Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | |||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 41% | 20% | 80% | 11% | 37% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 27% | 56% | 5% | 41% | 13% | ||
| Don’t know | 32% | 24% | 15% | 48% | 50% |
| Total | July 2017 | June 2017 | May 2017 | Apr 2017 | Mar 2017 | Dec 2016 | Jun 2016 | Dec 2015 | |||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 41% | 41% | 39% | 39% | 39% | 38% | 39% | 40% | 54% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 27% | 27% | 26% | 31% | 28% | 26% | 28% | 29% | 15% | ||
| Don’t know | 32% | 31% | 34% | 30% | 32% | 36% | 33% | 32% | 31% |
41% thought that Malcolm Turnbull would make a better Prime Minister (no change from last month), and 27% thought Bill Shorten would be better (no change). 32% did not know who would make a better Prime Minister.
The results were split by party, with 80% of Liberal/National voters saying that Malcolm Turnbull would be a better Prime Minister, and 56% of Labor voters saying Bill Shorten would.
Greens voters preferred Bill Shorten (41%) to Turnbull (11%), although the largest proportion did not know who would make a better Prime Minister (48%).
47% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 30% prefer Bill Shorten.
36% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 24% prefer Bill Shorten.