Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?
| Total | Vote Lab | Vote Lib/ Nat |
Vote Grns | Vote Other | Sep 2013 | June 2014 | Dec 2014 | Mar 2015 | Jun 2015 | Jul 2015 | Aug 2015 | |||
| Total approve | 33% | 7% | 75% | 3% | 19% | 41% | 35% | 32% | 31% | 39% | 37% | 38% | ||
| Total disapprove | 57% | 88% | 17% | 91% | 69% | 36% | 58% | 55% | 56% | 50% | 53% | 53% | ||
| Strongly approve | 9% | 2% | 22% | – | 4% | 14% | 10% | 8% | 7% | 11% | 11% | 9% | ||
| Approve | 24% | 5% | 53% | 3% | 15% | 27% | 25% | 24% | 24% | 28% | 26% | 29% | ||
| Disapprove | 25% | 30% | 15% | 22% | 39% | 13% | 18% | 22% | 22% | 23% | 24% | 22% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 32% | 58% | 2% | 69% | 30% | 23% | 40% | 33% | 34% | 27% | 29% | 31% | ||
| Don’t know | 10% | 5% | 8% | 6% | 11% | 23% | 7% | 12% | 12% | 12% | 10% | 10% |
33% of respondents approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister – a drop of 5% since the last time this question was asked in August.
57%% disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing (up 4%). Tony Abbott’s net approval rating has dropped from -15 in August to -24 in September.
75% of Liberal/National voters voters approve of Tony Abbott’s performance (down 7% from 82%), with 17% (up 7%) disapproving. 88% of Labor voters and 91% of Greens voters disapprove of Tony Abbott’s performance.
By gender men were 35% approve/58% disapprove and women 31% approve/56% disapprove.
VIC was the state with the highest disapproval rating (61% disapprove and 31% approve). QLD also registered a high disapproval rating (58% disapprove and 31% approve). Out of the three largest states NSW gave Tony Abbott the highest approval rating (39% approve and 49% disapprove).
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?
| Total | Vote Lab | Vote Lib/ Nat |
Vote Grn | Vote Other | Sep 2013 | June 2014 | Mar 2015 | Apr 2015 | May 2015 | Jun 2015 | Jul 2015 | |||
| Total approve | 38% | 12% | 82% | 6% | 23% | 41% | 35% | 31% | 33% | 36% | 39% | 37% | ||
| Total disapprove | 53% | 82% | 10% | 91% | 63% | 36% | 58% | 56% | 58% | 54% | 50% | 53% | ||
| Strongly approve | 9% | 2% | 22% | 1% | 2% | 14% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 10% | 11% | 11% | ||
| Approve | 29% | 10% | 60% | 5% | 21% | 27% | 25% | 24% | 26% | 26% | 28% | 26% | ||
| Disapprove | 22% | 30% | 9% | 19% | 33% | 13% | 18% | 22% | 28% | 25% | 23% | 24% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 31% | 52% | 1% | 72% | 40% | 23% | 40% | 34% | 30% | 29% | 27% | 29% | ||
| Don’t know | 10% | 6% | 7% | 3% | 4% | 23% | 7% | 12% | 9% | 11% | 12% | 10% |
38% of respondents approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister – up 1% since the last time this question was asked in July – and 53% disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing (no change). This represents a 1-point change in his net rating from -16 to -15.
82% (up 1%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Tony Abbott’s performance, with 10% (down 3%) disapproving. 82% of Labor voters and 91% of Greens voters disapprove of Tony Abbott’s performance.
By gender men were 41% approve/53% disapprove and women 34% approve/53% disapprove.
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?
