Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader?
| 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 | 32% | 56% | 18% | 29% | 17% | 38% | 35% | 35% | 39% | 33% | 34% | 33% | ||
| Total disapprove | 41% | 21% | 63% | 43% | 47% | 40% | 36% | 39% | 33% | 38% | 39% | 42% | ||
| Strongly approve | 4% | 8% | 1% | 5% | – | 7% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 8% | 5% | 6% | ||
| Approve | 28% | 48% | 17% | 24% | 17% | 31% | 30% | 28% | 32% | 25% | 29% | 27% | ||
| Disapprove | 23% | 18% | 27% | 35% | 20% | 22% | 22% | 23% | 19% | 21% | 21% | 25% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 18% | 3% | 36% | 8% | 27% | 18% | 14% | 16% | 14% | 17% | 18% | 17% | ||
| Don’t know | 27% | 23% | 18% | 27% | 36% | 22% | 29% | 26% | 28% | 29% | 27% | 25% |
32% (down 1% since April) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 41% (down 1%) disapprove – for no change in his net rating of -9.
56% (down 5%) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 21% (up 3%) disapprove.
32% of men and 33% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 49% of men and 34% of women disapprove.