As the year ends Opposition Leader Tony Abbott's disapproval rating climbs to the second highest in Nielsen poll history

 

Fairfax-Nielsen telephone poll for 13-15 December 2012

Columns left to right: Sept 13-14, Oct 18-20, Nov 15-17, December 13-15

Media reports indicate that 75 per cent of Nielsen poll respondents were aware of the AWU affair
Poll respondents numbered 1,400
Margin of error is +/- 2.6%

 

The Age 17 December 2012:

If preferences are instead calculated

by how respondents say they will allocate them,

the gap between the parties is narrower,

with the Coalition on 51 per cent and Labor on 49.