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 | May 2017 | Apr 2017 | Mar 2017 | Feb 2017 | Jan 2017 | Dec 2016 | Jun 2016 | Dec 2015 | |||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 39% | 17% | 73% | 31% | 33% | 39% | 39% | 38% | 39% | 39% | 39% | 40% | 54% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 26% | 55% | 9% | 35% | 16% | 31% | 28% | 26% | 25% | 28% | 28% | 29% | 15% | ||
| Don’t know | 34% | 28% | 18% | 34% | 51% | 30% | 32% | 36% | 36% | 33% | 33% | 32% | 31% |
39% thought that Malcolm Turnbull would make a better Prime Minister (unchanged from last month), and 26% thought Bill Shorten would be better (down 5%). 34% did not know who would make a better Prime Minister (up 4%).
The results were split by party, with 73% of Liberal/National voters saying that Malcolm Turnbull would be a better Prime Minister, and 55% of ALP voters saying the Bill Shorten would.
Greens voters narrowly preferred Bill Shorten (35% preferred) to Turnbull (31%).