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Malcolm Turnbull
Q. 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 | Aug 2017 | July 2017 | June 2017 | Mar 2017 | Dec 2016 | June 2016 | Dec 2015 | |||
| Total Approve | 41% | 21% | 75% | 23% | 28% | 38% | 37% | 36% | 33% | 34% | 38% | 56% | ||
| Total Disapprove | 46% | 68% | 16% | 62% | 65% | 46% | 49% | 45% | 50% | 46% | 40% | 23% | ||
| Strongly approve | 7% | 4% | 16% | 1% | 1% | 4% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 13% | ||
| Approve | 34% | 17% | 59% | 22% | 27% | 34% | 31% | 31% | 28% | 29% | 32% | 43% | ||
| Disapprove | 28% | 36% | 14% | 36% | 41% | 27% | 30% | 28% | 30% | 30% | 24% | 16% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 18% | 32% | 2% | 26% | 24% | 19% | 19% | 17% | 20% | 16% | 16% | 7% | ||
| Don’t know | 14% | 11% | 10% | 15% | 7% | 16% | 15% | 19% | 18% | 20% | 21% | 21% |
41% approved of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister (up 3% from last month), and 46% disapproved (no change) – a change in net approval rating from -8 to -5 (his best net rating since October last year).
75% (up 2%) of Liberal/National voters approved of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing, compared to 21% of ALP voters and 23% of Greens voters.
By gender, men were 45% approve/45% disapprove and women 36% approve/46% disapprove.