Q. Recently, a number of suggestions have been made for making a decision about same sex marriage. Do you approve or disapprove of each of the following suggestions?
| Total approve | Total dis-approve | Strongly approve | Approve | Dis-approve | Strongly dis-approve | Don’t know | ||
| Hold a voluntary postal plebiscite followed by a vote in Parliament. | 43% | 38% | 15% | 28% | 18% | 20% | 19% | |
| Hold a vote in Parliament and try to persuade Liberal Party members to cross the floor and vote against their party policy | 43% | 31% | 20% | 23% | 16% | 15% | 25% | |
| Hold a plebiscite in conjunction with the next election | 46% | 34% | 17% | 29% | 18% | 16% | 20% | |
| Wait until after the next election before trying to reach a decision | 22% | 55% | 6% | 16% | 24% | 31% | 23% |
| Total approve | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Hold a voluntary postal plebiscite followed by a vote in Parliament. | 43% | 45% | 53% | 40% | 35% | |
| Hold a vote in Parliament and try to persuade Liberal Party members to cross the floor and vote against their party policy | 43% | 59% | 37% | 54% | 26% | |
| Hold a plebiscite in conjunction with the next election | 46% | 44% | 57% | 33% | 52% | |
| Wait until after the next election before trying to reach a decision | 22% | 23% | 27% | 9% | 19% |
Three options for addressing the issue of same sex marriage received moderate support. 46% approved holding a plebiscite with the next election, 43% approved holding a vote in Parliament and 43% supported a postal plebiscite (although 38% disapproved of this option).
A majority (55%) disapproved of waiting until after the next election before trying to reach a decision.
A majority of Labor (59%) and Greens (54%) voters approved of holding a vote in Parliament while Liberal/National voters were more likely to approve holding a plebiscite with the next election (57%) and holding a voluntary postal plebiscite (53%).
Waiting until after the next election was disapproved by 61% of Labor voters, 48% of Liberal/National voters and 70% of Greens voters.