The Australia Institute surveyed a nationally representative sample of 1005 Australians about their thoughts on gender quotas for the Liberal Party and their confidence in the Prime Minister’s ability to address issues primarily affecting women.

Results show that:

• More than half (53%) of Australians support the Liberal Party setting gender quotas to achieve a representative number of women preselected as Liberal candidates. A quarter (25%) of Coalition voters oppose.
• Coalition voters (60%) are the most likely to support Liberal Party gender quotas.
• Younger Australians between the ages of 18-24 are most likely (61%) to support gender quotas, followed by Australians aged between 25-34 and 35-44 (54%).
• Half of all Australians are either not very or not at all confident in the Prime Minister’s ability to address issues primarily affecting women (42% are confident).
• Women are much less likely to be confident in the Prime Minister’s ability to address issues primarily affecting women (women 37%, men 47%).
• Australians aged 18-24 are most likely (58%) to be not very or not at all confident in the Prime Minister’s ability to address issues primarily affecting women, with 35% who are confident.