| Total | Vote Lab | Vote Lib/ Nat |
Vote GRN | Vote Other | Sep 13 | Mar 14 | June 14 | Dec 14 | Mar 15 | Apr 15 | May 15 | Jun 15 | |||
| Total approve | 37% | 12% | 81% | 1% | 26% | 41% | 40% | 35% | 32% | 31% | 33% | 36% | 39% | ||
| Total disapprove | 53% | 83% | 13% | 93% | 63% | 36% | 47% | 58% | 55% | 56% | 58% | 54% | 50% | ||
| Strongly approve | 11% | 2% | 26% | 1% | 5% | 14% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 7% | 7% | 10% | 11% | ||
| Approve | 26% | 10% | 55% | – | 21% | 27% | 29% | 25% | 24% | 24% | 26% | 26% | 28% | ||
| Disapprove | 24% | 32% | 11% | 28% | 36% | 13% | 20% | 18% | 22% | 22% | 28% | 25% | 23% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 29% | 51% | 2% | 65% | 27% | 23% | 27% | 40% | 33% | 34% | 30% | 29% | 27% | ||
| Don’t know | 10% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 11% | 23% | 12% | 7% | 12% | 12% | 9% | 11% | 12% |
37% of respondents approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister – down 2% since the last time this question was asked in June – and 53% disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing (up 3%). This represents a 5-point change in his net rating from -11 to -16.
81% (no change) of Liberal/National voters approve of Tony Abbott’s performance, with 13% (up 2%) disapproving. 83% of Labor voters and 93% of Greens voters disapprove of Tony Abbott’s performance.
By gender men were 38% approve/56% disapprove and women 35% approve/51% disapprove.
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Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?
| Total | Vote Lab | Vote Lib/ Nat |
Vote Grn | Vote Oth. | June 2014 | Sep 2014 | Dec 2014 | Jan 2015 | Feb 2015 | Mar 2015 | Apr 2015 | |||
| Total approve | 36% | 7% | 78% | 1% | 35% | 35% | 35% | 32% | 37% | 29% | 31% | 33% | ||
| Total disapprove | 54% | 87% | 14% | 83% | 58% | 58% | 52% | 55% | 53% | 62% | 56% | 58% | ||
| Strongly approve | 10% | 1% | 25% | 3% | 5% | 10% | 9% | 8% | 9% | 7% | 7% | 7% | ||
| Approve | 26% | 6% | 53% | 8% | 30% | 25% | 26% | 24% | 28% | 22% | 24% | 26% | ||
| Disapprove | 25% | 32% | 12% | 43% | 23% | 18% | 22% | 22% | 23% | 26% | 22% | 28% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 29% | 55% | 2% | 40% | 25% | 40% | 30% | 33% | 30% | 36% | 34% | 30% | ||
| Don’t know | 11% | 6% | 8% | 6% | 17% | 7% | 13% | 12% | 10% | 9% | 12% | 9% |
36% of respondents approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister – up 3% since the last time this question was asked in April – and 54% disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing (down 4%). This represents a 7-point change in his net rating from -25 to -18.
78% (up 3%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Tony Abbott’s performance, with 14% (down 4%) disapproving. 87% of Labor voters and 83% of Greens voters disapprove of Tony Abbott’s performance.
By gender men were 40% approve/54% disapprove and women 32% approve/53% disapprove.
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Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten?
| Total | Vote Lab | Vote Lib/ Nat |
Vote Grn | Vote Other | Oct 2013 | June 2014 | Dec 2104 | Jan 2015 | Feb 2015 | Mar 2015 | Apr 2015 | |||
| Tony Abbott | 35% | 4% | 78% | 11% | 32% | 41% | 36% | 31% | 35% | 31% | 33% | 32% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 32% | 70% | 4% | 43% | 15% | 22% | 40% | 36% | 37% | 39% | 37% | 35% | ||
| Don’t know | 33% | 26% | 18% | 46% | 53% | 37% | 24% | 33% | 28% | 30% | 30% | 33% |
35% (up 3% since April) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 32% (down 3%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.
This is the first month Tony Abbott has been preferred over Bill Shorten since November last year.
41% of men prefer Tony Abbott and 31% prefer Bill Shorten – and women prefer Bill Shorten 34% to 29%.
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?
