Australians overwhelmingly want Tony Abbott to quit Parliament: poll, page-2

First 2 Last

Share
Profile

Follow
ruskie

2,639 Posts.

02/04/16

16:03

Post #: 17407710
Share

Originally posted by footy ↑

Australians overwhelmingly want Tony Abbott to quit Parliament: poll

EXCLUSIVE
A majority of Australians believe Tony Abbott is trying to get his old job back but only 12 per cent think he's in with a chance – and almost two-thirds want him to pull the pin on his political career and leave Parliament now.
A new poll commissioned by The Australia Institute has found 63.4 per cent of Australians want the former prime minister to retire. Just 26.3 per cent believe he should stay on, while the rest are undecided.

More than half of Coalition voters want him to go, while about three-quarters of Labor and Greens voters think he should leave.

Ben Oquist, the executive director of the left-leaning think tank, says the message is clear.
"Across all demographics, gender and voting intentions the electorate think the former prime minister should retire," he said.
"While that is obviously a matter for him it looks like the public has moved on from Abbott-era policies and is looking for something new."
The national poll conducted last month by Research Now – with a representative sample of 1412 people – also asked respondents whether they believe Mr Abbott is staying in politics only because he wants to be prime minister again.
Almost 58 per cent agreed or strongly agreed with this proposition, while only 24.3 per cent disagreed or strongly disagreed.
Even among Coalition voters, almost half – 49 per cent – believe Mr Abbott is angling to get back into the prime minister's office.
Only 5.6 per cent of voters and 8.1 per cent of Coalition voters believe his claim he is staying on to serve the people of Warringah.
But while many people believe he's trying to make a comeback, very few people believe he'll be successful.
Almost 73 per cent of people agree with the proposition that "Tony Abbott will never be prime minister again".
Among Coalition voters, 70.5 per cent agree.
Just 12.5 per cent of voters believe he is in with a shot. That number rises slightly to 17 per cent among Coalition voters.
And more than half of people – 54.1 per cent – agree with the proposition that Mr Abbott's continued presence is doing damage to Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull. Almost half of Coalition voters – 49.9 per cent – also agree.
Mr Abbott has stayed in the public eye since he lost the top job in September, doing regular media interviews, penning op-eds and giving speeches abroad. He has also been vocal in the Coalition party room but said this week he "absolutely" supports Mr Turnbull and is working to help him get re-elected.

Read more: http://www.smh.com.au/federal-politics/political-news/australians-overwhelmingly-want-tony-abbott-to-quit-parliament-poll-20160401-gnwn6i.html#ixzz44dsRqYYz
Follow us: @smh on Twitter | sydneymorningherald on Facebook

Expand

The voters will decide who stays and who goes.
28 Upvote

Reply

Top Stories

HotCopper Highlights: Trigg; Droneshield; Lumos & more

STN

Saturn brings up seventh straight Apollo Hill upgrade on 'impressive' 300-hole drill run

SER

Strategic Energy extends its QLD copper-gold frontier with Diamantina acquisition

SYR

Syrah jumps +19% as graphite tariff threat spurs optimism down under

PSC

Prospect's Mumbezhi Project puts it at the middle of copper's megatrend. And FQM just bought in

Week 29 Wrap: ASX hits new all time high of 8,766pts ahead of Aug 1

AII

A new NASDAQ listing for a key player in the global critical minerals space

BDM

Burgundy plunges -20% after turning to layoffs to navigate record-low diamond prices

DRO

History repeats for DroneShield investors but carnage so far subdued

Listen: HotCopper Wire Podcast 018 – Potatoes, TACOs, and the $120M helicopter heist

There are more pages in this discussion • 23 more messages in this thread...

First 2 Last

Australians overwhelmingly want Tony Abbott to quit Parliament: poll, page-2

HotCopper Highlights: Trigg; Droneshield; Lumos & more

Saturn brings up seventh straight Apollo Hill upgrade on 'impressive' 300-hole drill run

Strategic Energy extends its QLD copper-gold frontier with Diamantina acquisition

Syrah jumps +19% as graphite tariff threat spurs optimism down under

Prospect's Mumbezhi Project puts it at the middle of copper's megatrend. And FQM just bought in

Week 29 Wrap: ASX hits new all time high of 8,766pts ahead of Aug 1

A new NASDAQ listing for a key player in the global critical minerals space

Burgundy plunges -20% after turning to layoffs to navigate record-low diamond prices

History repeats for DroneShield investors but carnage so far subdued

Listen: HotCopper Wire Podcast 018 – Potatoes, TACOs, and the $120M helicopter heist

Featured News

Featured News

Australians overwhelmingly want Tony Abbott to quit Parliament: poll, page-2

Top Stories

HotCopper Highlights: Trigg; Droneshield; Lumos & more

Saturn brings up seventh straight Apollo Hill upgrade on 'impressive' 300-hole drill run

Strategic Energy extends its QLD copper-gold frontier with Diamantina acquisition

Syrah jumps +19% as graphite tariff threat spurs optimism down under

Prospect's Mumbezhi Project puts it at the middle of copper's megatrend. And FQM just bought in

Week 29 Wrap: ASX hits new all time high of 8,766pts ahead of Aug 1

A new NASDAQ listing for a key player in the global critical minerals space

Burgundy plunges -20% after turning to layoffs to navigate record-low diamond prices

History repeats for DroneShield investors but carnage so far subdued

Listen: HotCopper Wire Podcast 018 – Potatoes, TACOs, and the $120M helicopter heist

Featured News

Featured News