Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Dec 2015 | Mar 2016 | Jun 2016 | Jul 2016 | Aug 2016 | Sep 2016 | |||
| Total approve | 38% | 21% | 74% | 28% | 25% | 56% | 45% | 38% | 37% | 38% | 35% | ||
| Total disapprove | 41% | 64% | 15% | 57% | 58% | 23% | 35% | 40% | 48% | 43% | 43% | ||
| Strongly approve | 5% | 3% | 10% | 5% | 5% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 8% | 6% | 4% | ||
| Approve | 33% | 18% | 64% | 23% | 20% | 43% | 39% | 32% | 29% | 32% | 31% | ||
| Disapprove | 25% | 35% | 11% | 38% | 38% | 16% | 24% | 24% | 27% | 26% | 27% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 16% | 29% | 4% | 19% | 20% | 7% | 11% | 16% | 21% | 17% | 16% | ||
| Don’t know | 20% | 16% | 11% | 15% | 17% | 21% | 21% | 21% | 16% | 19% | 22% |
38% (up 3% from 4 weeks ago) of respondents approve of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister and 41% (down 2%) disapprove – a change in net approval rating from -8 to -3.
74% (up 3%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance with 15% (down 2%) disapproving. 21% (up 5%) of Labor voters and 28% (up 5%) of Greens voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance.
By gender, men were 44% approve/43% disapprove and women 33% approve/40% disapprove.