|
Total |
|
Vote ALP |
Vote Lib/ |
Vote Green |
Vote Other |
|
Sep 2013 |
Mar 2014 |
June 2014 |
Sep 2014 |
Dec 2014 |
Jan 2015 |
Feb 2015 |
|
| Total approve |
31% |
5% |
72% |
5% |
20% |
|
41% |
40% |
35% |
35% |
32% |
37% |
29% |
|
| Total dis-approve |
56% |
89% |
20% |
86% |
68% |
|
36% |
47% |
58% |
52% |
55% |
53% |
62% |
|
| Strongly approve |
7% |
1% |
18% |
– |
4% |
14% |
11% |
10% |
9% |
8% |
9% |
7% |
||
| Approve |
24% |
4% |
54% |
5% |
16% |
27% |
29% |
25% |
26% |
24% |
28% |
22% |
||
| Dis-approve |
22% |
24% |
16% |
31% |
32% |
13% |
20% |
18% |
22% |
22% |
23% |
26% |
||
| Strongly dis-approve |
34% |
65% |
4% |
55% |
34% |
23% |
27% |
40% |
30% |
33% |
30% |
36% |
||
| Don’t know |
12% |
6% |
7% |
9% |
15% |
23% |
12% |
7% |
13% |
12% |
10% |
9% |
56% of respondents disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister – down 6% since the last time this question was asked in February – and 31% approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing (up 2%). This represents a change in net rating from -33 to -25.
72% (up 7%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Tony Abbott’s performance, with 20% (down 9%) disapproving. 89% of Labor voters and 86% of Greens voters disapprove of Tony Abbott’s performance.
By gender men were 35% approve/54% disapprove and women 28% approve/59% disapprove.
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/ |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
Sep 2013 |
Mar 2014 |
June 2014 |
Sep 2014 |
Dec 2014 |
Jan 2015 |
|
| Total approve |
29% |
7% |
65% |
9% |
20% |
|
41% |
40% |
35% |
35% |
32% |
37% |
|
| Total disapprove |
62% |
89% |
29% |
86% |
71% |
|
36% |
47% |
58% |
52% |
55% |
53% |
|
| Strongly approve |
7% |
1% |
16% |
6% |
2% |
14% |
11% |
10% |
9% |
8% |
9% |
||
| Approve |
22% |
6% |
49% |
3% |
18% |
27% |
29% |
25% |
26% |
24% |
28% |
||
| Disapprove |
26% |
24% |
25% |
23% |
37% |
13% |
20% |
18% |
22% |
22% |
23% |
||
| Strongly disapprove |
36% |
65% |
4% |
63% |
34% |
23% |
27% |
40% |
30% |
33% |
30% |
||
| Don’t know |
9% |
4% |
6% |
5% |
9% |
23% |
12% |
7% |
13% |
12% |
10% |
62% of respondents disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister – up 9% since the last time this question was asked in January – and 29% approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing (down 8%). This represents a change in net rating from -16 to -33 – his worst since becoming leader of the Liberal Party.
65% (down 18%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Tony Abbott’s performance, with 29% (up 19%) disapproving. 89% of Labor voters and 86% of Greens voters disapprove of Tony Abbott’s performance.
By gender men were 34% approve/61% disapprove and women 24% approve/64% disapprove.
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/ |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
Sep 13 |
Mar 14 |
June 14 |
Sep 14 |
Oct 14 |
Nov 14 |
Dec 14 |
|
| Total approve |
37% |
12% |
83% |
8% |
29% |
|
41% |
40% |
35% |
35% |
40% |
39% |
32% |
|
| Total disapprove |
53% |
81% |
10% |
89% |
64% |
|
36% |
47% |
58% |
52% |
48% |
50% |
55% |
|
| Strongly approve |
9% |
3% |
22% |
– |
2% |
14% |
11% |
10% |
9% |
10% |
11% |
8% |
||
| Approve |
28% |
9% |
61% |
8% |
27% |
27% |
29% |
25% |
26% |
30% |
28% |
24% |
||
| Disapprove |
23% |
28% |
9% |
25% |
36% |
13% |
20% |
18% |
22% |
22% |
24% |
22% |
||
| Strongly disapprove |
30% |
53% |
1% |
64% |
28% |
23% |
27% |
40% |
30% |
26% |
26% |
33% |
||
| Don’t know |
10% |
7% |
8% |
3% |
7% |
23% |
12% |
7% |
13% |
11% |
10% |
12% |
53% of respondents disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister – down 2% since the last time this question was asked in December – and 37% approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing (up 5%). This represents a change in net rating from -23 to -16.
83% (up 8%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Tony Abbott’s performance, with 10% (down 5%) disapproving. 81% of Labor voters and 89% of Greens voters disapprove of Tony Abbott’s performance.
By gender men were 40% approve/51% disapprove and women 34% approve/55% disapprove.