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 | Jun 2018 | May 2018 | Apr 2018 | Mar 2018 | Dec 2017 | Sep 2017 | June 2017 | Mar 2017 | Dec 2016 | |||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 42% | 16% | 83% | 24% | 36% | 41% | 40% | 41% | 41% | 42% | 43% | 39% | 38% | 39% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 25% | 53% | 6% | 39% | 10% | 27% | 26% | 26% | 26% | 28% | 29% | 26% | 26% | 28% | ||
| Don’t know | 34% | 31% | 12% | 37% | 54% | 32% | 34% | 33% | 33% | 31% | 28% | 34% | 36% | 33% |
42% thought that Malcolm Turnbull would make the better Prime Minister (up 1% from last month), and 25% thought Bill Shorten would be better (down 2%). 34% did not know who would make a better Prime Minister.
The results were split by party, with 83% of Liberal/National voters saying that Malcolm Turnbull would be a better Prime Minister, and 53% of Labor voters saying Bill Shorten would.
Greens voters preferred Bill Shorten (39%) to Malcolm Turnbull (24%).
46% of men prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 24% prefer Bill Shorten.
37% of women prefer Malcolm Turnbull and 25% prefer Bill Shorten.