Q. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
|
Total agree |
Total disagree |
|
Strongly agree |
Agree |
Disagree |
Strongly disagree |
Don’t know |
|
| Accepting refugees is something a wealthy nation like Australia should do to support poorer nations |
49% |
36% |
15% |
34% |
23% |
13% |
14% |
|
| Refugees contribute to the nation that accepts them, it is in our interest to increase |
39% |
44% |
12% |
27% |
27% |
17% |
17% |
|
| Australia’s overall population is too high, we need to wind back our refugee program |
43% |
40% |
18% |
25% |
26% |
14% |
17% |
|
| Australia’s overall population is too low and we need to increase the number of refugees to boost the numbers in our workforce |
20% |
62% |
4% |
16% |
31% |
31% |
17% |
Nearly half (49%) agreed that accepting refugees is something a wealthy nation like Australia should do to support poorer nations. A majority (62%) disagreed that at Australia’s overall population is too low and we need to increase the number of refugees to boost the numbers in our workforce.
However, respondents were evenly divided over “Australia’s overall population is too high, we need to wind back our refugee program” (43% agree/40% disagree) and “Refugees contribute to the nation that accepts them, it is in our interest to increase” (39% agree/44% disagree).