Voters mark Turnbull, Shorten down

Voters have marked down Malcolm Turnbull and Bill Shorten on trust, decisiveness and whether they have a vision for the nation, a Newspoll shows.

Mr Turnbull holds a lead over the opposition leader on a majority of positive personal leadership qualities but has lost ground on every front since last year's election, the survey for The Australian shows.

Mr Shorten, meanwhile, has seen his personal ratings fall by smaller amounts and has the lead on two key measures, that he cares for people and is in touch with voters.

Mr Turnbull's arrogance score has risen from 60 to 64 per cent while Mr Shorten's has gone up from 47 to 50 per cent.

The prime minister's trustworthiness score has fallen from 56 to 50 per cent while the opposition leader's has dropped from 49 to 44 per cent.

On being decisive and strong, Mr Turnbull scored 55 per cent compared with 63 per cent a year ago and Mr Shorten's 48 per cent in the latest survey.

Only 59 per cent of voters agreed the prime minister had a vision for Australia compared with 67 per cent a year ago, putting him only three points ahead of Mr Shorten on that count.