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 | Dec 2017 | Sep 2017 | June 2017 | Mar 2017 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2014 | |||
| Total Approve | 32% | 60% | 15% | 39% | 18% | 36% | 36% | 34% | 30% | 35% | 27% | 35% | ||
| Total Disapprove | 49% | 20% | 75% | 38% | 71% | 45% | 47% | 43% | 49% | 38% | 47% | 39% | ||
| Strongly approve | 7% | 14% | 3% | 5% | 2% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 7% | ||
| Approve | 25% | 46% | 12% | 34% | 16% | 29% | 29% | 29% | 26% | 29% | 23% | 28% | ||
| Disapprove | 26% | 17% | 32% | 26% | 39% | 23% | 25% | 28% | 26% | 21% | 26% | 23% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 23% | 3% | 43% | 12% | 32% | 22% | 22% | 15% | 23% | 17% | 21% | 16% | ||
| Don’t know | 20% | 20% | 11% | 23% | 12% | 19% | 17% | 23% | 22% | 25% | 25% | 26% |
32% approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader (down 4% from last month), and 49% disapproved (up 4%) – a change in net approval rating from -9 to -17.
60% (down 4%) of ALP voters approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing, compared to 39% of Greens voters and 15% of Liberal/National voters.
By gender, men were 38% approve/51% disapprove and women 27% approve/46% disapprove.