Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Dec 2015 | Mar 2016 | Jun 2016 | Sep 2016 | Oct 2016 | Nov 2016 | Dec 2016 | |||
| Total approve | 37% | 20% | 76% | 13% | 12% | 56% | 45% | 38% | 35% | 38% | 36% | 34% | ||
| Total disapprove | 48% | 69% | 17% | 68% | 69% | 23% | 35% | 40% | 43% | 41% | 44% | 46% | ||
| Strongly approve | 6% | 4% | 12% | 2% | – | 13% | 6% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 5% | ||
| Approve | 31% | 16% | 64% | 11% | 12% | 43% | 39% | 32% | 31% | 33% | 30% | 29% | ||
| Disapprove | 30% | 40% | 15% | 40% | 41% | 16% | 24% | 24% | 27% | 25% | 26% | 30% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 18% | 29% | 2% | 28% | 28% | 7% | 11% | 16% | 16% | 16% | 18% | 16% | ||
| Don’t know | 16% | 12% | 7% | 19% | 18% | 21% | 21% | 21% | 22% | 20% | 21% | 20% |
37% (up 3% from 5 weeks ago) of respondents approve of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister and 48% (up 2%) disapprove – a change in net approval rating from -12 to -11. This is Malcolm Turnbull’s highest level of disapproval since becoming Prime Minister.
76% (up 11%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance with 17% (down 3%) disapproving. 20% (up 1%) of Labor voters and 13% (down 11%) of Greens voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance.
By gender, men were 39% approve/52% disapprove and women 35% approve/44% disapprove.