Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Sep 2015 | Dec 2015 | Mar 2016 | Aug 2016 | Sep 2016 | |||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 41% | 15% | 79% | 27% | 41% | 53% | 54% | 48% | 40% | 41% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 28% | 59% | 7% | 35% | 15% | 17% | 15% | 19% | 30% | 26% | ||
| Don’t know | 31% | 26% | 14% | 38% | 44% | 30% | 31% | 33% | 31% | 33% |
41% (no change in last 4 weeks) of respondents think Malcolm Turnbull would make the better Prime Minister and 28% (up 2%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.
46% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 32% prefer Bill Shorten.
36% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 25% prefer Bill Shorten.