Q. It has been reported that the Australian Government has paid “people smugglers” to return asylum seekers to Indonesia. Do you approve or disapprove of the Australian Government paying “people smugglers” to take asylum seekers back to Indonesia?
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Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
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Total approve |
29% |
18% |
48% |
14% |
25% |
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Total disapprove |
56% |
74% |
33% |
80% |
61% |
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Strongly approve |
12% |
8% |
21% |
5% |
10% |
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Approve |
17% |
10% |
27% |
9% |
15% |
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Disapprove |
20% |
21% |
20% |
14% |
28% |
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Strongly disapprove |
36% |
53% |
13% |
66% |
33% |
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Don’t know |
15% |
8% |
19% |
6% |
13% |
29% approve of the Australian Government paying “people smugglers” to take asylum seekers back to Indonesia and 56% disapprove.
A large majority of Labor voters (74%) and Greens voters (80%) disapprove while about half (48%) of Liberal/National voters approve. There were no significant differences across demographic groups except gender where 34% of men approve compared to 25% of women.