Q. For each of the following groups of people – do you think the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull understands their issues and is likely to act in their interests?
| Understands their issues and is likely to act in their interests | Understands their issues but is unlikely to act in their interests | Does not understand their issues | Don’t know | |
| Students | 11% | 31% | 38% | 20% |
| Working mothers | 14% | 27% | 40% | 18% |
| Unemployed | 14% | 25% | 45% | 16% |
| Casual and part time workers | 14% | 29% | 40% | 17% |
| Full time workers | 20% | 37% | 25% | 17% |
| People on low incomes | 11% | 26% | 48% | 15% |
| People on high incomes | 56% | 17% | 10% | 17% |
| Pensioners | 13% | 28% | 45% | 15% |
| Self-funded retirees | 18% | 33% | 30% | 19% |
| Small business owners | 20% | 36% | 25% | 18% |
| People who work for small businesses | 13% | 37% | 32% | 18% |
| People who run large corporations | 57% | 17% | 8% | 18% |
| People who work for large corporations | 34% | 30% | 15% | 20% |
57% think Malcolm Turnbull understands the issues of people who run large corporations and will act in their interests and 56% think he will act in the interests of people on high incomes.
37% think Malcolm Turnbull understands the issues for full time workers and people who work for small businesses but is unlikely to act in their interests. 36% think he understands the issues for small business owners but is unlikely to act in their interests.
People whose issues he does not understand included people on low incomes (48%), pensioners (45%) and the unemployed (45%).