Q. Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Labor Party?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Aug 2015 | Dec 2015 | Mar 2016 | Jul 2016 | Nov 2016 | Mar 2017 | |||
| Bill Shorten | 20% | 34% | 14% | 18% | 13% | 16% | 13% | 15% | 27% | 17% | 21% | ||
| Anthony Albanese | 13% | 15% | 16% | 10% | 14% | 12% | 14% | 14% | 11% | 12% | 11% | ||
| Tanya Plibersek | 13% | 15% | 10% | 29% | 14% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 12% | 14% | 13% | ||
| Chris Bowen | 4% | 4% | 6% | 2% | 5% | 5% | 3% | 7% | 3% | 4% | 3% | ||
| Tony Burke | 3% | 2% | 4% | 1% | 3% | – | – | – | – | 2% | 2% | ||
| Someone else | 13% | 7% | 16% | 8% | 25% | 18% | 17% | 18% | 17% | 18% | 16% | ||
| Don’t know | 34% | 23% | 35% | 32% | 26% | 36% | 38% | 32% | 30% | 32% | 35% |
20% (down 1% since March) think Bill Shorten would make the best leader of the Labor Party, 13% (no change) prefer Tanya Plibersek and 13% (up 2%) Anthony Albanese. 13% prefer someone else and 34% don’t know.
Among Labor voters, 34% (down 12%) prefer Bill Shorten, 15% (up 2%) Tanya Plibersek and 15% (up 5%) Anthony Albanese.
Preferences of men were Bill Shorten 23% (-1%), Anthony Albanese 17% (+4%) and Tanya Plibersek 11% (-1%).
Preferences of women were Bill Shorten 17% (-1%), Tanya Plibersek 14% (+1%) and Anthony Albanese 10% (+2%).