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Minority Government
Q. After the election neither the Labor Party nor the Coalition has a majority in the House of Representatives – they need the support of independents to govern. Do you think this will result in a better or worse Government for Australia?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
| Total better | 30% | 37% | 19% | 47% |
| Total worse | 42% | 33% | 62% | 30% |
| A lot better | 8% | 10% | 3% | 12% |
| A little better | 22% | 27% | 16% | 35% |
| A little worse | 22% | 19% | 28% | 23% |
| A lot worse | 20% | 14% | 34% | 7% |
| Make no difference | 15% | 16% | 11% | 10% |
| Don’t know | 13% | 14% | 8% | 13% |
42% believe that a minority Government supported by the independents will result in a worse Government for Australia and 30% think it will be a better Government. Liberal/National voters are more likely to think it would be a worse Government (62%) while 47% of Greens voters think it would be a better Government. Labor voters are split – 37% better/33% worse.
Older voters are most likely to think it would be a worse Government – of those aged 55+, 47% say worse and 28% better.
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