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% | 67% | 19% | 30% | 20% | |
| Total Disapprove | 48% | 18% | 69% | 63% | 65% | |
| Strongly approve | 7% | 18% | 2% | 2% | 1% | |
| Approve | 28% | 49% | 17% | 28% | 19% | |
| Disapprove | 27% | 15% | 36% | 43% | 34% | |
| Strongly disapprove | 21% | 3% | 33% | 20% | 31% | |
| Don’t know | 17% | 15% | 12% | 8% | 15% |
| Oct 2017 | Sep 2017 | June 2017 | Mar 2017 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2014 | |
| Total Approve | 37% | 36% | 34% | 30% | 35% | 27% | 35% |
| Total Disapprove | 44% | 47% | 43% | 49% | 38% | 47% | 39% |
| Strongly approve | 8% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 7% |
| Approve | 29% | 29% | 29% | 26% | 29% | 23% | 28% |
| Disapprove | 27% | 25% | 28% | 26% | 21% | 26% | 23% |
| Strongly disapprove | 17% | 22% | 15% | 23% | 17% | 21% | 16% |
| Don’t know | 19% | 17% | 23% | 22% | 25% | 25% | 26% |
35% approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader (down 2% from last month), and 48% disapproved (up 4%) – a change in net approval rating from -7 to -13.
64% (down 1%) of ALP voters approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing, compared to 38% of Greens voters and 25% of Liberal/National voters.
By gender, men were 40% approve/50% disapprove and women 30% approve/46% disapprove.