
39% |
7% |
81% |
6% |
42% |
37% |
| Is too influenced by their religious beliefs |
40% |
62% |
19% |
73% |
43% |
38% |
| Is the best person to lead their party |
33% |
10% |
62% |
7% |
36% |
30% |
| Is someone that understands the challenges facing Australian women |
39% |
10% |
74% |
5% |
42% |
36% |
| Has good parental leave policies |
44% |
17% |
76% |
19% |
45% |
42% |
| Has difficulty controlling their aggression |
44% |
68% |
19% |
73% |
45% |
44% |
Exactly half the respondents agree that Tony Abbott would be embarrassing as Prime Minister of Australia. On all other statements he scored less than 50%. His main negatives were that only 33% agree he is the best person to lead their party, 39% agree he will serve my interests as Prime Minister and 39% agree he is someone that understands the challenges facing Australian women.
The main differences by gender were on the statements that he is someone that understands the challenges facing Australian women (men 42%/women 36%), the best person to lead their party (36%/30%), has the right temperament to be Prime Minister (44%/39%), can effectively represent Australia’s interests (45%/40%), will serve my interests as Prime Minister (42%/37%) and too influenced by their religious beliefs (43%/38%). On each of these statements women scored Tony Abbott lower than men did.
16 October 2012, 161012, Abbott vs Gillard, aggression, Australia's interest, challenges facing women, embarrassing, Julia Gillard, religious beliefs, temperament, tony abbott
|
Tony Abbott |
Julia |
|
|
| Has the right temperament to be Prime Minister |
42% |
58% |
Has the right temperament to be Prime Minister |
| Would be embarrassing as Prime Minister of Australia |
50% |
43% |
Is embarrassing as Prime Minister of Australia |
| Is someone that can effectively represent Australia’s interests |
43% |
46% |
Is someone that can effectively represent Australia’s interests |
| Will serve my interests as Prime Minister |
39% |
36% |
Serves my interests as Prime Minister |
| Is too influenced by their religious beliefs |
40% |
16% |
Is too influenced by their religious beliefs |
| Is the best person to lead their party |
33% |
36% |
Is the best person to lead their party |
| Is someone that understands the challenges facing Australian women |
39% |
62% |
Is someone that understands the challenges facing Australian women |
| Has good parental leave policies |
44% |
53% |
Has good parental leave policies |
| Has difficulty controlling their aggression |
44% |
25% |
Has difficulty controlling their aggression |
The major perceived differences between the Prime Minister Julia Gillard and the Opposition Leader Tony Abbott were that Julia Gillard was more likely to be someone that “understands the challenges facing Australian women” (+23%), “has the right temperament to be Prime Minister” (+16%) and has “good parental leave policies” (+9%).
Tony Abbott was more likely to be associated with “too influenced by their religious beliefs” (+24%), “has difficulty controlling their aggression” (+19%) and “would be embarrassing as Prime Minister of Australia” (+7%).