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Historical rankings of Prime Ministers of Australia
From Wikipedia

The Age ranking
John Curtin has been regarded as Australia's greatest Prime Minister in a survey by The Age,[1] followed by Sir Robert Menzies and then Bob Hawke. The lowest ranked Prime Minister was William McMahon.

John Curtin
Robert Menzies
Bob Hawke
Ben Chifley
John Howard
Gough Whitlam
Paul Keating
Malcolm Fraser



Highest Nielsen Poll ratings for each Prime Minister since 1972:

Bob Hawke – 75% (November 1984)
Kevin Rudd – 74%[4] (March 2009)
John Howard – 67% (January 2005)
Gough Whitlam – 62% (February 1973)
Malcolm Fraser – 56% (April 1976 and May 1978)
Julia Gillard – 56% (July 2010)
Paul Keating – 40% (November 1994)
William McMahon – 34% (November 1972)



Newspoll
According to Newspoll (available since 1987), Kevin Rudd had the highest approval rating of 73%,[5] while Paul Keating had the lowest approval rating in the period 20–22 August 1993, at only 17%.

Kevin Rudd – 73% (4–6 April 2008)
John Howard – 67% (20–22 June 2003)
Bob Hawke – 62% (5–7 June 1987)
Julia Gillard – 57% (15–17 January 2010)
Paul Keating – 52% (16–18 September 1994)


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