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 | |||
| Total Approve | 35% | 65% | 20% | 36% | 13% | ||
| Total Disapprove | 42% | 19% | 64% | 37% | 72% | ||
| Strongly approve | 6% | 15% | – | 6% | 1% | ||
| Approve | 29% | 50% | 20% | 30% | 12% | ||
| Disapprove | 24% | 13% | 37% | 29% | 29% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 18% | 6% | 27% | 8% | 43% | ||
| Don’t know | 22% | 16% | 16% | 27% | 15% |
| Total | July 2017 | June 2017 | May 2017 | Apr 2017 | Mar 2017 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2014 | |||
| Total Approve | 35% | 36% | 34% | 34% | 33% | 30% | 35% | 27% | 35% | ||
| Total Disapprove | 42% | 44% | 43% | 45% | 46% | 49% | 38% | 47% | 39% | ||
| Strongly approve | 6% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 7% | ||
| Approve | 29% | 30% | 29% | 28% | 28% | 26% | 29% | 23% | 28% | ||
| Disapprove | 24% | 24% | 28% | 26% | 26% | 26% | 21% | 26% | 23% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 18% | 20% | 15% | 19% | 20% | 23% | 17% | 21% | 16% | ||
| Don’t know | 22% | 20% | 23% | 22% | 22% | 22% | 25% | 25% | 26% |
35% approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader (down 1% from last month), and 42% disapproved (down 2%) – a change in net approval rating from -8 to -7.
65% (down 1%) of ALP voters approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing, compared to 36% of Greens voters and 20% of Liberal/National voters.
By gender, men were 39% approve/48% disapprove and women 32% approve/38% disapprove.