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Performance of Anthony Albanese

10 Mar 2020

Q Do you approve or disapprove of the job Anthony Albanese is doing as Opposition Leader?

Mar’20 Feb’20 Jan’20 Dec’19 Nov’19 Oct’19 Sep’19 Aug’19 Jul’19
NET: Approve 41% 41% 43% 39% 37% 40% 36% 38% 39%
NET: Disapprove 33% 31% 30% 28% 34% 29% 31% 29% 24%
Don’t know 26% 28% 27% 33% 29% 31% 33% 33% 37%
Base (n) 1,096 1,056 1,081 1,035 1,075 1,088 1,093 1,096 1,091
Total Federal Voting Intention
Labor Coalition Greens NET: Other
Strongly approve 8% 16% 4% 7% 7%
Approve 33% 48% 30% 33% 19%
Disapprove 22% 14% 30% 29% 25%
Strongly disapprove 10% 2% 19% 5% 16%
Don’t know 26% 20% 17% 26% 33%
NET: Approve 41% 64% 34% 40% 26%
NET: Disapprove 33% 16% 49% 33% 41%
Base (n) 1,096 347 359 92 171
  • The Opposition Leader’s approval rating is also at 41%, on par with the results from Jan’20 (43%).
  • A third of participants (33%) disapprove of Albanese’s performance which is up from Dec’19 (28%).
  • Albanese’s approval among Labor voters remains relatively low at 64%, compared to Morrison’s approval among Coalition voters (77%).
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