Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total approve | 37% | 74% | 18% | 42% | 20% | |
| Total disapprove | 39% | 10% | 67% | 39% | 57% | |
| Strongly approve | 8% | 20% | 2% | 4% | 4% | |
| Approve | 29% | 54% | 16% | 38% | 16% | |
| Disapprove | 23% | 9% | 34% | 30% | 35% | |
| Strongly disapprove | 16% | 1% | 33% | 9% | 22% | |
| Don’t know | 24% | 16% | 16% | 20% | 24% |
| Nov 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Jan 2016 | Feb 2016 | Mar 2016 | Apr 2016 | 17 May 2016 | 31 May 2016 | 14 Jun 2016 | |
| Total approve | 31% | 35% | 27% | 27% | 27% | 27% | 30% | 34% | 34% | 34% |
| Total disapprove | 27% | 39% | 47% | 47% | 48% | 47% | 44% | 43% | 44% | 40% |
| Strongly approve | 5% | 7% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 7% |
| Approve | 26% | 28% | 23% | 23% | 22% | 24% | 25% | 28% | 27% | 27% |
| Disapprove | 17% | 23% | 26% | 28% | 26% | 29% | 22% | 26% | 26% | 22% |
| Strongly disapprove | 10% | 16% | 21% | 19% | 22% | 18% | 22% | 17% | 18% | 18% |
| Don’t know | 43% | 26% | 25% | 26% | 25% | 26% | 25% | 23% | 23% | 25% |
37% (up 3% in last 2 weeks) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 39% (down 1%) disapprove – a change in his net rating from -6 to -2.
74% (up 13%) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 10% (down 7%) disapprove.
39% of men and 36% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 42% of men and 37% of women disapprove.