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Malcolm Turnbull

5 Jun 2018

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister?

  Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote Other May 2018 Apr 2018 Mar 2018
Total approve 42% 28% 79% 22% 24% 40% 39% 41%
Total disapprove 42% 60% 14% 61% 63% 42% 42% 43%
Strongly approve 7% 5% 17% 3% 2% 9% 8% 9%
Approve 34% 23% 62% 19% 22% 31% 31% 32%
Disapprove 23% 30% 11% 35% 35% 22% 26% 26%
Strongly disapprove 18% 30% 3% 26% 28% 20% 16% 17%
Don’t know 16% 12% 7% 16% 12% 19% 19% 16%

42% approved of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister (up 2% from last month), and 42% disapproved (no change) – a change in net approval rating from -2 to 0. This is Malcolm Turnbull’s best net approval rating since June 2016.

79% (up 6%) of Liberal/National voters approved of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing, compared to 28% of ALP voters and 22% of Greens and 24% of other voters.

By gender, men were 48% approve/43% disapprove and women 36% approve/41% disapprove.

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