Q. The Government has announced setting up a new ministry under Peter Dutton covering issues of national security. It will include ASIO, the Federal Police and the Border Force of the Immigration Department – which are currently responsible to other ministers. Do you approve or disapprove of setting up this new national security ministry?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | ||
| Total approve | 56% | 51% | 75% | 33% | 57% | |
| Total disapprove | 18% | 26% | 9% | 37% | 19% | |
| Strongly approve | 19% | 13% | 31% | 6% | 20% | |
| Approve | 37% | 38% | 44% | 27% | 37% | |
| Disapprove | 10% | 14% | 6% | 15% | 12% | |
| Strongly disapprove | 8% | 12% | 3% | 22% | 7% | |
| Don’t know | 26% | 22% | 16% | 30% | 23% |
56% approve of the new national security ministry and 18% disapprove.
Those most likely to approve were Liberal/National voters (75%), men (62%) and aged 65+ (67%).
Those most likely to disapprove were Labor voters (26%) and Greens voters (37%).