Approval of the Opposition Leader, Tony Abbott

Q. Do you strongly approve, approve, disapprove or strongly disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader?

	Malcolm Turnbull				Tony Abbott
	30 Mar 09	29 Jun 09	28 Sept 09	30 Nov 09	14 Dec 09	18 Jan 10	22 Feb 10	29 Mar 10	3 May 10	31 May 10
Strongly approve	3%	4%	3%	2%	7%	5%	12%	8%	5%	5%
Approve	25%	20%	24%	23%	27%	32%	33%	25%	34%	30%
Disapprove	31%	31%	35%	33%	18%	20%	20%	28%	24%	28%
Strongly disapprove	17%	26%	18%	22%	18%	17%	16%	22%	19%	22%
Don’t know	24%	19%	21%	19%	31%	26%	18%	16%	18%	16%
Total approve	28%	24%	27%	25%	34%	37%	45%	33%	39%	35%
Total disapprove	48%	57%	53%	55%	36%	37%	36%	50%	43%	50%

 Tony Abbott’s approval rating has fallen back close to the level of the March poll – which was his lowest recorded. 35% approve (down 4%) of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Opposition Leader and 50% disapprove (up 7%).

72% of Liberal/National voters approve and 17% disapprove. 77% of Labor voters disapprove and 15% approve.

 The only group showing net approval was people aged 65+ (52% approve/42% disapprove).