Do you think the issue of same sex marriage should be decided by Parliament or should there be a national vote?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Aug 2015 | Sep 2015 | |||
| Should be decided by Parliament | 23% | 26% | 23% | 35% | 17% | 22% | 21% | ||
| Should have a national vote | 66% | 68% | 67% | 58% | 76% | 66% | 67% | ||
| Don’t know | 11% | 6% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 12% | 12% |
66% favour a national vote on same sex marriage and 23% think the issue should be decided by Parliament.
This represents little change since this question was asked in September.