Q. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
Total agree | Total disagree | Strongly agree | Agree | Disagree | Strongly disagree | Don’t know | ||
Bringing in foreign workers on short-term visas undermines local jobs | 63% | 25% | 26% | 37% | 20% | 5% | 12% | |
Our cities can’t cope with further population growth and we should reduce immigration until the infrastructure in in place | 62% | 25% | 30% | 32% | 19% | 6% | 13% | |
Overall immigration has made a positive contribution to Australian society | 61% | 26% | 17% | 44% | 16% | 10% | 13% | |
Immigration should be slowed as it causes too much change to our society | 55% | 33% | 23% | 32% | 24% | 9% | 14% | |
Australia has a fragile environment that cannot bear further increases in population | 51% | 34% | 20% | 31% | 27% | 7% | 16% | |
Migrants provide skills we need in the workforce to keep the economy strong. | 49% | 40% | 9% | 40% | 28% | 12% | 11% | |
With an aging population, we need immigration to ensure we have enough younger, working age people to pay taxes and deliver services. | 42% | 45% | 10% | 32% | 31% | 14% | 13% | |
Australia has the space and resources to cope with a much larger population | 37% | 51% | 8% | 29% | 31% | 20% | 13% | |
Without immigration the rate of economic growth will fall, reducing living standards for all of us. | 31% | 51% | 8% | 23% | 33% | 18% | 18% |
A solid majority agreed that –
A majority disagreed that –