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 | Nov 2013 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Mar 2016 | Jun 2016 | Jul 2016 | |||
Total approve | 37% | 67% | 20% | 41% | 23% | 31% | 35% | 27% | 27% | 34% | 39% | ||
Total disapprove | 41% | 15% | 64% | 36% | 64% | 27% | 39% | 47% | 47% | 40% | 41% | ||
Strongly approve | 7% | 17% | 2% | 4% | – | 5% | 7% | 4% | 3% | 7% | 11% | ||
Approve | 30% | 50% | 18% | 37% | 23% | 26% | 28% | 23% | 24% | 27% | 28% | ||
Disapprove | 23% | 13% | 29% | 28% | 36% | 17% | 23% | 26% | 29% | 22% | 21% | ||
Strongly disapprove | 18% | 2% | 35% | 8% | 28% | 10% | 16% | 21% | 18% | 18% | 20% | ||
Don’t know | 22% | 18% | 16% | 23% | 13% | 43% | 26% | 25% | 26% | 25% | 20% |
37% (down 2% in last 4 weeks) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 41% (no change) disapprove – a change in his net rating from -2 to -4.
67% (down 11%) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 15% (up 5%) disapprove.
42% of men and 32% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 43% of men and 39% of women disapprove.