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 | Sep 2018 | Aug 2018 | Jul 2018 | Jun 2018 | Mar 2018 | Dec 2017 | Sep 2017 | June 2017 | Mar 2017 | |||
| Total Approve | 33% | 63% | 18% | 38% | 15% | 35% | 34% | 31% | 33% | 37% | 36% | 36% | 34% | 30% | ||
| Total Disapprove | 45% | 18% | 69% | 36% | 69% | 43% | 44% | 47% | 46% | 44% | 45% | 47% | 43% | 49% | ||
| Strongly approve | 8% | 20% | 3% | 2% | 1% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 4% | ||
| Approve | 25% | 43% | 15% | 36% | 14% | 27% | 27% | 26% | 27% | 29% | 29% | 29% | 29% | 26% | ||
| Disapprove | 23% | 16% | 30% | 30% | 26% | 21% | 22% | 25% | 23% | 23% | 23% | 25% | 28% | 26% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 22% | 2% | 39% | 6% | 43% | 22% | 22% | 22% | 23% | 21% | 22% | 22% | 15% | 23% | ||
| Don’t know | 23% | 19% | 14% | 25% | 17% | 22% | 22% | 21% | 21% | 19% | 19% | 17% | 23% | 22% |
33% approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader (down 2% from last month), and 45% disapproved (up 2%) – a change in net approval rating from -8 to -12.
63% (down 1%) of ALP voters approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing, compared to 38% of Greens voters and 18% of Liberal/National voters.
By gender, men were 37% approve/49% disapprove and women 28% approve/41% disapprove.