Q. Which of the following do you think would make the best leader of the Liberal Party?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Jun 2014 | Aug 2015 | Mar 2016 | Nov 2016 | Mar 2017 | Aug 2017 | Dec 2017 | |||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 24% | 17% | 45% | 16% | 14% | 31% | 24% | 39% | 21% | 20% | 25% | 21% | ||
| Tony Abbott | 11% | 7% | 17% | 2% | 18% | 18% | 18% | 9% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 10% | ||
| Julie Bishop | 17% | 24% | 13% | 25% | 16% | 4% | 17% | 12% | 20% | 17% | 20% | 19% | ||
| Christopher Pyne | 2% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% | ||
| Scott Morrison | 2% | 2% | 3% | – | 2% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% | ||
| Peter Dutton | 3% | 3% | 4% | 1% | 8% | 2% | 3% | 4% | ||||||
| Someone else | 14% | 19% | 5% | 22% | 18% | 19% | 13% | 15% | 18% | 18% | 13% | 15% | ||
| Don’t know | 27% | 27% | 11% | 33% | 22% | 21% | 22% | 21% | 25% | 28% | 25% | 27% |
24% (up 3% since December) think Malcolm Turnbull would make the best leader of the Liberal Party, 17% prefer Julie Bishop (down 2%) and 11% prefer Tony Abbott (up 1%). 14% (down 1%) prefer someone else.
Among Liberal/National voters, 45% (up 5%) prefer Malcolm Turnbull, 13% (down 7%) Julie Bishop and 17% (up 4%) prefer Tony Abbott.
Preferences of men were Malcolm Turnbull 28% (+4%), Julie Bishop 16% (-2%) and Tony Abbott 13% (-).
Preferences of women were Malcolm Turnbull 21% (+3%), Julie Bishop 17% (-3%) and Tony Abbott 9% (+1%).