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  • Dec, 2009

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    Tony Abbott and Industrial Relations

    Q.  The new Liberal leader Tony Abbott says that the Rudd Government went too far with their industrial relations laws when they got rid of the Howard Government’s WorkChoices laws. Do you agree or disagree?

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    Total agree 37%
    Total disagree 45%
    Strongly agree 13%
    Agree 24%
    Disagree 22%
    Strongly disagree 23%
    Don’t know 18%

    45% of people disagree with Tony Abbott’s statement that the Rudd Government went too far with their industrial relations laws when they got rid of the Howard Government’s WorkChoices.   37% agree with Abbott’s statement that the Rudd Government has gone too far with industrial relations reform and 18% don’t know.

    Results followed party lines – 76% of Coalition voters agree and 74% of Labor voters disagree with Abbott’s statements regarding the Rudd Government’s industrial relations reforms.   Green voters were more likely to disagree with Abbott (62%).

    Males were more likely than females to agree with Abbott’s statement (41% v 33%).   People aged 55 years and over were also more likely to agree with Abbott (47%).

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  • Nov, 2009

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    Approval of the Prime Minister

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

    12 Jan 09 9 Feb 09 30 Mar 09 18 May 09 29 Jun 09 10 Aug 09 28 Sept 09 9 Nov 09 30 Nov 09
    Strongly approve 14% 17% 21% 14% 14% 13% 15% 14% 9%
    Approve 52% 50% 50% 48% 48% 47% 51% 47% 47%
    Disapprove 16% 15% 14% 18% 18% 17% 17% 19% 20%
    Strongly disapprove 6% 8% 7% 11% 9% 10% 6% 13% 15%
    Don’t know 11% 9% 9% 9% 11% 12% 11% 8% 10%
    Total approve 66% 67% 71% 62% 62% 60% 66% 61% 56%
    Total disapprove 22% 23% 21% 29% 29% 27% 23% 32% 35%

    56% of people surveyed approve of the job Kevin Rudd is doing as Prime Minister and 35% disapprove.  Kevin Rudd’s approval rating has decreased five percentage points since we last asked this question in November and his disapproval rating has increased three percentage points.  Rudd’s approval rating is the lowest and the disapproval rating is the highest recorded over the last year.

    Approval followed party lines – Labor voters were more likely to approve of the job Kevin Rudd is doing as Prime Minister (91%) while Coalition voters were more likely to disapprove (74%).   21% of Coalition voters approve of the job Kevin Rudd is doing as Prime Minister.

    The net rating (approve minus disapprove) is +21%.

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