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 2017 | June 2017 | Mar 2017 | Dec 2016 | Jun 2016 | Dec 2015 | |||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 42% | 14% | 79% | 29% | 44% | 43% | 39% | 38% | 39% | 40% | 54% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 28% | 56% | 6% | 41% | 17% | 29% | 26% | 26% | 28% | 29% | 15% | ||
| Don’t know | 31% | 30% | 15% | 30% | 39% | 28% | 34% | 36% | 33% | 32% | 31% |
42% thought that Malcolm Turnbull would make a better Prime Minister (down 1% from last month), and 28% thought Bill Shorten would be better (down 1%). 31% did not know who would make a better Prime Minister.
The results were split by party, with 79% of Liberal/National voters saying that Malcolm Turnbull would be a better Prime Minister, and 56% of Labor voters saying Bill Shorten would.
Greens voters preferred Bill Shorten (41%) to Turnbull (29%).
46% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 31% prefer Bill Shorten.
37% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 25% prefer Bill Shorten.