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 | Oct 2016 | |||
| Total approve | 36% | 23% | 68% | 18% | 17% | 56% | 45% | 38% | 37% | 38% | 35% | 38% | ||
| Total disapprove | 44% | 64% | 16% | 62% | 65% | 23% | 35% | 40% | 48% | 43% | 43% | 41% | ||
| Strongly approve | 6% | 6% | 10% | 1% | 1% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 8% | 6% | 4% | 5% | ||
| Approve | 30% | 17% | 58% | 17% | 16% | 43% | 39% | 32% | 29% | 32% | 31% | 33% | ||
| Disapprove | 26% | 34% | 12% | 43% | 37% | 16% | 24% | 24% | 27% | 26% | 27% | 25% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 18% | 30% | 4% | 19% | 28% | 7% | 11% | 16% | 21% | 17% | 16% | 16% | ||
| Don’t know | 21% | 13% | 16% | 20% | 18% | 21% | 21% | 21% | 16% | 19% | 22% | 20% |
36% (down 2% from 4 weeks ago) of respondents approve of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister and 44% (up 3%) disapprove – a change in net approval rating from -3 to -8.
68% (down 6%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance with 16% (up 1%) disapproving. 23% (up 2%) of Labor voters and 18% (down 10%) of Greens voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance.
By gender, men were 44% approve/43% disapprove and women 28% approve/44% disapprove.