Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job the following people are doing as Government Ministers?
Total approve | Total dis-approve | Strongly approve | Approve | Dis-approve | Strongly dis-approve | Don’t know | Net score | Net LNP voters | |||
Julie Bishop – Foreign Affairs | 52% | 23% | 18% | 34% | 12% | 11% | 25% | +29 | +66 | ||
Christopher Pyne – Defence Industry | 35% | 34% | 7% | 28% | 16% | 18% | 32% | +1 | +55 | ||
Barnaby Joyce – Deputy Prime Minister | 34% | 33% | 7% | 27% | 18% | 15% | 33% | +1 | +48 | ||
Greg Hunt – Industry, Innovation and Science | 28% | 27% | 5% | 23% | 14% | 13% | 46% | +1 | +43 | ||
Peter Dutton – Immigration and Border Protection | 33% | 35% | 11% | 21% | 15% | 20% | 32% | -2 | +47 | ||
Scott Morrison – Treasurer | 33% | 36% | 6% | 27% | 18% | 18% | 31% | -3 | +50 | ||
George Brandis – Attorney General | 26% | 34% | 4% | 22% | 14% | 20% | 40% | -8 | +32 |
Of the Government Ministers listed, Julie Bishop has the best approval rating by a considerable margin (52% approve/23% disapprove). Opinions are almost evenly divided on all other ministers except George Brandis with 26% approve/34% disapprove.
Among Liberal/National voters, approval ranges from 75% for Julie Bishop to 49% for George Brandis.