Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten?
| Total | Vote Lab | Vote Lib/ Nat |
Vote GRN | Vote Other | Oct 13 | Mar 14 | June 14 | Sep 14 | Dec 14 | Mar 15 | Apr 15 | May 15 | Jun 15 | |||
| Tony Abbott | 37% | 9% | 83% | 1% | 33% | 41% | 39% | 36% | 35% | 31% | 33% | 32% | 35% | 38% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 30% | 61% | 3% | 54% | 23% | 22% | 33% | 40% | 36% | 36% | 37% | 35% | 32% | 33% | ||
| Don’t know | 33% | 30% | 14% | 45% | 44% | 37% | 28% | 24% | 30% | 33% | 30% | 33% | 33% | 29% |
37% (down 1% since June) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 30% (down 3%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister. This is Tony Abbott’s best result since April last year.
38% of men prefer Tony Abbott and 31% prefer Bill Shorten – and women prefer Tony Abbott 36% to 29%.