Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Nov 2017 | Oct 2017 | Sep 2017 | June 2017 | Mar 2017 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2014 | |||
| Total Approve | 36% | 64% | 21% | 47% | 19% | 35% | 37% | 36% | 34% | 30% | 35% | 27% | 35% | ||
| Total Disapprove | 45% | 19% | 69% | 32% | 69% | 48% | 44% | 47% | 43% | 49% | 38% | 47% | 39% | ||
| Strongly approve | 7% | 15% | 4% | 4% | 4% | 7% | 8% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 6% | 4% | 7% | ||
| Approve | 29% | 49% | 17% | 43% | 15% | 28% | 29% | 29% | 29% | 26% | 29% | 23% | 28% | ||
| Disapprove | 23% | 17% | 28% | 28% | 34% | 27% | 27% | 25% | 28% | 26% | 21% | 26% | 23% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 22% | 2% | 41% | 4% | 35% | 21% | 17% | 22% | 15% | 23% | 17% | 21% | 16% | ||
| Don’t know | 19% | 17% | 10% | 20% | 12% | 17% | 19% | 17% | 23% | 22% | 25% | 25% | 26% |
36% approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader (up 1% from last month), and 45% disapproved (down 3%) – a change in net approval rating from -13 to -9.
64% (no change) of ALP voters approved of the job Bill Shorten is doing, compared to 47% of Greens voters and 21% of Liberal/National voters.
By gender, men were 40% approve/49% disapprove and women 33% approve/40% disapprove.