Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Aug 2017 | July 2017 | June 2017 | Mar 2017 | Dec 2016 | Jun 2016 | Dec 2015 | |||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 43% | 18% | 79% | 25% | 39% | 41% | 41% | 39% | 38% | 39% | 40% | 54% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 29% | 62% | 7% | 42% | 14% | 27% | 27% | 26% | 26% | 28% | 29% | 15% | ||
| Don’t know | 28% | 21% | 14% | 33% | 47% | 32% | 31% | 34% | 36% | 33% | 32% | 31% |
43% thought that Malcolm Turnbull would make a better Prime Minister (up 2% from last month), and 29% thought Bill Shorten would be better (up 2%). 28% did not know who would make a better Prime Minister.
The results were split by party, with 79% of Liberal/National voters saying that Malcolm Turnbull would be a better Prime Minister, and 62% of Labor voters saying Bill Shorten would.
Greens voters preferred Bill Shorten (42%) to Turnbull (25%).
47% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 30% prefer Bill Shorten.
39% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 28% prefer Bill Shorten.