Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the proposal to change the Racial Discrimination Act so that it is no longer unlawful to “offend or insult” someone because of their race or ethnicity? It will still be unlawful to “humiliate or intimidate” someone because of their race or ethnicity.
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Sep 2016 | |||
| Total approve | 44% | 37% | 58% | 26% | 51% | 45% | ||
| Total disapprove | 33% | 40% | 23% | 62% | 31% | 35% | ||
| Strongly approve | 15% | 11% | 22% | 7% | 18% | 16% | ||
| Approve | 29% | 26% | 36% | 19% | 33% | 29% | ||
| Disapprove | 18% | 22% | 13% | 26% | 22% | 18% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 15% | 18% | 10% | 36% | 9% | 17% | ||
| Don’t know | 23% | 23% | 19% | 12% | 17% | 21% |
44% approve of changing the Racial Discrimination Act so that it is no longer unlawful to “offend or insult” someone because of their race or ethnicity and 33% disapprove. 58% of Liberal/National voters approve of changing the Act while 62% of Greens voters disapproved. Labor voters were split 37% approve/40% disapprove.
These results are very similar to those when this question was asked in September.