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 | Feb 2018 | Jan 2018 | Dec 2017 | Sep 2017 | |||
| Total Approve | 37% | 66% | 23% | 39% | 20% | 33% | 32% | 36% | 36% | ||
| Total Disapprove | 44% | 20% | 67% | 42% | 66% | 46% | 49% | 45% | 47% | ||
| Strongly approve | 8% | 17% | 5% | 9% | 3% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 7% | ||
| Approve | 29% | 49% | 18% | 30% | 17% | 26% | 25% | 29% | 29% | ||
| Disapprove | 23% | 16% | 29% | 32% | 30% | 25% | 26% | 23% | 25% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 21% | 4% | 38% | 10% | 36% | 21% | 23% | 22% | 22% | ||
| Don’t know | 19% | 14% | 10% | 21% | 15% | 21% | 20% | 19% | 17% |
| June 2017 | Mar 2017 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2014 | |
| Total Approve | 34% | 30% | 35% | 27% | 35% |
| Total Disapprove | 43% | 49% | 38% | 47% | 39% |
| Strongly approve | 5% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 7% |
| Approve | 29% | 26% | 29% | 23% | 28% |
| Disapprove | 28% | 26% | 21% | 26% | 23% |
| Strongly disapprove | 15% | 23% | 17% | 21% | 16% |
| Don’t know | 23% | 22% | 25% | 25% | 26% |
37% approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader (up 4% from last month), and 44% disapproved (down 2%) – a change in net approval rating from -13 to -7.
66% (up 5%) of ALP voters approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing, compared to 39% of Greens voters and 23% of Liberal/National voters.
By gender, men were 44% approve/47% disapprove and women 30% approve/40% disapprove.