Do you approve or disapprove of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | ||
| Total Approve | 37% | 27% | 70% | 24% | 19% | |
| Total Disapprove | 49% | 62% | 20% | 72% | 64% | |
| Strongly approve | 6% | 6% | 12% | 1% | – | |
| Approve | 31% | 21% | 58% | 23% | 19% | |
| Disapprove | 30% | 33% | 17% | 51% | 39% | |
| Strongly disapprove | 19% | 29% | 3% | 21% | 25% | |
| Don’t know | 14% | 10% | 10% | 5% | 16% |
| Oct 2017 | Sep 2017 | June 2017 | Mar 2017 | Dec 2016 | June 2016 | Dec 2015 | |
| Total Approve | 42% | 41% | 36% | 33% | 34% | 38% | 56% |
| Total Disapprove | 43% | 46% | 45% | 50% | 46% | 40% | 23% |
| Strongly approve | 10% | 7% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 13% |
| Approve | 32% | 34% | 31% | 28% | 29% | 32% | 43% |
| Disapprove | 28% | 28% | 28% | 30% | 30% | 24% | 16% |
| Strongly disapprove | 15% | 18% | 17% | 20% | 16% | 16% | 7% |
| Don’t know | 15% | 14% | 19% | 18% | 20% | 21% | 21% |
37% approved of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister (down 5% from last month), and 49% disapproved (up 6%) – a change in net approval rating from -1 to -12.
70% (down 4%) of Liberal/National voters approved of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing, compared to 27% of ALP voters and 24% of Greens voters.
By gender, men were 43% approve/46% disapprove and women 32% approve/50% disapprove.
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.
Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 40% | 19% | 78% | 31% | 30% | |
| Bill Shorten | 28% | 58% | 5% | 43% | 15% | |
| Don’t know | 33% | 23% | 17% | 26% | 55% |
| Oct 2017 | Sep 2017 | June 2017 | Mar 2017 | Dec 2016 | Jun 2016 | Dec 2015 | ||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 42% | 43% | 39% | 38% | 39% | 40% | 54% | |
| Bill Shorten | 28% | 29% | 26% | 26% | 28% | 29% | 15% | |
| Don’t know | 31% | 28% | 34% | 36% | 33% | 32% | 31% |
40% thought that Malcolm Turnbull would make a better Prime Minister (down 2% from last month), and 28% thought Bill Shorten would be better (no change). 33% did not know who would make a better Prime Minister.
The results were split by party, with 78% of Liberal/National voters saying that Malcolm Turnbull would be a better Prime Minister, and 58% of Labor voters saying Bill Shorten would.
Greens voters preferred Bill Shorten (43%) to Turnbull (31%).
48% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 28% prefer Bill Shorten.
32% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 28% prefer Bill Shorten.
Do you think MP’s who were invalidly elected because of dual citizenship should or should not have to repay the public funding of their election campaign?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Should have to repay public funding | 49% | 63% | 34% | 55% | 57% | |
| Should not have to repay public funding | 30% | 22% | 46% | 33% | 27% | |
| Don’t know | 21% | 14% | 21% | 13% | 16% |
49% think that MP’s who were invalidly elected because of dual citizenship should have to repay the public funding of their election campaign and 30% think they should not have to repay public funding.
A majority of Labor (63%) and Greens (55%) voters think they should repay their public funding.
To resolve the issue of dual citizenship of parliamentarians, Malcolm Turnbull has proposed that MPs provide a declaration that he or she was not, to the best of his or her knowledge and belief, a citizen of any country other than Australia. Do you think this plan goes far enough or does not go far enough?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Goes far enough | 40% | 34% | 57% | 43% | 37% | |
| Does not go far enough | 44% | 52% | 30% | 50% | 51% | |
| Don’t know | 16% | 13% | 13% | 7% | 11% |
40% think that Malcolm Turnbull’s proposal that MP’s provide a declaration regarding duel citizenship goes far enough and 44% think it does not go far enough.
57% of Liberal National voters think it goes far enough and 52% of Labor voters and 50% of Greens voters think it does not go far enough.
Would you approve or disapprove of privatising the NBN when it is completed in 2020?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total approve | 31% | 34% | 40% | 26% | 20% | |
| Total disapprove | 44% | 45% | 39% | 49% | 54% | |
| Strongly approve | 8% | 12% | 9% | 4% | 5% | |
| Approve | 23% | 22% | 31% | 22% | 15% | |
| Disapprove | 25% | 24% | 25% | 21% | 28% | |
| Strongly disapprove | 19% | 21% | 14% | 28% | 26% | |
| Don’t know | 26% | 20% | 21% | 25% | 25% |
31% approve of privatising the NBN when it is completed in 2020 and 44% disapprove. Most voter groups were more likely to disapprove of privatization except for Liberal National voters who were split 40% approve and 39% disapprove.
Thinking about the same-sex marriage postal survey which best reflects your view?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| It was a good process that should be used for informing Governments on other contentious issues in future | 27% | 29% | 32% | 16% | 26% | |
| It was a good process but should not be used in the future | 19% | 18% | 25% | 16% | 14% | |
| It was a bad process that should not be used in the future | 45% | 48% | 37% | 59% | 56% | |
| Don’t know | 9% | 5% | 7% | 8% | 5% |
45% think that the same-sex marriage postal survey was a bad process that should not be used in the future, 19% think it was a good process but should not be used in the future and 27% think it was a good process that should be used in future for other issues.
Those most likely to think it was a bad process were Greens voters (59%), other voters (56%).
58% of 18-34 year-olds thought it was a good process compared to 37% of those aged 35-64 and 48% of those aged 65+.
Thinking about types of workers, as far as you know, do you think the following types of worker are paid too much, not enough about right?
| Paid too much | Paid about right | Not paid enough | Don’t know | |
| Politicians | 74% | 18% | 3% | 5% |
| CEOs/senior executives | 72% | 18% | 3% | 7% |
| Lawyers | 65% | 25% | 3% | 7% |
| Accountants | 32% | 51% | 6% | 10% |
| Managers | 22% | 61% | 7% | 11% |
| Journalists | 20% | 55% | 7% | 17% |
| Doctors | 20% | 58% | 14% | 8% |
| Engineers | 15% | 65% | 9% | 11% |
| IT workers | 14% | 64% | 11% | 11% |
| Bank workers | 9% | 67% | 13% | 11% |
| Retail workers | 2% | 40% | 49% | 8% |
| Hospitality workers | 3% | 38% | 51% | 8% |
| Teachers | 6% | 31% | 58% | 5% |
| Child care workers | 4% | 23% | 66% | 6% |
| Nurses | 3% | 22% | 69% | 6% |
Well over half believe that politicians (74%), CEO’s/senior executives (72%) and lawyers (65%) are paid too much.
A majority believe that nurses (69%), child care workers (66%), teachers (58%) and hospitality workers (51%) are not paid enough.
There were few significant differences across demographics.
Those on higher incomes ($2,000+ pw) were somewhat less likely to think lawyers (56%), accountants (22%), managers (14%) and CEO’s/senior executives (62%) were paid too much.
Women were more likely to think child care workers (74%) and nurses (76%) were not paid enough