Moving children out of detention centres

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the Federal Government’s decision to move children and their families out of immigration detention centres and allow them to live in the community while their cases are being processed?

	Total	Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens
Total approve	33%	42%	24%	63%
Total disapprove	53%	45%	67%	28%
Strongly approve	11%	15%	4%	39%
Approve	22%	27%	20%	24%
Disapprove	24%	22%	29%	12%
Strongly disapprove	29%	23%	38%	16%
Don’t know	13%	13%	9%	8%

53% disapproved the Federal Government’s decision to move children and their families out of immigration detention centres and allow them to live in the community while their cases are being processed and 33% approved.

63% of Greens voters approved, 67% of Liberal/National voters disapproved and Labor voters were split 42% approve/45% disapprove.

By gender – men 38% approve/50% disapprove, women 28% approve/57% disapprove.