Australia Heading In “Right” Or “Wrong” Direction Electors were asked: “Generally speaking, do you feel that things in Australia are heading in the right direction or would you say things are seriously heading in the wrong direction?”

Latest results of Roy Morgan Government Confidence Rating 2022-2023

Interviewing Dates	Right Direction	Wrong Direction	Can’t Say/No answer	Roy Morgan GCR*
2022
August 14	43.3%	38.7%	18.0%	104.6
August 21	42.2%	35.9%	21.9%	106.3
August 28	42.9%	39.3%	17.8%	103.5
September 4	46.9%	35.5%	17.7%	111.4
September 11	45.1%	36.6%	18.4%	108.5
September 18	50.6%	34.7%	14.7%	115.9
September 25	45.4%	38.5%	16.1%	106.9
October 2	46.7%	36.8%	16.5%	109.9
October 9	45.9%	36.9%	17.2%	109.0
October 16	43.6%	38.0%	18.5%	105.6
October 23	42.7%	40.8%	16.6%	101.9
October 30	45.0%	38.1%	16.9%	106.9
November 6	40.6%	43.9%	15.5%	96.7
November 13	41.8%	40.6%	17.6%	101.3
November 20	42.7%	39.6%	17.7%	103.1
November 27	42.7%	39.3%	18.0%	103.4
December 4	47.1%	35.2%	17.7%	112.0
December 11 (1 week)	44.1%	40.1%	15.8%	104.0
December 11 (2 weeks)	45.7%	37.9%	16.4%	107.8
December 16 (2 weeks)	45.5%	39.1%	15.4%	106.4
2023
January 8 (1 week)	46.5%	37.7%	15.8%	108.8
January 15 (2 weeks)	45.0%	38.5%	16.5%	106.5
January 22 (1 week)	44.7%	37.6%	17.7%	107.0
January 29 (2 weeks)	43.5%	38.7%	17.8%	104.9
February 5 (1 week)	42.5%	42.2%	15.3%	100.4
February 12 (1 week)	42.0%	41.6%	16.4%	100.4
February 19 (1 week)	42.4%	40.4%	17.2%	102.0
February 26 (1 week)	39.0%	43.5%	17.5%	95.5
March 5 (1 week)	40.0%	44.0%	16.0%	96.0
March 12 (1 week)	38.7%	45.4%	15.9%	93.3
March 19 (1 week)	39.7%	43.7%	16.6%	96.1
March 26 (1 week)	35.0%	47.9%	17.2%	87.1
April 2 (1 week)	38.8%	43.9%	17.3%	94.9
April 9 (1 week)	39.2%	43.7%	17.1%	95.4
April 16 (1 week)	39.8%	44.4%	15.8%	95.4
April 23 (1 week)	36.7%	46.3%	17.0%	90.4
April 30 (1 week)	36.5%	46.8%	16.7%	89.7
May 7 (1 week)	40.1%	45.0%	15.0%	95.1
May 14 (1 week)	40.2%	44.1%	15.7%	96.1
May 14 (2 weeks)	39.4%	45.1%	15.5%	94.2
May 21 (1 week)	39.2%	45.5%	15.3%	93.7
Change	-0.2%	0.4%	-0.2%

*Roy Morgan GCR = Roy Morgan Government Confidence Rating (100 plus the difference between the percentage of people who say the country is “going in the right direction” and the percentage who say the country is “going in seriously the wrong direction”).

