Q: Do you approve or disapprove of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader?
| Total | Vote ALP |
Vote Lib/Nat | Vote GRN |
Vote Other | Nov ’13 | June ’14 | Dec ’14 | Mar ’15 | Jun ’15 | Jul ’15 | Aug ’15 | Sep ’15 | |||
| Total approve | 30% | 57% | 20% | 27% | 13% | 31% | 38% | 35% | 34% | 32% | 27% | 29% | 29% | ||
| Total disapprove | 42% | 21% | 66% | 40% | 60% | 27% | 40% | 39% | 39% | 45% | 52% | 52% | 50% | ||
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Strongly approve |
6% | 12% | 3% | 5% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 4% | 5% | ||
| Approve | 24% | 45% | 17% | 22% | 10% | 26% | 31% | 28% | 29% | 26% | 22% | 25% | 24% | ||
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Disapprove |
25% | 18% | 33% | 34% | 29% | 17% | 22% | 23% | 21% | 27% | 28% | 31% | 27% | ||
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Strongly disapprove |
17% | 3% | 33% | 6% | 31% | 10% | 18% | 16% | 18% | 18% | 24% | 21% | 23% | ||
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Don’t know |
27% | 21% | 14% | 34% | 27% | 43% | 22% | 26% | 27% | 22% | 21% | 19% | 21% |
30% (up 1%) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 42% (down 8%) disapprove – a change in his net rating from -21 to -12. Don’t know has increased from 21% to 27%.
57% (down 1%) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 21% (no change) disapprove.
30% of men and 29% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 48% of men and 37% of women disapprove.