Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Julia Gillard is doing as Prime Minister?
| Kevin Rudd | Julia Gillard | ||||||
| 30 Mar 09 | 29 Jun 09 | 28 Sept 09 | 14 Dec 09 | 29 Mar 10 | 31 May 10 | 5 Jul 10 | |
| Total approve | 71% | 62% | 66% | 57% | 53% | 41% | 48% |
| Total disapprove | 21% | 29% | 23% | 32% | 36% | 47% | 27% |
| Strongly approve | 21% | 14% | 15% | 10% | 12% | 7% | 14% |
| Approve | 50% | 48% | 51% | 47% | 41% | 34% | 34% |
| Disapprove | 14% | 18% | 17% | 20% | 22% | 25% | 13% |
| Strongly disapprove | 7% | 9% | 6% | 12% | 14% | 22% | 14% |
| Don’t know | 9% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 12% | 12% | 26% |
After one week as Prime Minister, 48% approve of Julia Gillard’s performance and 27% disapprove. 26% could not give an opinion. Julia Gillard’s approval rating is 7% higher than Kevin Rudd’s last result and 20% lower on the disapproval rating.
85% of Labor voters approved and 4% disapproved. Liberal/National voters split 19% approve and 54% disapprove.
Men split 46% approve/31% disapprove and women 50% approve/23% disapprove.