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  • May, 2018

    Bill Shorten

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader?

      Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other   Apr 2018 Mar 2018 Dec 2017
    Total Approve 37% 65% 25% 36% 13%   35% 37% 36%
    Total Disapprove 41% 19% 60% 37% 67%   43% 44% 45%
    Strongly approve 8% 17% 4% 5% 1% 6% 8% 7%
    Approve 29% 48% 21% 31% 12% 29% 29% 29%
    Disapprove 21% 16% 26% 29% 25% 22% 23% 23%
    Strongly disapprove 20% 3% 34% 8% 42% 21% 21% 22%
    Don’t know 23%   16% 14% 27% 19%   23% 19% 19%

     

    65% (up 6%) of ALP voters approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing, compared to 36% of Greens voters and 25% of Liberal/National voters.37% approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader (up 2% from last month), and 41% disapproved (down 2%) – a change in net approval rating from -8 to -4.

    By gender, men were 42% approve/43% disapprove and women 31% approve/39% disapprove.

  • May, 2017

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    Bill Shorten

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader?

      Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other   Apr 2017 Mar 2017 Feb 2017 Jan 2017 Dec 2016 Dec 2015 Dec 2014
    Total Approve 34% 62% 20% 33% 21%   33% 30% 30% 37% 35% 27% 35%
    Total Disapprove 45% 18% 68% 46% 64%   46% 49% 47% 44% 38% 47% 39%
    Strongly approve 6% 14% 2% 6% 1% 5% 4% 5% 7% 6% 4% 7%
    Approve 28% 48% 18% 27% 20% 28% 26% 25% 30% 29% 23% 28%
    Disapprove 26% 15% 33% 37% 33% 26% 26% 27% 25% 21% 26% 23%
    Strongly disapprove 19% 3% 35% 9% 31% 20% 23% 20% 19% 17% 21% 16%
    Don’t know 22%   20% 12% 21% 15%   22% 22% 22% 20% 25% 25% 26%

    34% approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Prime Minister (up 1% from last month), and 45% disapproved (down 1%).

    62% of ALP voters approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing, compared to 33% of Greens voters and 20% of Liberal/National voters.

  • May, 2017

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    Preferred Prime Minister

    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   Apr 2017 Mar 2017 Feb 2017 Jan 2017 Dec 2016 Jun 2016 Dec 2015 Dec 2014
    Malcolm Turnbull 39% 11% 85% 12% 34%   39% 38% 39% 39% 39% 40% 54% 54%
    Bill Shorten 31% 61% 4% 59% 17%   28% 26% 25% 28% 28% 29% 15% 15%
    Don’t know 30%   27% 11% 30% 49%   32% 36% 36% 33% 33% 32% 31% 31%

    39% thought that Malcolm Turnbull would make a better Prime Minister (unchanged from last month), and 31% thought Bill Shorten would be better (up 3%).

    The results were split by party, with 85% of Liberal/National voters saying that Malcolm Turnbull would be a better Prime Minister, and 61% of ALP voters saying the Bill Shorten would.

    Greens voters preferred Bill Shorten (59% preferred) to Turnbull (12%).

  • May, 2016

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    Leader attributes – Bill Shorten

    Q: Which of the following describe your opinion of the Opposition Leader, Bill Shorten?

      Total   May 3 2016   Change
    Hard working 60%   62%   -2
    Intelligent 60%   60%  
    Understands the problems facing Australia 50%   50%  
    Superficial 44%   43%   +1
    A capable leader 43%   41%   +2
    Out of touch with ordinary people 42%   44%   -2
    Narrow-minded 40%   40%  
    Arrogant 40%   38%   +2
    Erratic 37%   37%  
    Good in a crisis 37%   34%   +3
    Trustworthy 31%   33%   -2
    Aggressive 30%   33%   -3
    Intolerant 30%   31%   -1
    Visionary 28%   29%   -1
    More honest than most politicians 26%   26%  

    Bill Shorten’s key attributes were hard working (60%), intelligent (60%) and understands the problems facing Australia (50%).

    There have been no significant changes over the last 3 weeks.

