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 | Dec 2015 | Mar 2016 | Jun 2016 | Jul 2016 | Aug 2016 | |||
| Total approve | 35% | 16% | 71% | 23% | 22% | 56% | 45% | 38% | 37% | 38% | ||
| Total disapprove | 43% | 65% | 17% | 51% | 59% | 23% | 35% | 40% | 48% | 43% | ||
| Strongly approve | 4% | 1% | 10% | 3% | 1% | 13% | 6% | 6% | 8% | 6% | ||
| Approve | 31% | 15% | 61% | 20% | 21% | 43% | 39% | 32% | 29% | 32% | ||
| Disapprove | 27% | 37% | 15% | 31% | 35% | 16% | 24% | 24% | 27% | 26% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 16% | 28% | 2% | 20% | 24% | 7% | 11% | 16% | 21% | 17% | ||
| Don’t know | 22% | 18% | 11% | 26% | 20% | 21% | 21% | 21% | 16% | 19% |
35% (down 3% from 4 weeks ago) of respondents approve of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister and 43% (no change disapprove – a change in net approval rating from -5 to -8.
71% (down 6%) of Liberal/National voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance with 17% (up 3%) disapproving. 16% (up 1%) of Labor voters and 23% (up 5%) of Greens voters approve of Malcolm Turnbull’s performance.
By gender, men were 42% approve/43% disapprove and women 30% approve/43% disapprove.