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Special Morgan Poll ‘Qualitative Research’, conducted on June 4-9, 2008, asked electors to describe those ‘concerns’ they have for the way the ALP Government and L-NP Opposition are handling their jobs, and their concerns for Prime Minister Kevin Rudd and Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson’s job performance.

When asked “What, if anything, ‘concerns’ you about the way the Labor Government in Canberra is now running the country?” electors (10%) are most ‘concerned’ about the ALP Government’s ‘Economic Management’ with more L-NP supporters (12.5%) ‘concerned’ than ALP supporters (9%) or Greens supporters (8.5%).

Petrol prices are a ‘concern’ for 9% of electors with ALP supporters (11%) the most ‘concerned’ ahead of Greens supporters (9.5%) and L-NP supporters (6%).

‘Leadership within the ALP Government’ is a ‘concern’ of 9% of electors. L-NP supporters (16%) are far more ‘concerned’ about ‘Leadership within the ALP Government’ than ALP supporters (5%) or Greens supporters (4%). L-NP supporters (8.5%) cited inaction through too many meetings/committees and a lack of leadership attributes (i.e. Courage, charisma and strength) as major ‘concerns’.

When asked “What, if anything, ‘concerns’ you about the way the Liberal-National Coalition in Canberra is now handling its job in Opposition?”, Leadership is a significant ‘concern’ amongst electors (17.5%) with L-NP supporters (21%) more ‘concerned’ than ALP supporters (15.5%). The leadership attributes of ‘Courage, charisma and strength’ were cited by Liberal (11%), Labor (8.5%) and National Party (7%) supporters as Coalition ‘concerns’; and National Party supporters (10%) are ‘concerned’ that the L-NP Opposition does not deliver alternative policies.

Petrol prices are a major Coalition ‘concern’ to 15.5% of National Party supporters. Many National Party supporters (5%) said they did not see the point of FuelWatch.

When asked “What, if anything, ‘concerns’ you about the way Kevin Rudd is handling his job as Prime Minister?” electors say that they are most ‘concerned’ about Rudd’s Leadership (8%). L-NP supporters (13%) and Greens supporters (8%) are more ‘concerned’ than ALP supporters (3.5%). L-NP supporters cited perceived inaction through too many meetings/committees (8%) and the lack of the leadership attributes of courage, charisma and strength (4%) as their major ‘Leadership concerns’.

When asked, “What, if anything, ‘concerns’ you about the way Brendan Nelson is handling his job as Opposition Leader?” 17% of electors cited ‘Leadership concerns’ about Brendan Nelson. L-NP supporters (20.5%) are the most ‘concerned’ about Brendan Nelson’s leadership, ahead of ALP supporters (15%) and Greens supporters (14%). L-NP supporters (12%) were specifically ‘concerned’ that Nelson lacks the Leadership attributes of ‘Courage, charisma and strength.’

Disunity/ Party instability/ Infighting around Brendan Nelson is a ‘concern’ for 8% of electors. Supporters of the ALP (9%) are most ‘concerned’ about the handling of Disunity/ Party instability/ Infighting by Brendan Nelson compared to L-NP supporters (7%) and Greens supporters (5%).

This Special Morgan Poll on ‘Concerns’ about the ALP and L-NP parties and their respective leaders Kevin Rudd and Brendan Nelson was conducted during the week of June 4-9, 2008, with an Australia-wide cross-section of 1,086 electors.

Table 1 — “Concerns” about the ALP Government

Question - What, if anything, "concerns" you about the way the Labor Government in Canberra is now running the country?

