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Better party by foreign policy issue

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In 2013, 61% said the Liberal–National Coalition would do a better job at managing the Australian economy over time.

Question Better party by foreign policy issue

Which party, either the Labor Party or the Liberal–National Coalition, do you personally think would do a better job at handling each of these issues:

Responses from 2013.

  1. 0%
  2. 25%
  3. 50%
  4. 75%
  5. 100%
Managing Australia’s response to climate change
45
40
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7
6
Managing the Australian economy over time
25
61
3
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6
6
  • Labor Party
  • Liberal–National Coalition
  • Both equally
  • Greens
  • One Nation
  • Neither
  • Don’t know / no view
Total
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2025 observation

In 2025, we asked Australians which of the two major political parties they thought would do a better job at handling specific foreign policy issues. No party had a majority on any single issue.

The incumbent Labor government had the most pronounced leads over the Liberal–National Coalition opposition on promoting and defending human rights (25-point lead) and managing Australia’s response to climate change (21-point lead). Australians also said Labor would do a better job than the Coalition at responding to the Russia–Ukraine war (eight-point lead). By contrast, the Coalition was preferred on maintaining a capable defence force (six-point lead). Responses were more evenly divided on responding to the Israel–Hamas conflict (four-point lead for Labor with a greater proportion of undecideds than support for either of the parties), managing immigration (two-point lead for the Coalition), and managing the economy (two-point lead for Labor).

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