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Date of Australia Day
Q. Australia Day is celebrated annually on 26thJanuary, which is the anniversary of the 1788 arrival of the First Fleet of British ships at Sydney Cove, New South Wales. Would you support or oppose changing the date on which Australia Day is celebrated?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Men | Women | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | |||
| Total support | 26% | 34% | 23% | 44% | 18% | 31% | 23% | 38% | 25% | 17% | ||
| Total oppose | 54% | 44% | 68% | 33% | 72% | 53% | 56% | 42% | 53% | 71% | ||
| Strongly support | 14% | 18% | 10% | 34% | 13% | 16% | 13% | 21% | 13% | 9% | ||
| Support | 12% | 16% | 13% | 10% | 5% | 15% | 10% | 17% | 12% | 8% | ||
| Oppose | 16% | 19% | 18% | 13% | 9% | 16% | 17% | 19% | 15% | 16% | ||
| Strongly oppose | 38% | 25% | 49% | 20% | 63% | 37% | 39% | 23% | 38% | 55% | ||
| No opinion | 19% | 22% | 10% | 23% | 9% | 17% | 21% | 20% | 22% | 12% |
26% would support changing the date of Australia Day and 54% are opposed (including 38% strongly opposed).
Those most likely to support changing the date were Greens voters (44%), aged 18-34 (38%) and university educated (35%).
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51.5%-0.5
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48.5%+0.5
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