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 | Feb 2015 | Aug 2015 | Sep 2015 | Dec 2015 | Mar 2016 | |||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 30% | 23% | 50% | 17% | 17% | 31% | 24% | 24% | 37% | 42% | 39% | ||
| Tony Abbott | 9% | 6% | 13% | 4% | 11% | 18% | 11% | 18% | 9% | 9% | 9% | ||
| Julie Bishop | 16% | 16% | 17% | 20% | 18% | 4% | 21% | 17% | 14% | 13% | 12% | ||
| Christopher Pyne | 3% | 3% | 1% | 1% | 8% | <1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | ||
| Scott Morrison | 3% | 2% | 5% | 2% | 5% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 2% | 2% | ||
| Someone else | 19% | 27% | 5% | 25% | 27% | 19% | 13% | 13% | 10% | 9% | 15% | ||
| Don’t know | 21% | 22% | 10% | 31% | 15% | 21% | 24% | 22% | 21% | 22% | 21% |
30% (down 9% since March) think Malcolm Turnbull would make the best leader of the Liberal Party, 16% prefer Julie Bishop (up 4%) and 9% prefer Tony Abbott (no change). 19% (up 4%) prefer someone else.
Among Liberal/National voters, 50% (down 3%) prefer Malcolm Turnbull, 13% (down 4%) prefer Tony Abbott and 17% (up 6%) Julie Bishop.
Preferences of men were Malcolm Turnbull 31% (-12%), Tony Abbott 9% (-3%) and Julie Bishop 17% (+9%).
Preferences of women were Malcolm Turnbull 28% (-7%), Julie Bishop 15% (-2%) and Tony Abbott 8% (+2%).