| Malcolm Turnbull | Bill Shorten | Difference | ||
| Out of touch with ordinary people | 65% | 46% | +19 | |
| Intelligent | 75% | 59% | +16 | |
| Arrogant | 56% | 44% | +12 | |
| Good in a crisis | 47% | 39% | +8 | |
| More honest than most politicians | 37% | 29% | +8 | |
| Trustworthy | 39% | 32% | +7 | |
| A capable leader | 51% | 45% | +6 | |
| Superficial | 50% | 45% | +5 | |
| Intolerant | 37% | 33% | +4 | |
| Narrow-minded | 45% | 42% | +3 | |
| Visionary | 35% | 32% | +3 | |
| Hard-working | 61% | 61% | – | |
| Understands the problems facing Australia | 46% | 49% | -3 | |
| Erratic | 36% | 39% | -3 | |
| Aggressive | 31% | 36% | -5 |
Compared to Bill Shorten, Malcolm Turnbull is more likely to be considered out of touch with ordinary people (+19), intelligent (+16%), arrogant (+12), good in a crisis (+8) and more honest than most politicians (+8).
Q. Which leader – Malcolm Turnbull or Bill Shorten – would you trust most to handle the following issues?
| Malcolm Turnbull | Bill Shorten | Don’t know | Difference | Difference May 2016 | |||
| Regulating the banking and finance sector | 33% | 29% | 38% | +4 | +6 | ||
| Supporting Australia’s manufacturing industries | 30% | 32% | 37% | -2 | -1 | ||
| Addressing climate change | 26% | 30% | 44% | -4 | -8 | ||
| Protecting the Great Barrier Reef | 23% | 29% | 48% | -6 | -6 | ||
| Funding hospitals | 29% | 36% | 35% | -7 | -8 | ||
| Making housing more affordable for first home buyers | 23% | 33% | 44% | -10 | -9 | ||
| Ensuring big companies pay their share of tax | 27% | 37% | 36% | -10 | -6 | ||
| Looking after the needs of pensioners | 22% | 38% | 40% | -16 | -14 | ||
| Funding public schools | 24% | 40% | 36% | -16 | -16 | ||
| Maintaining workers’ wages and conditions | 23% | 44% | 34% | -21 | -22 |
Bill Shorten is trusted more for maintaining workers’ wages and conditions (+21), funding public schools (+16) and looking after the needs of pensioners (+16). Since May, the main changes have been a 4% shift to Malcolm Turnbull on addressing climate change and a 4% shift to Bill Shorten on ensuring big companies pay their share of tax.
Q. When a person has a disease that cannot be cured and is living in severe pain, do you think doctors should or should not be allowed by law to assist the patient to commit suicide if the patient requests it?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Sep 2010 | Nov 2013 | Oct 2014 | May 2015 | |||
| Should be allowed | 68% | 71% | 66% | 82% | 70% | 69% | 68% | 66% | 72% | ||
| Should not be allowed | 13% | 13% | 15% | 9% | 15% | 14% | 19% | 14% | 12% | ||
| Don’t know | 19% | 16% | 19% | 9% | 16% | 17% | 13% | 20% | 16% |
68% of respondents think that that doctors should be allowed by law to assist a patient commit suicide – down 4% since May last year but similar to results over the last 6 years. 13% think it should not be allowed.
82% of Green voters, 71% of Labor and 66% of Liberal/National voters agreed that doctors should be allowed by law to assist a patient to commit suicide.
68% of women, 67% of men and 76% of those aged 45-64 support voluntary euthanasia.
Q. Would you approve or disapprove of changing the media laws to allow a single company to own all three of a newspaper, TV network and radio station in a single market?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total approve | 18% | 16% | 21% | 15% | 21% | |
| Total disapprove | 61% | 65% | 59% | 74% | 63% | |
| Strongly approve | 4% | 3% | 5% | 5% | 5% | |
| Approve | 14% | 13% | 16% | 10% | 16% | |
| Disapprove | 28% | 26% | 33% | 26% | 26% | |
| Strongly disapprove | 33% | 39% | 26% | 48% | 37% | |
| Don’t know | 22% | 19% | 20% | 12% | 14% |
61% disapprove of changing the media laws to allow a single company to own all three of a newspaper, TV network and radio station in a single market and only 18% approve. There was majority disapproval across all voter and demographic groups.
