Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the Government’s proposal to conduct a trial of mandatory pre-commitment for poker machines which will require gamblers to set limits on how much they can lose?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
Total approve | 58% | 69% | 49% | 82% |
Total disapprove | 29% | 20% | 40% | 12% |
Strongly approve | 22% | 28% | 17% | 33% |
Approve | 36% | 41% | 32% | 49% |
Disapprove | 16% | 12% | 22% | 9% |
Strongly disapprove | 13% | 8% | 18% | 3% |
Don’t know | 13% | 12% | 11% | 5% |
58% said they approved the Government’s proposal to conduct a trial of mandatory pre-commitment for poker machines and 29% disapproved.
Labor voters (69%) and Greens voters (82%) showed high approval and Liberal/National voters were more likely to approve (49%) than disapprove (40%).
These figures indicate a slightly lower approval of the trial than for the introduction of mandatory commitment – last week’s survey showed 62% support and 25% opposition to the mandatory commitment proposal.