Q. Under previous Governments the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service has issued statements whenever an asylum-seeker boat arrived. Do you approve or disapprove of the Abbott Government’s decision to stop providing this information about the arrival of asylum-seeker boats?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Total approve |
39% |
16% |
67% |
13% |
|
| Total disapprove |
48% |
75% |
21% |
74% |
|
| Strongly approve |
16% |
5% |
31% |
7% |
|
| Approve |
23% |
11% |
36% |
6% |
|
| Disapprove |
16% |
20% |
15% |
13% |
|
| Strongly disapprove |
32% |
55% |
6% |
61% |
|
| Don’t know |
13% |
9% |
12% |
12% |
39% approve of the Abbott Government’s decision to stop providing information about the arrival of asylum-seeker boats and 48% disapprove.
Views are strongly associated with political party preference – 75% of Labor voters and 74% of Greens voters disapprove while 67% of Liberal/National voters approve.