Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Sep 2015 | Dec 2015 | Mar 2016 | Jun 2016 | Jul 2016 | |||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 40% | 10% | 83% | 21% | 31% | 53% | 54% | 48% | 40% | 39% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 30% | 64% | 4% | 49% | 19% | 17% | 15% | 19% | 29% | 31% | ||
| Don’t know | 31% | 26% | 13% | 30% | 51% | 30% | 31% | 33% | 32% | 30% |
40% (up 1% in last 4 weeks) of respondents think Malcolm Turnbull would make the better Prime Minister and 30% (down 1%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.
43% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 31% prefer Bill Shorten.
36% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 28% prefer Bill Shorten.