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Malcolm Turnbull

11 Sep 2017

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   Aug 2017 July 2017 June 2017 Mar 2017 Dec 2016 June 2016 Dec 2015
Total Approve 41% 21% 75% 23% 28%   38% 37% 36% 33% 34% 38% 56%
Total Disapprove 46% 68% 16% 62% 65%   46% 49% 45% 50% 46% 40% 23%
Strongly approve 7% 4% 16% 1% 1% 4% 6% 5% 5% 5% 6% 13%
Approve 34% 17% 59% 22% 27% 34% 31% 31% 28% 29% 32% 43%
Disapprove 28% 36% 14% 36% 41% 27% 30% 28% 30% 30% 24% 16%
Strongly disapprove 18% 32% 2% 26% 24% 19% 19% 17% 20% 16% 16% 7%
Don’t know 14%   11% 10% 15% 7%   16% 15% 19% 18% 20% 21% 21%

41% approved of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister (up 3% from last month), and 46% disapproved (no change) – a change in net approval rating from -8 to -5 (his best net rating since October last year).

75% (up 2%) of Liberal/National voters approved of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing, compared to 21% of ALP voters and 23% of Greens voters.

By gender, men were 45% approve/45% disapprove and women 36% approve/46% disapprove.

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