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 | Dec 2017 | Sep 2017 | June 2017 | Mar 2017 | Dec 2016 | Jun 2016 | Dec 2015 | |||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 42% | 19% | 80% | 20% | 38% | 42% | 43% | 39% | 38% | 39% | 40% | 54% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 25% | 52% | 3% | 39% | 21% | 28% | 29% | 26% | 26% | 28% | 29% | 15% | ||
| Don’t know | 33% | 30% | 17% | 41% | 41% | 31% | 28% | 34% | 36% | 33% | 32% | 31% |
42% thought that Malcolm Turnbull would make a better Prime Minister (no change from last month), and 25% thought Bill Shorten would be better (down 3%). 33% 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 52% of Labor voters saying Bill Shorten would.
Greens voters preferred Bill Shorten (39%) to Malcolm Turnbull (20%).
45% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 30% prefer Bill Shorten.
38% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 20% prefer Bill Shorten.