Q. Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Liberal Party?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Jun 2014 | Aug 2015 | Mar 2016 | Nov 2016 | Mar 2017 | Aug 2017 | |||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 21% | 17% | 40% | 14% | 6% | 31% | 24% | 39% | 21% | 20% | 25% | ||
| Tony Abbott | 10% | 8% | 13% | 9% | 11% | 18% | 18% | 9% | 11% | 10% | 10% | ||
| Julie Bishop | 19% | 19% | 20% | 19% | 24% | 4% | 17% | 12% | 20% | 17% | 20% | ||
| Christopher Pyne | 2% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 2% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | ||
| Scott Morrison | 2% | 2% | 3% | 1% | 2% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 2% | ||
| Peter Dutton | 4% | 2% | 4% | 4% | 5% | 2% | 3% | ||||||
| Someone else | 15% | 21% | 4% | 23% | 25% | 19% | 13% | 15% | 18% | 18% | 13% | ||
| Don’t know | 27% | 29% | 14% | 28% | 25% | 21% | 22% | 21% | 25% | 28% | 25% |
21% (down 4% since August) think Malcolm Turnbull would make the best leader of the Liberal Party, 19% prefer Julie Bishop (down 1%) and 10% prefer Tony Abbott (no change). 15% (up 2%) prefer someone else.
Among Liberal/National voters, 40% (no change) prefer Malcolm Turnbull, 20% (up 1%) Julie Bishop and 13% (no change) prefer Tony Abbott.
Preferences of men were Malcolm Turnbull 24% (-5%), Julie Bishop 18% (-) and Tony Abbott 13% (+1%).
Preferences of women were Julie Bishop 20% (-1%), Malcolm Turnbull 18% (-2%) and Tony Abbott 8% (-).