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 | Apr 2018 | |||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 28% | 22% | 51% | 13% | 9% | 31% | 24% | 39% | 21% | 20% | 25% | 21% | 24% | ||
| Tony Abbott | 10% | 9% | 11% | 5% | 18% | 18% | 18% | 9% | 11% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 11% | ||
| Julie Bishop | 16% | 16% | 14% | 29% | 17% | 4% | 17% | 12% | 20% | 17% | 20% | 19% | 17% | ||
| Christopher Pyne | 2% | 2% | 1% | 4% | 3% | <1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 2% | ||
| Scott Morrison | 2% | 3% | 2% | – | 2% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 2% | ||
| Peter Dutton | 5% | 2% | 7% | – | 10% | 2% | 3% | 4% | 3% | ||||||
| Someone else | 14% | 22% | 3% | 27% | 24% | 19% | 13% | 15% | 18% | 18% | 13% | 15% | 14% | ||
| Don’t know | 24% | 24% | 11% | 23% | 16% | 21% | 22% | 21% | 25% | 28% | 25% | 27% | 27% |
28% (up 4% since April) think Malcolm Turnbull would make the best leader of the Liberal Party, 16% prefer Julie Bishop (down 1%) and 10% prefer Tony Abbott (down 1%). 14% (no change) prefer someone else.
Among Liberal/National voters, 51% (up 6%) prefer Malcolm Turnbull, 14% (up 1%) Julie Bishop and 11% (down 6%) prefer Tony Abbott.
Preferences of men were Malcolm Turnbull 30% (+2%), Julie Bishop 13% (-3%) and Tony Abbott 13% (-).
Preferences of women were Malcolm Turnbull 26% (+5%), Julie Bishop 18% (+1%) and Tony Abbott 6% (-3%).