Q. When a family applies to migrate to Australia, should it be possible for them to be rejected purely on the basis of their religion?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Feb 2011 | Sep 2014 | |||
| Should be rejected on basis of religion | 24% | 19% | 30% | 16% | 41% | 19% | 21% | ||
| Should not be rejected on basis of religion | 56% | 64% | 51% | 73% | 45% | 65% | 63% | ||
| Don’t know | 20% | 17% | 19% | 12% | 13% | 15% | 17% |
56% believed that when a family applies to migrate to Australia, they should not be rejected purely on the basis of their religion and 24% think it should be possible to reject purely based on religion. This represents a drop in opposition to rejecting migrants purely on the basis of religion.
Liberal voters were a little more supportive of being able to reject based on religion (30%) and Greens voters were strongly opposed (73%). 64% of those aged under 35 were opposed.