Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the following actions Australia is taking or might take to secure and search the Malaysia Airlines crash site in Ukraine?
Total approve |
Total dis-approve |
|
Strongly approve |
Approve |
Dis-approve |
Strongly dis-approve |
Don’t know |
|
Sending unarmed Australian Federal Police to secure and search the crash site |
51% |
38% |
17% |
34% |
23% |
15% |
11% |
|
Sending armed Australian Federal Police to secure and search the crash site |
64% |
25% |
25% |
39% |
16% |
9% |
11% |
|
Sending armed Australian Federal Police to secure and search the crash site without the agreement of the Ukraine Government |
26% |
60% |
10% |
16% |
29% |
31% |
13% |
51% approve of sending unarmed Australian Federal Police to secure and search the Malaysia Airlines crash site and 64% approve sending armed forces. However, only 26% approve sending armed forces without the agreement of the Ukraine Government – and 60% disapprove.
Liberal/National voters were more likely to approve of each action – 57% approve of unarmed forces, 71% approve armed forces and 37% approve armed forces without agreement.
There was a significant split on gender on approval of sending unarmed forces – 58% of men and 42% of women.