From Essential Poll:
| Total | Last week 2/5/17 | 2 weeks ago 25/4/17 | 4 weeks ago 11/4/17 | Election 2 Jul 16 | |||
| Liberal | 35% | 35% | 34% | 35% | |||
| National | 2% | 2% | 3% | 3% | |||
| Total Liberal/National | 37% | 38% | 37% | 37% | 42.0% | ||
| Labor | 38% | 37% | 36% | 36% | 34.7% | ||
| Greens | 10% | 9% | 10% | 10% | 10.2% | ||
| Nick Xenophon Team | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | |||
| Pauline Hanson’s One Nation | 6% | 7% | 8% | 8% | |||
| Other/Independent | 6% | 6% | 6% | 6% | 13.1% | ||
| 2 party preferred | |||||||
| Liberal National | 46% | 47% | 47% | 47% | 50.4% | ||
| Labor | 54% | 53% | 53% | 53% | 49.6% |
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the job Malcolm Turnbull is doing as Prime Minister?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Apr 2017 | Mar 2017 | Feb 2017 | Jan 2017 | Dec 2016 | June 2016 | Dec 2015 | |||
| Total Approve | 37% | 18% | 75% | 17% | 20% | 35% | 33% | 34% | 37% | 34% | 38% | 56% | ||
| Total Disapprove | 48% | 70% | 17% | 72% | 69% | 47% | 50% | 49% | 48% | 46% | 40% | 23% | ||
| Strongly approve | 5% | 2% | 11% | – | 2% | 5% | 5% | 5% | 6% | 5% | 6% | 13% | ||
| Approve | 32% | 16% | 64% | 17% | 18% | 30% | 28% | 29% | 31% | 29% | 32% | 43% | ||
| Disapprove | 29% | 42% | 15% | 37% | 40% | 29% | 30% | 28% | 30% | 30% | 24% | 16% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 19% | 28% | 2% | 35% | 29% | 18% | 20% | 21% | 18% | 16% | 16% | 7% | ||
| Don’t know | 15% | 12% | 8% | 12% | 10% | 17% | 18% | 16% | 16% | 20% | 21% | 21% |
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 | Apr 2017 | Mar 2017 | Feb 2017 | Jan 2017 | Dec 2016 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2014 | |||
| Total Approve | 34% | 62% | 20% | 33% | 21% | 33% | 30% | 30% | 37% | 35% | 27% | 35% | ||
| Total Disapprove | 45% | 18% | 68% | 46% | 64% | 46% | 49% | 47% | 44% | 38% | 47% | 39% | ||
| Strongly approve | 6% | 14% | 2% | 6% | 1% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 7% | 6% | 4% | 7% | ||
| Approve | 28% | 48% | 18% | 27% | 20% | 28% | 26% | 25% | 30% | 29% | 23% | 28% | ||
| Disapprove | 26% | 15% | 33% | 37% | 33% | 26% | 26% | 27% | 25% | 21% | 26% | 23% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 19% | 3% | 35% | 9% | 31% | 20% | 23% | 20% | 19% | 17% | 21% | 16% | ||
| Don’t know | 22% | 20% | 12% | 21% | 15% | 22% | 22% | 22% | 20% | 25% | 25% | 26% |
Q. Who do you think would make the better Prime Minister out of Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten?
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| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Apr 2017 | Mar 2017 | Feb 2017 | Jan 2017 | Dec 2016 | Jun 2016 | Dec 2015 | Dec 2014 | |||
| Malcolm Turnbull | 39% | 11% | 85% | 12% | 34% | 39% | 38% | 39% | 39% | 39% | 40% | 54% | 54% | ||
| Bill Shorten | 31% | 61% | 4% | 59% | 17% | 28% | 26% | 25% | 28% | 28% | 29% | 15% | 15% | ||
| Don’t know | 30% | 27% | 11% | 30% | 49% | 32% | 36% | 36% | 33% | 33% | 32% | 31% | 31% |
The problem is, why would you choose pretend Labor when you can have the real thing?
