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 | May 2018 | Apr 2018 | Mar 2018 | |
| Total Approve | 33% | 63% | 19% | 33% | 16% | 37% | 35% | 37% |
| Total Disapprove | 46% | 20% | 71% | 44% | 69% | 41% | 43% | 44% |
| Strongly approve | 6% | 16% | 3% | – | 3% | 8% | 6% | 8% |
| Approve | 27% | 47% | 16% | 33% | 13% | 29% | 29% | 29% |
| Disapprove | 23% | 17% | 29% | 34% | 27% | 21% | 22% | 23% |
| Strongly disapprove | 23% | 3% | 42% | 10% | 42% | 20% | 21% | 21% |
| Don’t know | 21% | 17% | 10% | 22% | 15% | 23% | 23% | 19% |
33% approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader (down 4% from last month), and 46% disapproved (up 5%) – a change in net approval rating from -4 to -13.
62% (down 2%) of ALP voters approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing, compared to 33% of Greens voters and 19% of Liberal/National voters.
By gender, men were 36% approve/51% disapprove and women 32% approve/40% disapprove.