Half of the respondents believed that the current Austrian government led by Prime Minister Werner Faymann is better than before, said the news magazine "Profile" on Saturday in an advance notification.

According to a survey made by "Karmazin Motivforschung," a research institution in Austria under the commission of "Profile,"50 percent of the respondents considered that Austria's new government does a better job than before, 34 percent of them, however, held the contrary view, and 16 percent did not comment on that.

The report said that 38 percent of the respondents considered the economic situation as the most important issue for government in the past year.

On the second place was the education policy with 24 percent of support. 18 percent of respondents had their opinions that crime and safety issues should have a priority, while only 15 percent with foreign policy, 1 percent with other issues, and 4 percent with no opinion.

Austrian Chancellery under the current leadership of Prime Minister Werner Faymann plays a central role in the Austrian government. On December 2nd, 2008, the new Austrian Government was sworn in by Austrian President Heinz Fischer. Alfred Gusenbauer was Austrian ex-Prime Minister from January 2007 to December 2008.