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%).
Approval of Malcolm Turnbull
Q: Do you approve or disapprove of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister?
|
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
Oct 2015 |
Nov 2015 |
Dec 2015 |
Jan 2016 |
Feb 2016 |
Mar 2016 |
| Total approve | 39% | 21% | 69% | 31% | 16% | 47% | 56% | 56% | 51% | 51% | 45% | ||
| Total disapprove | 39% | 60% | 19% | 52% | 50% | 17% | 20% | 23% | 25% | 27% | 35% | ||
| Strongly approve | 7% | 4% | 15% | 1% | 1% | 11% | 12% | 13% | 9% | 8% | 6% | ||
| Approve | 32% | 17% | 54% | 30% | 15% | 36% | 44% | 43% | 42% | 43% | 39% | ||
| Disapprove | 23% | 35% | 15% | 21% | 27% | 11% | 14% | 16% | 16% | 18% | 24% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 16% | 25% | 4% | 31% | 23% | 6% | 6% | 7% | 9% | 9% | 11% | ||
| Don’t know | 22% | 19% | 13% | 17% | 34% | 35% | 23% | 21% | 23% | 21% | 21% |
39% (down 6% since last month) of respondents approve of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister and 39% (up 4%) disapprove – a net approval rating of zero (down 10).
69% (down 6%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance with 19% (up 6%) disapproving. 21% (down 3%) of Labor voters and 31% (up 8%) of Greens voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance.
By gender, men were 41% approve/42% disapprove and women 37% approve/37% disapprove.
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.
Approval of Malcolm Turnbull
Q: Do you approve or disapprove of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | Malcolm Turnbull as Opposition leader
Nov 2009 |
Tony Abbott as PM
Sep 2015 |
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| Total approve | 47% | 38% | 70% | 40% | 24% | 25% | 33% | ||
| Total disapprove | 17% | 23% | 7% | 31% | 36% | 55% | 57% | ||
| Strongly approve | 11% | 4% | 22% | 4% | 3% | 2% | 9% | ||
| Approve | 36% | 34% | 48% | 36% | 21% | 23% | 24% | ||
| Disapprove | 11% | 16% | 4% | 22% | 20% | 33% | 25% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 6% | 7% | 3% | 9% | 16% | 22% | 32% | ||
| Don’t know | 35% | 37% | 22% | 29% | 40% | 19% | 10% |
47% of respondents approve of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister and 17% disapprove – a net approval rating of +30.
70% of Liberal/National voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance with 7% disapproving. 38% of Labor voters and 40% of Greens voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance.
By gender, men were 51% approve/20% disapprove and women 43% approve/16% disapprove.
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 | Abbott Shorten
Sep 2015 |
||||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 48% | 28% | 80% | 34% | 36% | 53% | 32% | |||
| Bill Shorten | 19% | 41% | 5% | 27% | 12% | 17% | 35% | |||
| Don’t know | 33% | 30% | 14% | 39% | 51% | 30% | 32% |
48% (down 5% from 2 weeks ago) of respondents think Malcolm Turnbull would make the better Prime Minister and 19% (up 2%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.
50% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 20% prefer Bill Shorten.
46% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 18% prefer Bill Shorten.
Better Prime Minister
Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
Oct 2013 |
Mar 2014 |
June 2014 |
July 2014 |
Aug 2014 |
Sep 2014 |
|
| Tony Abbott |
38% |
7% |
85% |
12% |
29% |
41% |
39% |
36% |
34% |
37% |
35% |
||
| Bill Shorten |
32% |
63% |
2% |
56% |
30% |
22% |
33% |
40% |
37% |
36% |
36% |
||
| Don’t know |
30% |
29% |
13% |
32% |
41% |
37% |
28% |
24% |
29% |
27% |
30% |
38% (up 3% since September) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 32% (down 4%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister. This is Tony Abbott’s best figure since April.
Men prefer Tony Abbott 41% to 33% and women prefer Tony Abbott 36% to 30%.
Approval of Tony Abbott
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other/ indep-endent |
Tony Abbott as Opp. Leader 2 Sep 13 |
Tony Abbott as PM 24 Sep |
12 Nov |
14 |
11 Feb |
11 Mar |
|
| Total approve |
41% |
11% |
84% |
12% |
32% |
40% |
41% |
45% |
47% |
41% |
40% |
| Total disapprove |
47% |
84% |
7% |
76% |
55% |
49% |
36% |
40% |
43% |
47% |
47% |
| Strongly approve |
13% |
3% |
30% |
– |
5% |
13% |
14% |
14% |
13% |
12% |
11% |
| Approve |
28% |
8% |
54% |
12% |
27% |
27% |
27% |
31% |
34% |
29% |
29% |
| Disapprove |
17% |
27% |
5% |
21% |
23% |
19% |
13% |
19% |
18% |
19% |
20% |
| Strongly disapprove |
30% |
57% |
2% |
55% |
32% |
30% |
23% |
21% |
25% |
28% |
27% |
| Don’t know |
12% |
6% |
9% |
12% |
12% |
10% |
23% |
16% |
11% |
12% |
12% |
41% (up 1%) approve of the job Tony Abbott is doing as Prime Minister and 47% (no change) disapprove. This represents little change in his rating as Prime Minister over the last four weeks – from net -7 to net -6.
By gender – 49% (up 5%) of men approve and 43% (down 3%) disapprove; 34% (down 3%) of women approve and 50% (up 1%) disapprove.
Approval of Julia Gillard
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister?
|
|
19 Jul 2010 |
20 Dec |
14 Mar 2011 |
14 June |
12 Sept |
12 Dec |
12 Mar 2012 |
12 Jun |
10 Sept |
10 Dec |
14 Jan 2013 |
| Total approve |
52% |
43% |
41% |
34% |
28% |
34% |
32% |
32% |
35% |
37% |
41% |
| Total disapprove |
30% |
40% |
46% |
54% |
64% |
54% |
61% |
56% |
54% |
53% |
49% |
| Strongly approve |
11% |
10% |
7% |
6% |
5% |
6% |
8% |
6% |
7% |
10% |
9% |
| Approve |
41% |
33% |
34% |
28% |
23% |
28% |
24% |
26% |
28% |
27% |
32% |
| Disapprove |
17% |
24% |
22% |
29% |
28% |
25% |
29% |
22% |
27% |
25% |
23% |
| Strongly disapprove |
13% |
16% |
24% |
25% |
36% |
29% |
32% |
34% |
27% |
28% |
26% |
| Don’t know |
18% |
17% |
13% |
13% |
8% |
11% |
7% |
12% |
11% |
11% |
10% |
41% (up 4%) approve of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister and 49% (down 4%) disapprove – an 8-point change in net rating from -16 to -8.
87% of Labor voters approve (up 5%) and 7% disapprove (down 6%).
By gender – men 40% approve/53% disapprove, women 42% approve/45% disapprove. In net terms this represents an improvement with men from -21 to -13 and with women from -10 to -3.
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