Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Scott Morrison and Bill Shorten?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Jan 2019 | Dec 2018 | Nov 2018 | Oct 2018 | Sep 2018 | Sep 2018 | |||
| Scott Morrison | 44% | 14% | 82% | 23% | 54% | 42% | 40% | 41% | 42% | 39% | 39% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 31% | 66% | 8% | 40% | 10% | 30% | 29% | 29% | 27% | 27% | 29% | ||
| Don’t know | 26% | 20% | 10% | 36% | 36% | 28% | 31% | 29% | 31% | 34% | 32% |
44% thought that Scott Morrison would make the better Prime Minister (up 2%pts from last month), and 31% thought Bill Shorten would be better (up 1%pt). 26% did not know who would make a better Prime Minister.
The results were split by party, with 82% of Liberal/National voters saying that Scott Morrison would be a better Prime Minister (up 5%pts from January), and 66% of Labor voters saying Bill Shorten would (up 3%pts from 63% in January).
Greens voters preferred Bill Shorten (40%) to Scott Morrison (23%).
Both men (47% vs. 29%) and women (41% vs. 32%) would prefer Scott Morrison to Bill Shorten as Prime Minister.