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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.

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