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 | Oct 2015 | Dec 2015 | Jan 2016 | Feb 2016 | Mar 2016 | Apr 2016 | 17 May 2016 | |||
| Total approve | 41% | 22% | 79% | 17% | 22% | 47% | 56% | 51% | 51% | 45% | 39% | 40% | ||
| Total disapprove | 39% | 64% | 9% | 62% | 61% | 17% | 23% | 25% | 27% | 35% | 39% | 42% | ||
| Strongly approve | 9% | 5% | 19% | 2% | 4% | 11% | 13% | 9% | 8% | 6% | 7% | 7% | ||
| Approve | 32% | 17% | 60% | 15% | 18% | 36% | 43% | 42% | 43% | 39% | 32% | 33% | ||
| Disapprove | 22% | 32% | 7% | 33% | 33% | 11% | 16% | 16% | 18% | 24% | 23% | 26% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 17% | 32% | 2% | 29% | 28% | 6% | 7% | 9% | 9% | 11% | 16% | 16% | ||
| Don’t know | 19% | 14% | 12% | 22% | 17% | 35% | 21% | 23% | 21% | 21% | 22% | 17% |
41% (up 1% from 2 weeks ago) of respondents approve of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister and 39% (down 3%) disapprove – a net approval rating of +2 (up 4).
79% (up 6%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance with 9% (down 8%) disapproving. 22% (up 2%) of Labor voters and 17% (no change) of Greens voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance.
By gender, men were 49% approve/38% disapprove and women 35% approve/41% disapprove.