Q. Thursday 26th January is Australia Day. Will you personally be doing anything to celebrate Australia Day or do you treat it as just a public holiday?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Jan 2010 | Jan 2013 | Jan 2014 | Jan 2015 | Jan 2016 | |||
Doing something to celebrate Australia Day | 34% | 35% | 38% | 26% | 33% | 40% | 41% | 37% | 40% | 38% | ||
Just a public holiday | 46% | 46% | 47% | 59% | 44% | 40% | 43% | 44% | 41% | 44% | ||
Working – don’t get the Australia Day holiday | 5% | 5% | 2% | 55 | 8% | 6% | 7% | 7% | 7% | 6% | ||
Don’t know | 15% | 14% | 13% | 11% | 16% | 14% | 9% | 11% | 12% | 12% |
34% said they will be doing something to celebrate Australia Day, 46% treat Australia Day as just a public holiday and 5% are working because they don’t get the Australia Day holiday. This is the lowest proportion celebrating Australia Day over the last 7 years.
38% of Liberal/National voters and 41% of those with children say they will be doing something to celebrate Australia Day. 59% of Greens treat it as just another public holiday.