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Australia’s assistance in fighting Ebola

21 Oct 2014

Q. The Australian Government has committed $18 million to efforts to fight Ebola in West Africa, but has said the risks are too high to send medical or other personnel at this time. Do you think Australia is doing enough or not doing enough to assist the international efforts to fight Ebola?

 

Total

 

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Vote other

Doing enough

58%

54%

74%

36%

56%

Not doing enough

21%

32%

10%

42%

17%

Don’t know

21%

14%

17%

22%

26%

58% of respondents think Australia is doing enough to assist the international efforts to fight Ebola and 21% think we are not doing enough.

74% of Liberal/National voters and 54% of Labor voters think we are doing enough but 42% of Greens voters think we are not doing enough.

62% of women think we are doing enough compared to 54% of men.

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