	Total	ALP	L-NP	Lib	NP#	Greens	Family First#	Others	Can't Say#
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Economic Management "Concerns"
Economy (General)	8.5	7	11.5	11.5	7.5	7.5	13.5	7.5	3
Inflation	3.5	3	3.5	3.5	2.5	4	13	6.5	*
Interest rates	3	3.5	4	4	*	1	6.5	2	*
Total - Economic Management "Concerns"	10	9	12.5	12.5	7.5	8.5	19.5	7.5	3
Petrol "Concerns"
Fuel prices	6.5	8	4.5	5	2.5	5	26.5	5	5
Not enough to keep price down	2	3	0.5	0.5	*	4.5	*	4.5	*
Don't see point of "FuelWatch"	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	*	*	*	*	*
Total - Petrol "Concerns"	9	11	6	6	2.5	9.5	26.5	9	5
Leadership "Concerns"
Inaction / Too much "Talk" / Too many meetings / Committees	5	4	8.5	8.5	10.5	2	*	3	*
Lacks leadership attributes (i.e. Courage / Charisma / Strength, etc.)	1.5	0.5	3.5	3.5	5	1	*	*	*
Decision-making ability/ Indecisive	1.5	0.5	3	2.5	10.5	1	*	2	*
Doesn't provide a good alternative / Just agrees with everything	0.5	*	0.5	0.5	*	*	*	*	*
Wrong person leading the party	0.5	*	1	1	4.5	9	*	1.5	*
Total - Leadership "Concerns"	9	5	16	15.5	25.5	4	*	7	*
Lack of support for pensioners/ low income/ single parents	6.5	6.5	6.5	6	13	10.5	*	10.5	*
Honesty/ Broken promises/ Don’t trust him/ them	6	5	8	8	10	4.5	*	11	2.5
Approach to the environment/ Climate Change/ Global Warming etc	4.5	5	1.5	1	11.5	16	6.5	2	*
Too early to tell	3.5	5.5	2.5	2	5	2.5	6.5	1	4
Dislike of current or proposed policies/ Lack of policies	3.5	0.5	7	7	*	3	*	2	*
Experience (lack of)	3	0.5	7	7.5	*	1	*	2	5
Taxation issues	3	3.5	1	1	*	5	*	7	2.5
Trying to do too much	3	3	3.5	3.5	5	1	*	2	2.5
Health issues/ Hospitals (unspec)	2.5	2.5	4	3.5	8	3	6.5	2	*
Unions (controlled by)/ Union attachment/ Union people	2.5	0.5	5.5	5.5	5	2	6.5	2	*
Don’t like the Budget/ way they are spending/ allocating resources	2.5	1.5	4.5	4.5	5	2	*	*	*
(All other "Concerns" 2% or less)
Total mentioned a "Concern"	65	54.5	76	75.5	80	75	73.5	63.5	36
Nothing	27.5	38	18	18.5	10	20	20	21.5	40.5
Can't Say	7.5	7.5	6	6	10	5	6.5	15	23.5
TOTAL	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

Note: Some Electors gave more than one "Concern"; * Less than 0.5%; # Sample size = n < 50.

Table 2 — “Concerns” about the Liberal-National Coalition

Question - What, if anything, "concerns" you about the way the Liberal National Coalition in Canberra is now handling it's job in Opposition?

