Q. Do you think the Federal Liberal/National Government is too tough or too soft on asylum seekers or is it taking the right approach?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Oct 2010 | Jul 2012 | Jan 2014 | Mar 2014 | Jul 2014 | Jan 2015 | |||
| Too tough | 22% | 31% | 6% | 67% | 26% | 7% | 12% | 22% | 25% | 27% | 26% | ||
| Too soft | 27% | 27% | 27% | 12% | 36% | 63% | 60% | 25% | 28% | 18% | 23% | ||
| Taking the right approach | 34% | 24% | 58% | 8% | 20% | 18% | 11% | 35% | 34% | 36% | 35% | ||
| Don’t know | 17% | 17% | 9% | 13% | 18% | 12% | 17% | 18% | 13% | 18% | 16% |
27% think the Government is too soft on asylum seekers, 22% think they are too tough and 34% think they are taking the right approach.
Since this question was last asked in January, those thinking the Government are too soft has increased a little from 23% to 27%.
Those most likely to think they are taking the right approach were Liberal/National voters (58%) and aged 55+ (46%).