Australians don’t buy the Coalition’s argument that the government is engaging in “class warfare”, according to new polling from Essential Research. A quarter of the electorate don’t know what to think, but a near majority believe the government is trying to ensure all Australians benefit from the mining boom and other wealth derived from Australia’s […]
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Essential: Coalition needed for another global downturn
Australians acknowledge our relative economic health compared to the rest of the world, but wouldn’t trust Labor to lead us out of another economic downturn.
Essential Research: 56-44 to Coalition
This week’s Essential Research shows no real change in voting intention on last week, with the Coalition up a point on the primary vote to 49%, Labor and the Greens steady on 31% and 11%, reports William Bowe.
Newspoll and Essential: Abbott our preferred PM
Tony Abbott has seized the lead as preferred prime minister in the latest Newspoll, gaining four to 41% with Gillard down one to 39%. His approval ratings are up in both Essential and Newspoll, reports William Bowe.
Essential: the budget deficit is all Gillard’s fault
Voters blame the federal budget deficit mainly on economic mismanagement by the government, with the latest Essential Research poll also showing Labor’s primary vote taking a sharp cut.
Essential: they’re arrogant and out of touch, Gillard and Abbott
Julia Gillard is seen as a vastly less capable, intelligent and hard-working leader than she was two years ago, new polling reveals.
Essential: 56-44 to Coalition
The latest Essential Research poll shows virtually no change on last week, with the Coalition riding on 49 percent of the primary vote and Labor on 32 percent, reports William Bowe.
Are Rudd and Gillard really that different?
It’s hard to spot the differences between Julia Gillard and Kevin Rudd, except voters are done with Gillard.
Essential: 54-46 to Coalition
The latest Essential Research poll is unchanged on last week’s result — with a two-party preferred vote of 54-46 — except that the Greens are up a point to 10 per cent, reports William Bowe.
Essential Research: 54-46 to Coalition
The first Essential Research poll for the year has the two-party vote at the same place as the final poll last year, with the Coalition leading 54-46 two-party preferred, reports William Bowe.
Essential: Gillard will go, and Labor deserves no economic credit
Most voters believe Julia Gillard will lose the prime ministership within 12 months, with new polling recording more disapproval and predictions of doom for the Labor government.
Essential: both leaders end the year on the nose
Julia Gillard and Tony Abbott end the political year as deeply unpopular leaders, losing the faith of even more voters.
Is Labor’s ‘poor relationship with business’ such a bad thing?
Labor apparently has a bad relationship with business. But what exactly does that mean, and why do voters not have a problem with it?
Essential: divisions over Occupy, but we’re gunning for CSG
Voters support the concerns of the Occupy movement, but don’t support the protests themselves and are divided over whether police were justified in breaking them up, new polling shows.
Essential: we don’t like carbon tax any more now it’s passed
Opinion of the carbon tax has been little affected either by the government’s political success in negotiating it through the House of Representatives nor by the perceived unseemliness of the triumphalism that followed.
Essential: amid the economic gloom, Labor gets a primary boost
The latest weekly Essential Research survey offers more evidence of gloom about the economy, with 58% expecting conditions in Australia to worsen over the next 12 months. However, the pessimism is not quite as bad as first appears
Essential: Gillard a model of stability, Greens gain ground
For all the convulsions it has faced on the political front, in one respect the Gillard government has presented a model of stability in recent months: its opinion poll ratings, as measured by the weekly Essential Research report, have been set in stone since the middle of June.
Essential: we’ll cop a carbon tax with compensation
The federal government has failed to sway those opposed to a carbon tax, though more than half of voters are prepared to support it with compensation for lower income households, new polling finds.
Why Turnbull stays put and keeps quiet (sort of)
Malcolm Turnbull is determined to stick it out.
Essential Research: 56-44 to Coalition
Yet more polling woe for Labor, with the latest Essential Research poll putting the Coalition lead at a new high of 56-44, reports William Bowe.
What will lure people back to political parties?
Until parties empower their members and can convince them they can achieve something positive for society, voters won’t be interested.
Essential Research: 53-47 to Coalition
The latest Essential Research poll has the Coalition lead at 53-47, up from 52-48 last week. Labor is down to a primary vote of 34 percent, writes William Bowe.
Essential Research: 54-46 to Coalition
The latest Essential Research poll finds the parties locked in their post-carbon tax stasis, with the Coalition steady on 47 percent, Labor steady on 35 percent and the Greens up one to 10 percent, writes William Bowe.
Newspoll: 53-47 to Coalition; Essential Research: 54-46
The latest Newspoll is slightly less bad for Labor than what they’ve been growing accustomed to and the latest from Essential Research gives a status quo result, writes William Bowe.
Essential: we trust Negus and Oakes, but who’s Andrew Bolt?
Crikey / Jason Whittaker / Monday, 5 September 2011
We trust Laurie Oakes and George Negus to bring us the news. But not Alan Jones and Andrew Bolt, an Essential Research poll found.