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 | Sep 2016 | Dec 2016 | Jan 2017 | Feb 2017 | |||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 38% | 16% | 84% | 12% | 32% | 53% | 54% | 48% | 40% | 41% | 39% | 39% | 39% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 26% | 54% | 6% | 41% | 15% | 17% | 15% | 19% | 29% | 26% | 28% | 28% | 25% | ||
| Don’t know | 36% | 30% | 10% | 47% | 53% | 30% | 31% | 33% | 32% | 33% | 33% | 33% | 36% |
38% (down 1% in last 4weeks) of respondents think Malcolm Turnbull would make the better Prime Minister and 26% (up 1%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.
41% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 31% prefer Bill Shorten.
34% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 22% prefer Bill Shorten.