Bill Shorten

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		Aug 2017	July 2017	June 2017	Mar 2017	Dec 2016	Dec 2015	Dec 2014
Total Approve	36%		65%	23%	40%	17%		35%	36%	34%	30%	35%	27%	35%
Total Disapprove	47%		21%	65%	37%	71%		42%	44%	43%	49%	38%	47%	39%
Strongly approve	7%		15%	3%	9%	1%		6%	6%	5%	4%	6%	4%	7%
Approve	29%		50%	20%	31%	16%		29%	30%	29%	26%	29%	23%	28%
Disapprove	25%		17%	31%	28%	32%		24%	24%	28%	26%	21%	26%	23%
Strongly disapprove	22%		4%	34%	9%	39%		18%	20%	15%	23%	17%	21%	16%
Don’t know	17%		14%	11%	23%	13%		22%	20%	23%	22%	25%	25%	26%

36% approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader (up 1% from last month), and 47% disapproved (down 5%) – a change in net approval rating from -7 to -11.

65% (no change) 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/50% disapprove and women 34% approve/43% disapprove.