Q. Which of the following best describes how you feel about Australia Day?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | Jan 2016 | ||||
A day of national pride | 60% | 61% | 73% | 26% | 65% | 55% | 60% | 65% | 56% | |||
A day of reflection on the impact on indigenous people | 12% | 12% | 4% | 46% | 9% | 15% | 14% | 8% | 14% | |||
It’s irrelevant in the 21st century | 7% | 5% | 85 | 6% | 12% | 6% | 7% | 9% | 8% | |||
None of these | 15% | 16% | 11% | 17% | 13% | 14% | 14% | 16% | 16% | |||
Don’t know | 6% | 5% | 4% | 5% | 2% | 10% | 5% | 2% | 6% |
60% regard Australia Day as a day of national pride and 12% think it is a day of reflection on the impact on indigenous people. Only 7% think it is irrelevant.
Those most likely to regard it as a day of national pride were Liberal/National voters (73%) and aged 55+ (65%). 46% of Greens voters think it is a day of reflection on the impact on indigenous people.