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 | Dec 2014 | Dec 2015 | Jul 2016 | Sep 2016 | |||
| Total approve | 37% | 65% | 25% | 42% | 22% | 31% | 35% | 27% | 39% | 36% | ||
| Total disapprove | 40% | 18% | 61% | 35% | 65% | 27% | 39% | 47% | 41% | 41% | ||
| Strongly approve | 5% | 13% | 2% | 6% | 1% | 5% | 7% | 4% | 11% | 6% | ||
| Approve | 32% | 52% | 23% | 36% | 21% | 26% | 28% | 23% | 28% | 30% | ||
| Disapprove | 23% | 15% | 28% | 30% | 32% | 17% | 23% | 26% | 21% | 24% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 17% | 3% | 33% | 5% | 33% | 10% | 16% | 21% | 20% | 17% | ||
| Don’t know | 22% | 18% | 14% | 22% | 13% | 43% | 26% | 25% | 20% | 22% |
37% (up 1% in last 4 weeks) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 40% (down 1%) disapprove – a change in his net rating from -5 to -3.
65% (up 3%) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 18% (down 1%) disapprove.
42% of men and 32% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 43% of men and 37% of women disapprove.