Earlier results of Government Confidence Rating 2012-2022

		Right direction	Wrong direction	Roy Morgan GCR*	Can't say	Total
		%	%		%	%
Interviewing Dates — ALP Government (Julia Gillard v Tony Abbott). January 2012 - June 2013.
2012
2013
January 7/8	Face	43.5	40.5	103	16	100
January 17/18	Phone	48	40	108	12	100
January 14/15 & 21/22	Face	49	34	115	17	100
January 28/29	Face	47.5	36.5	111	16	100
February 4/5	Face	46.5	37	109.5	16.5	100
February 7/8	Phone	42	47	95	11	100
February 11/12 & 18/19	Face	42.5	41.5	101	16	100
February 25/26	Face	40	43.5	96.5	16.5	100
March 3/4	Face	41.5	42	99.5	16.5	100
March 10/11 & 17/18	Face	43	39	104	18	100
March 24/25	Face	41.5	42.5	99	16	100
March 31/April 1	Face	40.5	43.5	97	16	100
April 7/8 & 14/15	Face	40.5	43	97.5	16.5	100
April 17-19	Phone	41	44.5	96.5	14.5	100
April 21/22	Face	42.5	43	99.5	14.5	100
May 5/6	Face	39	47	92	14	100
May 9/10	Face	39	48	91	13	100
May 12/13	Face	45	39.5	105.5	15.5	100
May 19/20	Face	41.5	43.5	98	15	100
May 26/27	Face	39.5	44.5	95	16	100
June 2/3	Face	39.5	45.5	94	15	100
June 9/10	Face	38.5	41.5	97	20	100
June 16/17 & 23/34	Face	39	44	95	17	100
June 30/July 1 & 7/8	Face	38.5	44	94.5	17.5	100
July 14/15 & 21/22	Face	39.5	44	95.5	16.5	100
July 28/29 & August 4/5	Face	40.5	41.5	99	18	100
August 11/12 & 18/19	Face	42.5	42	100.5	15.5	100
September 1/2	Face	44	38.5	105.5	17.5	100
September 8/9 & 15/16	Face	42	42	100	16	100
September 17-20	Phone	39.5	48.5	91	12	100
September 22/23	Face	42.5	41	101.5	16.5	100
September 29/30 & October 6/7	Face	45	37	108	18	100
October 13/14 & 20/21	Face	44	37.5	106.5	18.5	100
October 20/21 & November 3/4	Face	44	39	105	17	100
November 10/11 & 17/18	Face	45.5	38	107.5	16.5	100
November 27-29	Phone	52	35.5	116.5	12.5	100
November 24/25 & December 1/2	Face	44	38	106	18	100
December 8/9 & 15/16	Face	43.5	38.5	105	18	100
January 5/6 & 12/13	Face	47	32.5	114.5	20.5	100
January 19/20 & 26/27	Face	46.5	34	112.5	19.5	100
February 2/3	Face	47.5	35	112.5	17.5	100
February 9/10	Face	40.5	40.5	100	19	100
February 16/17 & 23/24	Face	41	41	100	18	100
March 2/3	Face	40.5	43.5	97	16	100
March 9/10	Face	43	39	104	18	100
March 16/17	Face	47	35.5	111.5	17.5	100
March 23/24	Face	41	41.5	99.5	17.5	100
March 30/31	Face	41.5	43.5	98	15	100
April 6/7	Face	40.5	39	101.5	20.5	100
April 13/14	Face	41	40	101	19	100
April 20/21	Face	42.5	37	105.5	20.5	100
April 27/28	Face	41.5	36	105.5	22.5	100
May 4/5	Face	38	42	96	20	100
May 11/12	Face	42	39	103	19	100
May 18/19	Face	44	42	102	14	100
May 25/26	Face	40	43	97	17	100
June 1/2	Face	40	41.5	98.5	18.5	100
June 8/9	Face	40	41.5	98.5	18.5	100
June 15/16	Face	34.5	45	89.5	20.5	100
June 22/23	Face	38.5	45	93.5	16.5	100
Interviewing Dates — ALP Government (Kevin Rudd v Tony Abbott). June 2013 - August 2013.
June 29/30	Face	43.5	37.5	106	19	100
July 6/7	Face	43	36	107	21	100
July 13/14	Face	45	35.5	109.5	19.5	100
July 20/21	Face	48.5	33.5	115	18	100
July 27/28	Face	41	37	104	22	100
August 3/4	Face	40	40	100	20	100
August 10/11	Face	40.5	39.5	101	20	100
August 17/18	Face	42.5	38.5	104	19	100
August 24/25	Face	43.5	39	104.5	17.5	100
August 28/29	Phone	42	43	99	15	100
August 31/ September 1	Face	43.5	37	106.5	19.5	100
Interviewing Dates — L-NP Government (Tony Abbott v Chris Bowen). September 2013 - October 13, 2013.
September 21/22	Multi	42	31	111	27	100
October 5/6	Multi	42	29	113	29	100
Interviewing Dates — L-NP Government (Tony Abbott v Bill Shorten). October 13, 2013 - September 15, 2015.
October 19/20	Multi	42.5	28.5	114	29	100
