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 | Nov 2013 | June 2014 | Dec 2014 | Jun 2015 | Dec 2015 | Jan 2016 | Feb 2016 | |||
| Total approve | 27% | 51% | 17% | 28% | 20% | 31% | 38% | 35% | 32% | 27% | 27% | 27% | ||
| Total disapprove | 47% | 24% | 67% | 52% | 62% | 27% | 40% | 39% | 45% | 47% | 47% | 48% | ||
| Strongly approve | 3% | 9% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 6% | 4% | 4% | 5% | ||
| Approve | 24% | 42% | 16% | 25% | 18% | 26% | 31% | 28% | 26% | 23% | 23% | 22% | ||
| Disapprove | 29% | 21% | 36% | 39% | 30% | 17% | 22% | 23% | 27% | 26% | 28% | 26% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 18% | 3% | 31% | 13% | 32% | 10% | 18% | 16% | 18% | 21% | 19% | 22% | ||
| Don’t know | 26% | 25% | 16% | 20% | 18% | 43% | 22% | 26% | 22% | 25% | 26% | 25% |
27% (no change) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 47% (down 1%) disapprove – a change in his net rating from -21 to -20.
51% (up 3%) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 24% (down 2%) disapprove.
28% of men and 27% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 52% of men and 42% of women disapprove.