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 | ||
| Regulating the banking and finance sector | 33% | 27% | 39% | +6 | |
| Supporting Australia’s manufacturing industries | 30% | 31% | 39% | -1 | |
| Ensuring big companies pay their share of tax | 28% | 34% | 38% | -6 | |
| Protecting the Great Barrier Reef | 21% | 27% | 52% | -6 | |
| Funding hospitals | 27% | 35% | 38% | -8 | |
| Addressing climate change | 21% | 29% | 50% | -8 | |
| Making housing more affordable for first home buyers | 23% | 32% | 44% | -9 | |
| Looking after the needs of pensioners | 21% | 35% | 44% | -14 | |
| Funding public schools | 24% | 40% | 36% | -16 | |
| Maintaining workers’ wages and conditions | 21% | 43% | 35% | -22 |
Bill Shorten is trusted more for maintaining workers’ wages and conditions (+22), funding public schools (+16) and looking after the needs of pensioners (+14).