Public support for Australian Prime Minister Julia Gillard is declining rapidly, with a Newspoll on Tuesday saying that her dissatisfaction rating is at 68 percent.
The poll, which was published in The Australian newspaper, found that 57 percent of voters preferred former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to Gillard.
Gillard assumed the post of Australia’s prime minister in June last year after ousting Kevin Rudd in what Australian media at the time described as a “bloodless coup.”
Those polled also said they would prefer opposition leader Tony Abbott to Gillard.
The Newspoll also found that Gillard’s approval rating fell 6 percentage points within two weeks to a record low 23 percent. It is the worst approval rating for a prime minister since Paul Keating’s tenure during the mid-1990s.
“I don’t do this job as Prime Minister because I want to see it reflected in opinion polls,” Gillard told The Australian.
In a democracy, it “isn’t about looking at fortnightly opinion polls it is about making decisions that give people opportunities and prosperity today,” Gillard, a member of the Labor Party, added.
Gillard has been under fire, since she took office a year ago by conservatives, over new mining and carbon taxes.
She maintained that she is “not going anywhere” and that she will lead her party’s elections in two years, according to The Herald Sun newspaper.
The poll, which was published in The Australian newspaper, found that 57 percent of voters preferred former Prime Minister Kevin Rudd to Gillard.
Gillard assumed the post of Australia’s prime minister in June last year after ousting Kevin Rudd in what Australian media at the time described as a “bloodless coup.”
Those polled also said they would prefer opposition leader Tony Abbott to Gillard.
The Newspoll also found that Gillard’s approval rating fell 6 percentage points within two weeks to a record low 23 percent. It is the worst approval rating for a prime minister since Paul Keating’s tenure during the mid-1990s.
“I don’t do this job as Prime Minister because I want to see it reflected in opinion polls,” Gillard told The Australian.
In a democracy, it “isn’t about looking at fortnightly opinion polls it is about making decisions that give people opportunities and prosperity today,” Gillard, a member of the Labor Party, added.
Gillard has been under fire, since she took office a year ago by conservatives, over new mining and carbon taxes.
She maintained that she is “not going anywhere” and that she will lead her party’s elections in two years, according to The Herald Sun newspaper.
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