Q. Do you think there needs to be a review of all members of Parliament to identify all who might be dual citizens?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Needs to be a review | 59% | 62% | 62% | 52% | 68% | |
| Does not need to be a review | 25% | 27% | 28% | 26% | 19% | |
| Don’t know | 16% | 12% | 10% | 23% | 13% |
A majority (59%) think that there needs to be a review of all members of Parliament to identify all who might be dual citizens and 25% think a review in not needed.
Those most likely to support a review where other party voters (68%) and aged 65+ (79%).
Q. Last week Pauline Hanson wore a burka into Parliament to draw attention to her view that wearing burkas should be banned in Australia. Do you approve or disapprove of her actions in wearing the burka into Parliament?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total approve | 39% | 31% | 46% | 13% | 67% | |
| Total disapprove | 38% | 51% | 32% | 63% | 16% | |
| Strongly approve | 21% | 15% | 20% | 10% | 47% | |
| Approve | 18% | 16% | 26% | 3% | 20% | |
| Neither approve nor disapprove | 16% | 13% | 19% | 19% | 14% | |
| Disapprove | 10% | 11% | 10% | 8% | 6% | |
| Strongly disapprove | 28% | 40% | 22% | 55% | 10% | |
| Didn’t know about it | 2% | 2% | 1% | 1% | – | |
| Don’t know | 5% | 3% | 2% | 4% | 4% |
39% approved of Pauline Hanson wearing a burka into Parliament and 38% disapproved. A majority of Labor (51%) and Greens voters (63%) disapproved. 67% of other party voters approved while Liberal/National voters were more likely to approve (46%) than disapprove (32%).
50% of those aged 65+ approved.
Q. If a Federal Election was held today to which party will you probably give your first preference vote? If not sure, which party are you currently leaning toward? If don’t know – Well which party are you currently leaning to?
| Total | Last week 15/8/17 | 2 weeks ago 8/8/17 | 4 weeks ago 25/7/17 | Election 2 Jul 16 | |||
| Liberal | 34% | 34% | 34% | 35% | |||
| National | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | |||
| Total Liberal/National | 37% | 37% | 37% | 38% | 42.0% | ||
| Labor | 37% | 39% | 39% | 37% | 34.7% | ||
| Greens | 9% | 9% | 9% | 10% | 10.2% | ||
| Nick Xenophon Team | 3% | 2% | 3% | 4% | |||
| Pauline Hanson’s One Nation | 8% | 8% | 8% | 7% | |||
| Other/Independent | 6% | 6% | 5% | 5% | 13.1% | ||
| 2 party preferred | |||||||
| Liberal National | 47% | 46% | 46% | 47% | 50.4% | ||
| Labor | 53% | 54% | 54% | 53% | 49.6% |
Q. Do you support changing the law to allow same-sex couples to marry?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | Will
def-initely vote |
Will prob-ably vote | Will not vote | ||||
| Yes | 57% | 71% | 49% | 69% | 43% | 48% | 65% | 65% | 56% | 50% | 67% | 57% | 22% | |||
| No | 32% | 20% | 42% | 17% | 49% | 40% | 24% | 25% | 30% | 42% | 30% | 29% | 59% | |||
| Don’t know | 11% | 9% | 10% | 14% | 8% | 12% | 11% | 10% | 14% | 8% | 3% | 15% | 19% |
57% support changing the law to allow same-sex couples to marry and 32% are opposed.
Those most in favour of changing the marriage laws are Labor voters (71%), Greens voters (69%), women (65%) and those aged 18-34 (65%).
Those who would definitely vote in the national survey are more likely to support same-sex marriage (67%).
A somewhat differently worded question asked in July showed 61% support for allowing same-sex couples to marry, 26% opposed and 13% don’t know.
