Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Mar 2018 | Dec 2017 | Sep 2017 | June 2017 | Mar 2017 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2014 | |||
| Total Approve | 35% | 59% | 23% | 40% | 15% | 37% | 36% | 36% | 34% | 30% | 35% | 27% | 35% | ||
| Total Disapprove | 43% | 21% | 62% | 37% | 68% | 44% | 45% | 47% | 43% | 49% | 38% | 47% | 39% | ||
| Strongly approve | 6% | 14% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 7% | ||
| Approve | 29% | 45% | 21% | 37% | 13% | 29% | 29% | 29% | 29% | 26% | 29% | 23% | 28% | ||
| Disapprove | 22% | 19% | 22% | 32% | 28% | 23% | 23% | 25% | 28% | 26% | 21% | 26% | 23% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 21% | 2% | 40% | 5% | 40% | 21% | 22% | 22% | 15% | 23% | 17% | 21% | 16% | ||
| Don’t know | 23% | 19% | 14% | 23% | 17% | 19% | 19% | 17% | 23% | 22% | 25% | 25% | 26% |
35% approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader (down 2% from last month), and 43% disapproved (down 1%) – a change in net approval rating from -7 to -8.
59% (down 7%) of ALP voters approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing, compared to 40% of Greens voters and 23% of Liberal/National voters.
By gender, men were 39% approve/45% disapprove and women 31% approve/39% disapprove.