	Total	ALP	L-NP	Lib	NP#	Greens	Family First#	Others	Can't Say#
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Leadership "Concerns"
Lacks leadership attributes (i.e. Courage / Charisma / Strength, etc.)	8.5	8.5	10.5	11	7	3.5	*	7.5	4
Wrong person leading the party	5.5	4	7	6.5	10	3	7	11.5	*
Inaction / Too much "Talk" / Too many meetings / Committees	3	3	3	3	5	2.5	*	2	6.5
Doesn't provide a good alternative / Just agrees with everything	2	2	2	1.5	10	4	*	2	*
Decision-making ability/ Indecisive	1	0.5	1	1	*	*	14	3.5	*
Total - Leadership "Concerns"	17.5	15.5	21	21	27	11.5	21	24	10.5
Disunity/ Party instability/ Disarray/ Infighting/ Lack of party support	16.5	14	21	20.5	25.5	16.5	7	15.5	7.5
Negativity/ shifting blame/ stuck in the past/ muckracking	7	9	3.5	3.5	5	9.5	*	11.5	6.5
Wrong person leading the party	5.5	4	7	6.5	10	3	7	11.5	*
Dislike of current or proposed policies/ Lack of policies	5.5	5	5	5	5	8.5	20.5	6.5	*
Not doing a good job (unspecified)	4	3.5	4.5	4.5	5	2	*	11	*
Petrol "Concerns"
Fuel prices	1	1	2	1.5	10.5	*	*	*	*
Not enough to keep price down	0.5	*	0.5	0.5	5	1	*	*	*
Don't see point of "FuelWatch"	*	*	0.5	*	5	*	*	*	*
Total - Petrol "Concerns"	1.5	1	3	2	15.5	1	*	*	*
(All other "Concerns" 1% or less)
Total mentioned a "Concern"	55.5	56	58	58	58.5	56	41.5	59.5	27
Nothing	31.5	30.5	31.5	31	39	33.5	39	23	42
Can't Say	13	13.5	10.5	11	2.5	10.5	19.5	17.5	31
TOTAL	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

Note: Some Electors gave more than one "Concern"; * Less than 0.5%; # Sample size = n < 50.

Table 3 — “Concerns” about Prime Minister Rudd

Question - What, if anything, "concerns" you about the way Kevin Rudd is handling his job as Prime Minister?

	Total	ALP	L-NP	Lib	NP#	Greens	Family First#	Others	Can't Say#
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Leadership "Concerns"
Inaction / Too much "Talk" / Too many meetings / Committees	4.5	2.5	8	8	5	4	*	5.5	2.5
Lacks leadership attributes (i.e. Courage / Charisma / Strength, etc.)	2	0.5	4	4	*	1	7	1.5	2.5
Decision-making ability/ Indecisive	1.5	0.5	2	2	*	2	*	3.5	2.5
Doesn't provide a good alternative / Just agrees with everything	0.5	*	0.5	0.5	*	1	*	*	*
Total - Leadership "Concerns"	8	3.5	13	13.5	5	8	7	11	5
Trying to do too much	7	9	6.5	6	10	5	*	5.5	*
Honesty / Broken promises / Don't trust him	6	2	11	11	10	6.5	5.5	8.5	5
Too early to tell	3.5	3.5	3	3	5	4.5	*	3.5	8
Too controlling/ dictating/ Needs to listen more	2.5	2.5	3.5	3.5	*	3	7	2	*
Economic Management "Concerns"
Economy (General)	2	1	3	3.5	*	2.5	13.5	2.5	*
Inflation	0.5	0.5	0.5	0.5	*	1.5	*	*	*
Interest rates	0.5	*	1.5	1.5	*	*	6.5	1.5	*
Total - Economic Management "Concerns"	2.5	1	3.5	3.5	*	2.5	13.5	2.5	*
Petrol "Concerns"
Fuel prices	1	1	1	1	*	1.5	13.5	1.5	*
Not enough to keep price down	0.5	0.5	1.5	1	5	*	*	2	*
Don't see point of "FuelWatch"	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*	*
Total - Petrol "Concerns"	2	1.5	2	2	5	1.5	13.5	3.5	*
Disconnected/ Out of touch	2	1	2.5	2.5	*	4.5	13.5	*	*
Overworking his staff/ public service staff/ Expectations are too high	2	3	1.5	1.5	*	1	*	*	*
(All other "Concerns" 1.5% or less)
Total mentioned a "Concern"	46	34	61	61.5	55	46.5	52.5	49.5	25.5
Nothing	47	60	32.5	32.5	28	49	47.5	40	47.5
Can't Say	7	6	6.5	6	17	4.5	0	10.5	27
TOTAL	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

Note: Some Electors gave more than one "Concern"; * Less than 0.5%; # Sample size = n < 50.

Table 4 — “Concerns” about Opposition Leader Brendan Nelson

Question - What, if anything, "concerns" you about the way Brendan Nelson is handling his job as Opposition Leader?