Q. Do you think Tony Abbott should:
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Aug 2016 | April 2017 | ||
| Stay in parliament on the backbench | 14% | 13% | 19% | 10% | 15% | 21% | 17% | |
| Stay in parliament and be given a ministry | 18% | 12% | 25% | 9% | 34% | 25% | 17% | |
| Resign from parliament | 43% | 54% | 35% | 68% | 36% | 37% | 40% | |
| Don’t know | 24% | 21% | 22% | 13% | 15% | 17% | 26% |
43% think Tony Abbott should resign from parliament (up 3% from April), while 32% think he should stay in parliament in some capacity (down 2%).
Liberal/National voters were more likely to think Tony Abbott should stay in parliament (44%) than Labor voters (25%) and Greens voters (19%).
Other party/independent voters were most likely to think he should stay in parliament (49%).
Since this questions was first asked in August 2016, the proportion of those who think Tony Abbott should stay in parliament has fallen from 46% to 32%.