Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader?
| Total | Vote Lab | Vote Lib/ Nat |
Vote Greens | Vote Other | Nov 2013 | Mar 2014 | June 2014 | Dec 2014 | Jan 2015 | Feb 2015 | Mar 2015 | |||
| Total approve | 33% | 61% | 18% | 30% | 9% | 31% | 32% | 38% | 35% | 39% | 33% | 34% | ||
| Total dis- approve |
42% | 18% | 65% | 40% | 59% | 27% | 39% | 40% | 39% | 33% | 38% | 39% | ||
| Strongly approve | 6% | 14% | 3% | 4% | – | 5% | 4% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 5% | ||
| Approve | 27% | 47% | 15% | 26% | 9% | 26% | 28% | 31% | 28% | 32% | 25% | 29% | ||
| Dis- approve |
25% | 17% | 30% | 33% | 36% | 17% | 24% | 22% | 23% | 19% | 21% | 21% | ||
| Strongly dis- approve |
17% | 1% | 35% | 7% | 23% | 10% | 15% | 18% | 16% | 14% | 17% | 18% | ||
| Don’t know | 25% | 22% | 18% | 30% | 32% | 43% | 29% | 22% | 26% | 28% | 29% | 27% |
33% (down 1% since March) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 42% (up 3%) disapprove – for a change in net rating from -5 to -9.
61% (no change) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 18% (no change) disapprove.
35% of men and 30% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 46% of men and 39% of women disapprove.