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 | Sep 2016 | Oct 2016 | |||
| Total approve | 34% | 61% | 23% | 29% | 23% | 31% | 35% | 27% | 27% | 34% | 39% | 37% | 36% | 37% | ||
| Total disapprove | 43% | 21% | 59% | 43% | 62% | 27% | 39% | 47% | 47% | 40% | 41% | 41% | 41% | 40% | ||
| Strongly approve | 6% | 15% | 2% | 1% | 1% | 5% | 7% | 4% | 3% | 7% | 11% | 7% | 6% | 5% | ||
| Approve | 28% | 46% | 21% | 28% | 22% | 26% | 28% | 23% | 24% | 27% | 28% | 30% | 30% | 32% | ||
| Disapprove | 26% | 18% | 29% | 37% | 30% | 17% | 23% | 26% | 29% | 22% | 21% | 23% | 24% | 23% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 17% | 3% | 30% | 6% | 32% | 10% | 16% | 21% | 18% | 18% | 20% | 18% | 17% | 17% | ||
| Don’t know | 23% | 17% | 18% | 27% | 15% | 43% | 26% | 25% | 26% | 25% | 20% | 22% | 22% | 22% |
34% (down 3% in last 4 weeks) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 43% (up 3%) disapprove – a change in his net rating from -3 to -9.
61% (down 4%) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 21% (up 3%) disapprove.
38% of men and 31% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 46% of men and 39% of women disapprove.