Action to address gender inequality in Australia

Q. To what extent do you support or oppose the following measures to address gender inequality in Australia?

	TOTAL: Support	TOTAL: Oppose	Strongly support	Somewhat support	Neither support, nor oppose	Somewhat oppose	Strongly oppose
Organise a national summit of all state and federal leaders to set targets and policies to reduce violence and sexual assault	69%	9%	37%	32%	22%	4%	4%
Implement the recommendations of the respect@work inquiry	68%	8%	33%	34%	24%	5%	4%
Establish a specialist sexual assault court	62%	13%	30%	31%	25%	8%	6%
Universal access to free child-care and early learning for families with young children	60%	16%	30%	30%	24%	9%	8%

 

TOTAL: Support	Total	Gender			Age Group				Federal Voting Intention
		Male	Female	18-34		35-54	55+	Labor		TOTAL: Coalition	Greens	TOTAL: Other
Organise a national summit of all state and federal leaders to set targets and policies to reduce violence and sexual assault	69%	65%	73%	68%		68%	71%	76%		68%	70%	63%
Implement the recommendations of the respect@work inquiry	68%	62%	73%	64%		69%	70%	74%		65%	80%	59%
Establish a specialist sexual assault court	62%	53%	70%	64%		64%	58%	67%		58%	74%	56%
Base (n)	1,100	539	561	332		382	386	382		389	92	122

• There is majority support for all of the proposed steps to address gender inequality in Australia including a national summit to reduce violence and sexual assault (69% support), implement the recommendations of the respect@work inquiry (68%) and the establishment of a specialist sexual assault court (62%).
• In all cases women were more likely than men to support making the changes. Still, over half of men support making changes.