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 | Aug 2016 | |||
| Total approve | 36% | 62% | 25% | 33% | 25% | 31% | 35% | 27% | 27% | 34% | 39% | 37% | ||
| Total disapprove | 41% | 19% | 61% | 35% | 58% | 27% | 39% | 47% | 47% | 40% | 41% | 41% | ||
| Strongly approve | 6% | 14% | 1% | 6% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 4% | 3% | 7% | 11% | 7% | ||
| Approve | 30% | 48% | 24% | 27% | 22% | 26% | 28% | 23% | 24% | 27% | 28% | 30% | ||
| Disapprove | 24% | 17% | 29% | 33% | 28% | 17% | 23% | 26% | 29% | 22% | 21% | 23% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 17% | 2% | 32% | 2% | 30% | 10% | 16% | 21% | 18% | 18% | 20% | 18% | ||
| Don’t know | 22% | 19% | 14% | 33% | 18% | 43% | 26% | 25% | 26% | 25% | 20% | 22% |
36% (down 1% 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 -4 to -5.
62% (down 5%) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 19% (up 4%) disapprove.
39% of men and 33% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 44% of men and 39% of women disapprove.