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 | Sep 2016 | Dec 2016 | Jan 2017 | |||
| Total approve | 34% | 15% | 70% | 19% | 19% | 56% | 45% | 38% | 35% | 34% | 37% | ||
| Total disapprove | 49% | 70% | 19% | 69% | 70% | 23% | 35% | 40% | 43% | 46% | 48% | ||
| Strongly approve | 5% | 4% | 9% | 1% | 2% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 4% | 5% | 6% | ||
| Approve | 29% | 11% | 61% | 18% | 17% | 43% | 39% | 32% | 31% | 29% | 31% | ||
| Disapprove | 28% | 35% | 15% | 36% | 38% | 16% | 24% | 24% | 27% | 30% | 30% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 21% | 35% | 4% | 33% | 32% | 7% | 11% | 16% | 16% | 16% | 18% | ||
| Don’t know | 16% | 14% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 21% | 21% | 21% | 22% | 20% | 16% |
34% (down 3% from 4 weeks ago) of respondents approve of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister and 49% (up 1%) disapprove – a change in net approval rating from -11 to -15. This is Malcolm Turnbull’s worst net rating as Prime Minister.
70% (down 6%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance with 19% (up 2%) disapproving. 15% (down 5%) of Labor voters and 19% (up 6%) of Greens voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance.
By gender, men were 38% approve/52% disapprove and women 31% approve/47% disapprove.