From Crikey today:
Communications Minister Malcolm Turnbull is the best-regarded government minister, while “Environment” Minister Greg Hunt, the author of “Direct Action”, and Education Minister Christopher Pyne are in a tight tussle for least popular minister .
Turnbull has the highest approval rating and by far the highest net approval rating of any nominated minister among all voters, while Hunt has the lowest approval rating and trails only Treasurer Joe Hockey and Pyne in net disapproval (both Hockey and Pyne score highest on “strongly disapprove”). Hockey, however, fares much better with Coalition voters, scoring 78% approval to Turnbull’s 72%. Immigration Minister Scott Morrison belies the widespread loathing of him on the Left with a strong performance among Coalition voters as well, and was the highest scorer on “strongly approve” among all voters. Hunt, widely seen on all sides as an ineffectual and irrelevant appendage to the government, also scores the lowest in approval among Coalition voters, with just 54%, but his net approval rating of just 42% is narrowly ahead of Christopher Pyne, about whom Coalition voters are also less enthused.
As far as can see, Malcolm has made a complete hash of the NBN yet his approvals soar as the PM’s plummet. Maybe it’s because when he speaks he usually makes sense. Hoocoodanode that that would over the punters?
