Q. How important are the following issues for Australia?
Total important | Very important | Somewhat important | Not very important | Not at all important | Don’t know | |
Reaching a global agreement on climate change | 74% | 44% | 30% | 9% | 13% | 4% |
Having a Bill of Rights | 63% | 29% | 34% | 18% | 11% | 8% |
Gaining a seat on the UN Security Council | 59% | 20% | 39% | 20% | 13% | 8% |
Having a treaty with indigenous Australians | 56% | 23% | 33% | 20% | 19% | 5% |
Having a referendum on becoming a republic | 41% | 17% | 24% | 25% | 29% | 5% |
Reaching a global agreement on climate change was considered very/somewhat important for Australia by 74% of people surveyed. 63% think that having a Bill of Rights is very/somewhat important and 59% think Australia gaining a seat on the UN Security Council is very/somewhat important.
Green (94%) and Labor (87%) voters were more likely to think that reaching a global agreement on climate change is very/somewhat important for Australia. Just over half (55%) of Coalition voters think that this is very/somewhat important for Australia.