Immigration and Religion
Q. When a family applies to migrate to Australia, should it be possible for them to be rejected purely on the basis of their religion?
|
Total
|
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
Feb 2011 |
Should be rejected on basis of religion |
21% |
16% |
27% |
9% |
29% |
19% |
||
Should not be rejected on basis of religion |
63% |
71% |
53% |
84% |
56% |
65% |
||
Don’t know |
17% |
13% |
20% |
7% |
15% |
15% |
63% believed that when a family applies to migrate to Australia, they should not be rejected purely on the basis of their religion and 21% think it should be possible to reject purely based on religion. These figures are similar to when this question was asked in 2011.
There were no substantial differences across age and gender groups.
Liberal voters were a little more supportive of being able to reject based on religion (27%) and Greens voters were strongly opposed (84%).

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