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the Government’s decision to hold a national voluntary postal vote on the issue of same-sex marriage?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | Support same sex marriage | Don’t support same sex marriage | ||||
| Total approve | 39% | 37% | 48% | 31% | 30% | 41% | 36% | 41% | 35% | 39% | 41% | 39% | |||
| Total disapprove | 49% | 53% | 42% | 56% | 61% | 46% | 53% | 44% | 52% | 53% | 50% | 54% | |||
| Strongly approve | 13% | 13% | 16% | 7% | 8% | 14% | 11% | 14% | 11% | 12% | 15% | 12% | |||
| Approve | 26% | 24% | 32% | 24% | 22% | 27% | 25% | 27% | 24% | 27% | 26% | 27% | |||
| Disapprove | 21% | 23% | 21% | 20% | 20% | 18% | 24% | 24% | 22% | 17% | 21% | 22% | |||
| Strongly disapprove | 28% | 30% | 21% | 36% | 41% | 28% | 29% | 20% | 30% | 36% | 29% | 32% | |||
| Don’t know | 12% | 11% | 9% | 14% | 9% | 13% | 11% | 15% | 13% | 8% | 9% | 7% |
39% approve of the Government’s decision to hold a national voluntary postal vote on the issue of same-sex marriage and 49% disapprove.
These figures are very similar to the results of a similar question asked last week (39% approve/47% disapprove).
Those most likely to disapprove were Labor voters (53%) and Greens voters (56%).
Younger people were less likely to disapprove of the national vote than older people.
There was little difference between those who support and oppose same sex marriage in terms of approval of the national vote.
Q. Are you enrolled to vote at your current address?
| Total | Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | Support same sex marriage | Don’t support same sex marriage | |||
| Yes | 88% | 86% | 91% | 79% | 91% | 96% | 92% | 86% | ||
| No | 7% | 7% | 7% | 10% | 7% | 2% | 5% | 9% | ||
| Not sure | 5% | 8% | 2% | 11% | 2% | 2% | 2% | 5% |
88% say they are enrolled to vote at their current address, 7% are not enrolled and 5% are not sure.
79% of those aged 18-34 say they are enrolled compared to 96% of those aged 55+.
Those who support same-sex marriage are a little more likely to be enrolled than those who are opposed (92% compared to 86%).
Q. How likely are you to vote in the national postal vote on same-sex marriage?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | Support same sex marriage | Don’t support same sex marriage | ||||
| Total will vote | 81% | 84% | 84% | 89% | 81% | 78% | 84% | 78% | 79% | 87% | 92% | 74% | |||
| Total will not vote | 10% | 8% | 10% | 4% | 12% | 12% | 10% | 11% | 12% | 7% | 4% | 19% | |||
| Will definitely vote | 63% | 63% | 70% | 57% | 65% | 59% | 67% | 55% | 63% | 72% | 74% | 58% | |||
| Will probably vote | 18% | 21% | 14% | 32% | 16% | 19% | 17% | 23% | 16% | 15% | 18% | 16% | |||
| Will probably not vote | 4% | 4% | 3% | 1% | 7% | 5% | 4% | 7% | 4% | 2% | 2% | 7% | |||
| Will definitely not vote | 6% | 4% | 7% | 3% | 5% | 7% | 6% | 4% | 8% | 5% | 2% | 12% | |||
| Not sure | 9% | 8% | 6% | 7% | 8% | 10% | 7% | 10% | 9% | 6% | 4% | 7% |
63% say they will definitely vote in the same-sex marriage national vote and 18% will probably vote.
A similar question asked in August 2016 showed – Definitely vote 48%, Probably vote 24%, Probably not vote 13%, Definitely not vote 6%, Not sure 8%.
Those most likely to definitely vote are Liberal/National voters (70%), women (67%) and aged 55+ (72%).
74% of those in favour of same-sex marriage will definitely vote compared to 58% of those opposed.
Q. Which of the following do you think is the biggest threat to global stability and world peace?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | April 2017 | |||
| Terrorism | 52% | 50% | 61% | 31% | 54% | 49% | ||
| North Korea aggression | 14% | 15% | 16% | 8% | 15% | na | ||
| Climate change | 13% | 15% | 9% | 24% | 13% | 11% | ||
| US aggression | 9% | 10% | 7% | 23% | 8% | 15% | ||
| China aggression | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | 5% | ||
| Russian aggression | 1% | 1% | 2% | 2% | 1% | 8% | ||
| Don’t know | 8% | 8% | 4% | 10% | 5% | 11% |
52% think that terrorism is the biggest threat to global stability and world peace, 14% think the biggest threat is North Korea aggression and 13% climate change.
Terrorism was thought to be the biggest threat by a majority of Liberal/National voters (61%).