Q. Do you think the issue of same sex marriage should be decided by Parliament or should there be a national vote?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Aug 2015 | Sep 2015 | Mar 2016 | Jul 2016 | Vote yes | Vote no | ||||
| Should be decided by Parliament | 25% | 32% | 21% | 40% | 25% | 22% | 21% | 23% | 25% | 33% | 17% | |||
| Should have a national vote | 59% | 55% | 66% | 48% | 61% | 66% | 67% | 66% | 60% | 58% | 68% | |||
| Don’t know | 16% | 13% | 13% | 13% | 14% | 12% | 12% | 11% | 15% | 8% | 15% |
59% favour a national vote on same-sex marriage and 25% think the issue should be decided by Parliament.
This represents little change since this question was asked in July.