Asylum Seeker Policies
Q. Thinking about handling the issue of asylum seekers arriving in Australia by boat, which approach do you favour?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| The Labor policy of offshore processing in Malaysia |
18% |
44% |
3% |
17% |
| The Liberal policy of offshore processing in Nauru |
35% |
8% |
68% |
2% |
| The Greens policy of onshore processing in Australia |
14% |
15% |
6% |
57% |
| None of above |
16% |
14% |
12% |
14% |
| Don’t know |
17% |
18% |
11% |
9% |
The Liberal’s policy of offshore processing asylum seekers in Nauru was the most preferred option (35%). 18% favoured the Labor policy of offshore processing in Malaysia and 14% favoured the Greens’ policy of onshore processing in Australia.
A majority of Liberal/National voters and Greens voters favoured their own party’s policy but only 44% of Labor voters favoured the Labor policy.
The Liberal’s policy was favoured by 41% of men and 47% of those aged 55+.
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