  • May, 2016

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    Leader attributes – comparisons

      Malcolm Turnbull Bill Shorten   Difference
    Out of touch with ordinary people 63% 42% +21
    Intelligent 76% 60% +16
    A capable leader 55% 43% +12
    Visionary 40% 28% +12
    Arrogant 51% 40% +11
    Good in a crisis 48% 37% +11
    More honest than most politicians 36% 26% +10
    Trustworthy 37% 31% +6
    Superficial 48% 44% +4
    Intolerant 34% 30% +4
    Narrow-minded 41% 40% +1
    Aggressive 31% 30% +1
    Hard-working 60% 60%
    Understands the problems facing Australia 47% 50% -3
    Erratic 34% 37% -3

    Compared to Bill Shorten, Malcolm Turnbull is more likely to be considered out of touch with ordinary people (+21), intelligent (+16%), a capable leader (+12%) and visionary (+12%).

  • May, 2016

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    Leader trust to handle issues

    Q: Which leader – Malcolm Turnbull or Bill Shorten – would you trust most to handle the following issues? 

      Malcolm Turnbull Bill Shorten Don’t know   Difference
    Regulating the banking and finance sector 33% 27% 39%   +6
    Supporting Australia’s manufacturing industries 30% 31% 39%   -1
    Ensuring big companies pay their share of tax 28% 34% 38%   -6
    Protecting the Great Barrier Reef 21% 27% 52%   -6
    Funding hospitals 27% 35% 38%   -8
    Addressing climate change 21% 29% 50%   -8
    Making housing more affordable for first home buyers 23% 32% 44%   -9
    Looking after the needs of pensioners 21% 35% 44%   -14
    Funding public schools 24% 40% 36%   -16
    Maintaining workers’ wages and conditions 21% 43% 35%   -22

    Bill Shorten is trusted more for maintaining workers’ wages and conditions (+22), funding public schools (+16) and looking after the needs of pensioners (+14).

  • Apr, 2016

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    Approval of Bill Shorten

    Q: Do you approve or disapprove of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader?

     
    Total
     
    Vote Labor
    Vote Lib/Nat
    Vote Greens
    Vote other
     
    Nov 2013
    June 2014
    Dec 2014
    Jun 2015
    Dec 2015
    Jan 2016
    Feb 2016
    Mar 2016
    Total approve 30%   60% 16% 44% 14%   31% 38% 35% 32% 27% 27% 27% 27%
    Total disapprove 44%   18% 65% 39% 62%   27% 40% 39% 45% 47% 47% 48% 47%
    Strongly approve 5%   13% <1% 6% 1%   5% 7% 7% 6% 4% 4% 5% 3%
    Approve 25%   47% 15% 38% 13%   26% 31% 28% 26% 23% 23% 22% 24%
    Disapprove 22%   16% 25% 25% 33%   17% 22% 23% 27% 26% 28% 26% 29%
    Strongly disapprove 22%   2% 40% 14% 29%   10% 18% 16% 18% 21% 19% 22% 18%
    Don’t know 25%   22% 20% 18% 24%   43% 22% 26% 22% 25% 26% 25% 26%

    30% (up 3%) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 44% (down 3%) disapprove – a change in his net rating from -20 to -14.

    60% (up 9%) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 18% (down 6%) disapprove.

    30% of men and 30% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 51% of men and 38% of women disapprove.

  • Apr, 2016

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    Better Prime Minister

    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
     
    Sep 2015
    Oct 2015
    Nov 2015
    Dec 2015
    Jan 2016
    Feb 2016
    Mar 2016
    Malcolm Turnbull 44% 17% 79% 31% 37% 53% 48% 55% 54% 51% 52% 48%
    Bill Shorten 22% 52% 3% 40% 10% 17% 19% 14% 15% 18% 15% 19%
    Don’t know 34% 31% 18% 29% 53% 30% 33% 31% 31% 31% 33% 33%

    44% (down 4%) of respondents think Malcolm Turnbull would make the better Prime Minister and 22% (up 3%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.

    49% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 22% prefer Bill Shorten.

    39% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 23% prefer Bill Shorten.

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