November 2/3	Face	45.5	31	114.5	23.5	100
November 16/17	Face	48.5	32.5	116	19	100
November 30/ December 1	Face	48	35	113	17	100
December 7/8 & 14/15	Face	42	38.5	103.5	19.5	100
2014
January 4/5 & 11/12	Face	45	36	109	19	100
January 18/19 & 25/26	Face	41.5	39.5	102	19	100
February 1/2 & 8/9	Face	43	39	104	18	100
February 15/16 & 22/23	Face	37.5	45	92.5	17.5	100
March 1/2 & 8/9	Face	38	43	95	19	100
March 15/16 & 22/23	Face	41.5	41.5	100	17	100
March 29/30 & April 5/6	Face	39	40.5	98.5	20.5	100
April 12/13 & 19/20	Face	43.5	37.5	106	19	100
April 26/27 & May 3/4	Face	39.5	43	96.5	17.5	100
May 17/18	Face	39	45.5	93.5	15.5	100
May 24/25 & 31/ June 1	Face	37	48.5	88.5	14.5	100
June 7/8	Face	36	47.5	88.5	16.5	100
June 14/15	Face	41.5	43.5	98	15	100
June 21/22 & 28/29	Face	39.5	44	95.5	16.5	100
July 5/6 & 12/13	Face	36.5	46.5	90	17	100
July 19/20 & 26/27	Face	41	41.5	99.5	17.5	100
August 2/3 & 9/10	Face	37.5	45	92.5	17.5	100
August 16/17 & 23/24	Face	38	44	94	18	100
August 30/31 & September 6/7	Face	38	43	95	19	100
September 13/14 & 20/21	Face	38.5	43	95.5	18.5	100
September 27/28 & October 4/5	Face	40	41	99	19	100
October 11/12 & 18/19	Face	39	43.5	95.5	17.5	100
October 25/26 & November 1/2	Face	39.5	40	99.5	20.5	100
November 8/9 & 15/16	Face	40.5	42.5	98	17	100
November 22/23 & 29/30	Face	40.5	42.5	98	17	100
December 6/7 & 13/14	Face	38	45	93	17	100
2015
January 3/4 & 10/11	Face	37	44	93	19	100
January 24/25	Face	37.5	43.5	94	19	100
January 31/ February 1 & 7/8	Face	34.5	45.5	89	20	100
February 14/15 & 21/22	Face	34.5	44.5	90	21	100
February 28/ March 1 & 7/8	Face	37.5	43.5	94	19	100
March 14/15 & 21/22	Face	37	46	91	17	100
March 28/29 & April 4/5	Face	38.5	44.5	94	17	100
April 11/12 & 18/19	Face	34	45.5	88.5	20.5	100
April 25/26 & May 2/3	Face	34	45	89	21	100
May 16/17	Face	41.5	42	99.5	16.5	100
May 23/24 & 30/31	Face	41.5	41.5	100	17	100
June 6/7 & 13/14	Face	40	41.5	98.5	18.5	100
June 20/21 & 27/28	Face	40	41.5	98.5	18.5	100
July 4/5 & 11/12	Face	36	45.5	90.5	18.5	100
July 18/19 & 25/26	Face	37.5	46.5	91	16	100
August 1/2 & 8/9	Face	34.5	48.5	86	17	100
August 15/16 & 22/23	Face	40	44.5	95.5	15.5	100
August 29/30 & September 5/6	Face	36.5	46.5	90	17	100
September 12/13	Face	35	49	86	16	100
Interviewing Dates — L-NP Government (Malcolm Turnbull v Bill Shorten). September 15, 2015 onwards.
September 19/20	Face	42.5	39.5	103	18	100
September 26/27 & October 3/4	Face	45.5	36.5	109	18	100
October 10/11 & 17/18	Face	47	35	112	18	100
October 24/25, 31 & November 1	Face	48	36	112	16	100
November 7/8 & 14/15	Face	50.5	31	119.5	18.5	100
November 21/22 & 28/29	Face	51.5	29.5	122	19	100
December 5/6 & 12/13	Face	48.5	33.5	115	18	100
2016
January 2/3 & 9/10	Face	48.5	32	116.5	19.5	100
January 16/17 & 23/24	Face	48	35	113	17	100
January 30/31 & February 6/7	Face	47.5	35	112.5	17.5	100
February 13/14 & 20/21	Face	43	38	105	19	100
February 27/28 & March 5/6	Face	41.5	39.5	102	19	100
March 12/13 & 19/20	Face	43	39.5	103.5	17.5	100
March 26/27 & April 2/3	Face	42.5	36.5	106	21	100
April 9/10 & 16/17	Face	40.5	41.5	99	18	100
April 23/24, 30 & May 1	Face	39.5	41.5	98	19	100
May 14/15	Face	42.5	38	104.5	19.5	100
May 21/22 & 28/29	Face	40.5	38.5	102	21	100
July 2, 2016 - Malcolm Turnbull leads the L-NP Government to a narrow victory at the 2016 Federal Election
2018
March 3/4 & 10/11, 2018	Face	43	40	103	17	100
March 17/18 & 24/25, 2018	Face	43.5	38	105.5	18.5	100
August 18/19, 2018	Face	40	45	95	15	100
