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Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander issues
Q. What is your view about the following issues affecting Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples and whether they should be a priority for the Government to address?
Support, and should be a priority | Support, but not a high priority | Don’t support | Not sure | NET: Support | NET: Support
(Feb’18) |
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Meet the ‘Close the Gap’ indigenous health, education and employment targets | 36% | 38% | 15% | 12% | 74% | 75% |
Include aboriginal recognition in the constitution | 33% | 37% | 18% | 12% | 70% | 70% |
Establish an indigenous ‘voice’ to advise the Parliament | 29% | 37% | 21% | 13% | 66% | 68% |
Agree a treaty with indigenous Australia | 26% | 33% | 25% | 16% | 59% | 59% |
Australia to become a republic | 17% | 26% | 38% | 19% | 43% | 46% |
Change the date of Australia Day | 12% | 18% | 58% | 12% | 30% | 27% |
Change the words of the National Anthem | 11% | 22% | 53% | 14% | 33% | N/A |
- Voters supported meeting the ‘Close the Gap’ targets (74%), inclusion of aboriginal recognition in the constitution (70%), and establishment of an Indigenous ‘voice’ to advise Parliament (66%), with around three in ten voters saying each should be a high priority for the Government to address.
- Coalition voters were less likely than other voters to say they supported all of these issues and they should be a priority, whereas Greens voters were more likely to say so.
- Changing the date of Australia Day and the words of the National Anthem were opposed by a majority of voters.
- Net support for all of the issues varied little from when the same question was asked in February 2018.
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Two Party Preferred: 14 May 2019
Labor
51.5%-0.5
Coalition
48.5%+0.5
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