Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?
| Total | Vote Lab | Vote Lib/ Nat |
Vote Grns | Vote Other | Sep 2013 | June 2014 | Dec 2014 | Mar 2015 | Jun 2015 | Jul 2015 | Aug 2015 | |||
| Total approve | 33% | 7% | 75% | 3% | 19% | 41% | 35% | 32% | 31% | 39% | 37% | 38% | ||
| Total disapprove | 57% | 88% | 17% | 91% | 69% | 36% | 58% | 55% | 56% | 50% | 53% | 53% | ||
| Strongly approve | 9% | 2% | 22% | – | 4% | 14% | 10% | 8% | 7% | 11% | 11% | 9% | ||
| Approve | 24% | 5% | 53% | 3% | 15% | 27% | 25% | 24% | 24% | 28% | 26% | 29% | ||
| Disapprove | 25% | 30% | 15% | 22% | 39% | 13% | 18% | 22% | 22% | 23% | 24% | 22% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 32% | 58% | 2% | 69% | 30% | 23% | 40% | 33% | 34% | 27% | 29% | 31% | ||
| Don’t know | 10% | 5% | 8% | 6% | 11% | 23% | 7% | 12% | 12% | 12% | 10% | 10% |
33% of respondents approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister – a drop of 5% since the last time this question was asked in August.
57%% disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing (up 4%). Tony Abbott’s net approval rating has dropped from -15 in August to -24 in September.
75% of Liberal/National voters voters approve of Tony Abbott’s performance (down 7% from 82%), with 17% (up 7%) disapproving. 88% of Labor voters and 91% of Greens voters disapprove of Tony Abbott’s performance.
By gender men were 35% approve/58% disapprove and women 31% approve/56% disapprove.
VIC was the state with the highest disapproval rating (61% disapprove and 31% approve). QLD also registered a high disapproval rating (58% disapprove and 31% approve). Out of the three largest states NSW gave Tony Abbott the highest approval rating (39% approve and 49% disapprove).