More than half of Australians disapprove of the job Joe Hockey is doing as treasurer, even after his better-received second budget in May.
The latest weekly Essential Research online poll found that less than a third think he is doing a good job.
At a 52 per cent disapproval rating, Mr Hockey's standing is even weaker than the 44 per cent recorded in August 2014, just months after his poorly received first budget.
Even one in five of his own coalition supporters gave him the thumbs down.
And it would appear his standing is unlikely to improve if his government pursues an increase in the 10 per cent GST rate.
Prime Minister Tony Abbott last week gave his strongest hint yet that a rise in the GST is being considered as part of broader changes to the tax system.
The Essential poll found 52 per cent of respondents are against raising the GST to 15 per cent, even if income taxes are cut at the same time.
A slightly larger proportion of coalition voters (43 per cent) are against a GST increase than those who would support it (41 per cent).
Almost two-thirds of Labor and Greens voters would oppose such a change.
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