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  • Sep, 2014

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    Military aid to Ukraine

    Q. Would you support or oppose the Australian Government providing military aid to the Ukraine Government fighting against Russian-backed rebel forces?

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other

    Total support

    36%

    33%

    54%

    19%

    33%

    Total oppose

    42%

    47%

    32%

    64%

    51%

    Strongly support

    8%

    7%

    14%

    3%

    8%

    Support

    28%

    26%

    40%

    16%

    25%

    Oppose

    24%

    24%

    21%

    43%

    23%

    Strongly oppose

    18%

    23%

    11%

    21%

    28%

    Don’t know

    22%

    20%

    15%

    16%

    15%

    36% would support the Australian Government providing military aid to the Ukraine Government fighting against Russian-backed rebel forces and 42% would oppose.

    54% of Liberal/National voters support providing military aid but there are no substantial differences across demographic groups.

  • Nov, 2011

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    Australian troops in Afghanistan

    Q.  Thinking about the Australian troops in Afghanistan, do you think Australia should –

    25 Oct 2010 21 Mar 2011 29 Aug 2011 Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
    Increase the number of troops in Afghanistan 10% 5% 4% 3% 3% 4% 3%
    Keep the same number of troops in Afghanistan 30% 30% 26% 22% 21% 29% 11%
    Withdraw our troops from Afghanistan 47% 56% 64% 64% 66% 57% 76%
    Don’t know 14% 9% 7% 11% 10% 10% 10%

    64% (no change) think Australia should withdraw our troops from Afghanistan, 22% (down 4%) think we should maintain troop numbers and 3% (down 1%) think we should increase them.

    Since October last year, support for withdrawal of Australian troops has increased from 47% to 64%. There was majority support for withdrawal by all voting groups – 57% of Lib/Nat voters, 66% Labor and 76% Greens. Support for withdrawal was also similar across age groups but women were more likely than men to support withdrawal of troops (72% to 55%).

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