August 24, 2018 - Scott Morrison emerges victorious in a three way leadership ballot and becomes Prime Minister
August 25/26, 2018	Face	33.5	49.5	84	17	100
2019
February 2/3 & 9/10, 2019	Face	37	45.5	91.5	17.5	100
February 16/17, 2019	Face	36.5	46.5	90	17	100
March 16/17 & 23/24, 2019	Face	41.5	40	101.5	18.5	100
April 6/7, 2019	Face	40.5	41	99.5	18.5	100
April 20/21, 2019	Face	40	41	99	19	100
April 27/28, 2019	Face	43	41.5	101.5	15.5	100
May 4/5 & 11/12, 2019	Face	37.5	44.5	93	18	100
May 18, 2019 - Scott Morrison leads the L-NP to an unexpected Federal Election victory winning 77 seats in the 151 seat Parliament. This represents an increase of 1 seat for the L-NP on their 2016 Federal Election win in a Parliament enlarged by 1 seat. 77/151. The L-NP now has a bare majority of 76/150 on the floor of Parliament.
June 22/23 & 29/30, 2019	Face	43.5	39	104.5	17.5	100
2020
February 29/March 1 & 7/8, 2020	Face	37	47	90	16	100
April 18/19 & 25/26, 2020	Multi	51.5	27.5	124	21	100
May 16/17 & 23/24, 2020	Multi	54.5	29.5	125	16	100
June 13/14 & 20/21, 2020	Multi	53.5	29.5	124	17	100
July 11/12 & 18/29, 2020	Multi	49	34.5	114.5	16.5	100
August 8/9 & 15/16, 2020	Multi	48	34	114	18	100
October 17/18 & 24/25, 2020	Multi	51	34	117	15	100
November 14/15 & 21/22, 2020	Multi	55	30.5	124.5	14.5	100
2021
February 6/7 & 13/14, 2021	Multi	53.5	30	123.5	16.5	100
March 6/7 & 13/14, 2021	Multi	51.5	33.5	118	15	100
May 29/30 & June 5/6, 2021	Multi	48.5	35.5	113	16	100
June 12/13 & 19/20, 2021	Multi	49	35	114	16	100
July 10/11 & 17/18, 2021	Multi	43.5	40.5	103	16	100
July 24/25 & 31/ Aug 1, 2021	Multi	40	44	96	16	100
Aug 7/8 & 14/15, 2021	Multi	41	44	97	15	100
Aug 21/22 & 28/29, 2021	Multi	40	46.5	93.5	13.5	100
Sept 4/5 & 11/12, 2021	Multi	40	45.5	94.5	14.5	100
Sept 18/19 & 25/26, 2021	Multi	40	44	96	16	100
Oct 2/3 & 9/10, 2021	Multi	40	45	95	15	100
Oct 16/17 & 23/24, 2021	Multi	41	43	98	16	100
Oct 30/31 & Nov 6/7, 2021	Multi	40	44.5	95.5	15.5	100
Nov 13/14 & 20/21, 2021	Multi	39.5	46	93.5	14.5	100
Nov 27/28 & Dec 4/5, 2021	Multi	38	46.5	91.5	15.5	100
Dec 11/12 & 18/19, 2021	Multi	39	46.5	92.5	14.5	100
2022
Jan 4-16, 2022	Multi	34	51	83	15	100
Jan 17-30, 2022	Multi	35	50.5	84.5	14.5	100
Jan 31 - Feb 13, 2022	Multi	35	48.5	86.5	16.5	100
Feb 14-23, 2022	Multi	35	47	88	18	100
Feb 24 - Mar 2, 2022	Multi	36	48	88	16	100
March 3-13, 2022	Multi	37	49	88	14	100
March 14-20, 2022	Multi	33.5	50.5	83	16	100
March 21-27, 2022	Multi	33	52.5	80.5	14.5	100
March 28 - April 3, 2022	Multi	33	52	81	15	100
April 4-10, 2022	Multi	36	52	84	12	100
April 11-17, 2022	Multi	35	49	86	16	100
April 18-24, 2022	Multi	38.5	46.5	92	15	100
April 25 - May 1, 2022	Multi	34	50	84	16	100
May 2-8, 2022	Multi	32	51	81	17	100
May 9-15, 2022	Multi	32.5	49.5	83	18	100

Phone: Telephone survey method; Face: Face-to-face survey method; Multi*: Multi-mode survey method including Face-to-Face, SMS Interviewing and Online surveys. *Since the onset of the COVID-19 pandemic in mid-March 2020 there has been no Face-to-Face interviewing conducted as part of the Multi-mode survey methodology.

*Roy Morgan GCR = Roy Morgan Government Confidence Rating (100 plus the difference between the percentage of people who say the country is “going in the right direction” and the percentage who say the country is “going in seriously the wrong direction”).

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Latest results of Roy Morgan Government Confidence Rating 2022-2023

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