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  • Jun, 2015

    Approval of Bill Shorten

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Bill Shorten is doing as Opposition Leader?

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote Other

     

     

    June 2014

    Sep 2014

    Dec 2014

    Mar 2015

    Apr 2015

    May 2015

    Total approve

    32%

    58%

    14%

    33%

    20%

     

     

    38%

    35%

    35%

    34%

    33%

    32%

    Total disapprove

    45%

    23%

    70%

    38%

    60%

     

     

    40%

    36%

    39%

    39%

    42%

    41%

    Strongly approve

    6%

    13%

    3%

    2%

    1%

     

     

    7%

    5%

    7%

    5%

    6%

    4%

    Approve

    26%

    45%

    11%

    31%

    19%

     

     

    31%

    30%

    28%

    29%

    27%

    28%

    Disapprove

    27%

    20%

    34%

    34%

    31%

     

     

    22%

    22%

    23%

    21%

    25%

    23%

    Strongly disapprove

    18%

    3%

    36%

    4%

    29%

     

     

    18%

    14%

    16%

    18%

    17%

    18%

    Don’t know

    22%

    19%

    16%

    29%

    19%

     

     

    22%

    29%

    26%

    27%

    25%

    27%

    32% (no change since May) of respondents approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing as opposition leader and 45% (up 4%) disapprove – a change in his net rating from -9 to -13, his lowest since becoming leader.

    58% (up 2%) of Labor voters approve of the job Bill Shorten is doing and 23% (up 2%) disapprove. 35% of men and 30% of women approve of Bill Shorten. 50% of men and 41% of women disapprove.

  • Apr, 2015

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    Better Prime Minister

    Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Tony Abbott and Bill Shorten?

      Total   Vote Lab Vote Lib/
    Nat
    Vote Greens Vote Other   Oct 2013 Mar 2014 June 2014 Dec 2104 Jan 2015 Feb 2015 Mar 2015
    Tony Abbott 32% 4% 76% 2% 19% 41% 39% 36% 31% 35% 31% 33%
    Bill Shorten 35% 69% 5% 62% 23% 22% 33% 40% 36% 37% 39% 37%
    Don’t know 33% 26% 19% 36% 57% 37% 28% 24% 33% 28% 30% 30%

    32% (down 1% since March) of respondents think Tony Abbott would make the better Prime Minister and 35% (down 2%) think Bill Shorten would make the better Prime Minister.

    36% of men prefer Tony Abbott and 36% prefer Bill Shorten – and women prefer Bill Shorten 34% to 29%.

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