Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the way the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull is handling the threat of terrorism in Australia?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | Oct 2015 | Mar 2015 (Abbott) | ||
| Total approve | 47% | 40% | 68% | 47% | 41% | 56% | 46% | |
| Total disapprove | 24% | 35% | 11% | 30% | 38% | 17% | 33% | |
| Strongly approve | 5% | 4% | 10% | 3% | 3% | 11% | 13% | |
| Approve | 42% | 36% | 58% | 44% | 38% | 45% | 33% | |
| Disapprove | 16% | 25% | 7% | 16% | 23% | 11% | 18% | |
| Strongly disapprove | 8% | 10% | 4% | 14% | 15% | 6% | 15% | |
| Don’t know | 27% | 24% | 21% | 23% | 21% | 28% | 22% |
47% approve of the way Malcolm Turnbull is handling the threat of terrorism in Australia (down 9% since October 2015), and 24% disapprove (up 7%). The October 2015 poll was conducted only a few weeks after Turnbull became Prime Minister.
Those most likely to approve of the way Turnbull is handling the threat of terrorism were Liberal/National voters (68%) and those aged 65+ (61%). Men (51% approve) were more likely to approve than women (45%).
Those most likely to disapprove of the way Turnbull is handling the threat of terrorism were other party/independent voters (38%) and Labor voters (35%).