Q. How important are the following issues for Australia?
| Total important | Total not important | Very important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important | Don’t know | ||
| Reaching a global agreement on tackling climate change | 75% | 19% | 40% | 35% | 11% | 8% | 6% | |
| Holding a Royal Commission into the banking and finance industry | 62% | 25% | 27% | 35% | 17% | 8% | 12% | |
| Having a treaty with indigenous Australians | 59% | 33% | 25% | 34% | 17% | 16% | 8% | |
| Having a plebiscite on same-sex marriage | 36% | 56% | 19% | 17% | 19% | 37% | 9% | |
| Having a referendum on becoming a republic | 34% | 58% | 14% | 20% | 25% | 33% | 9% |
| Total important | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | ||
| Reaching a global agreement on tackling climate change | 75% | 83% | 74% | 94% | 64% | 72% | 78% | 75% | 72% | 80% | |
| Holding a Royal Commission into the banking and finance industry | 62% | 73% | 59% | 64% | 66% | 65% | 60% | 56% | 65% | 67% | |
| Having a treaty with indigenous Australians | 59% | 67% | 55% | 75% | 51% | 54% | 64% | 63% | 57% | 59% | |
| Having a plebiscite on same-sex marriage | 36% | 36% | 41% | 27% | 34% | 34% | 37% | 43% | 33% | 32% | |
| Having a referendum on becoming a republic | 34% | 41% | 31% | 37% | 32% | 40% | 27% | 33% | 35% | 32% |
Of those listed, the most important issues for Australia were considered to be reaching a global agreement on tackling climate change (75% important), a Royal Commission into the banking and finance industry (62%) and having a treaty with indigenous Australian (59%).
Only 36% thought holding a plebiscite on same-sex marriage was important and 34% thought it was important to hold a referendum on becoming a republic.
Having a treaty with indigenous Australian was most strongly supported by Greens voters (75%), Labor voters (67%), women (64%) and those aged 18-34 (63%).
Q. If a referendum was held to include recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Australian Constitution, would you vote for or against?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Vote for | 58% | 67% | 52% | 76% | 50% | |
| Vote against | 15% | 12% | 20% | 5% | 23% | |
| Don’t know | 28% | 21% | 28% | 19% | 27% |
58% say they would vote for including recognition of Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander people in the Australian Constitution in a referendum and 15% would vote against. 28% did not know how they would vote.
Those most likely to vote for were Greens voters (76%), Labor voters (67%) and university educated (64%).
Q. Would you support or oppose a ban on Muslim immigration to Australia?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote LNP | Vote Greens | Vote other | |
| Total support | 49% | 40% | 60% | 34% | 58% |
| Total oppose | 40% | 48% | 31% | 59% | 35% |
| Strongly support | 28% | 20% | 36% | 13% | 41% |
| Support | 21% | 20% | 24% | 21% | 17% |
| Oppose | 19% | 18% | 21% | 16% | 18% |
| Strongly oppose | 21% | 30% | 10% | 43% | 17% |
| Don’t know | 11% | 13% | 8% | 8% | 6% |
| Total | Men | Women | Aged 18-24 | Aged 25-34 | Aged 35-44 | Aged 45-54 | Aged 55-64 | Aged 65+ | |
| Total support | 49% | 48% | 49% | 28% | 44% | 48% | 60% | 47% | 60% |
| Total oppose | 40% | 41% | 40% | 58% | 42% | 38% | 32% | 42% | 33% |
| Strongly support | 28% | 27% | 28% | 14% | 26% | 29% | 35% | 24% | 32% |
| Support | 21% | 21% | 21% | 14% | 18% | 19% | 25% | 23% | 28% |
| Oppose | 19% | 20% | 19% | 25% | 20% | 17% | 15% | 18% | 21% |
| Strongly oppose | 21% | 21% | 21% | 33% | 22% | 21% | 17% | 24% | 12% |
| Don’t know | 11% | 11% | 11% | 14% | 13% | 14% | 8% | 11% | 8% |
Q. What is the main reason you support a ban on Muslim immigration? (If support or strongly support)
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote LNP | |
| They do not integrate into Australian society | 41% | 39% | 39% |
| Terrorist threat | 27% | 32% | 32% |
| They do not share our values | 22% | 17% | 22% |
| Australia is a Christian country | 4% | 1% | 7% |
| None of these | 4% | 9% | – |
| Don’t know | 2% | 2% | – |