Q. Under the 457 visa system, visa holders could be eligible for permanent residency after 2 years. Under the new visa system, those on 4-year visas with high level skills will be eligible for permanent residency after 3 years. Do you approve or disapprove of allowing workers on visas to apply for permanent residency?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total approve | 59% | 60% | 68% | 65% | 48% | |
| Total disapprove | 23% | 23% | 21% | 16% | 35% | |
| Strongly approve | 13% | 17% | 13% | 18% | 5% | |
| Approve | 46% | 43% | 55% | 47% | 43% | |
| Disapprove | 13% | 13% | 14% | 10% | 16% | |
| Strongly disapprove | 10% | 10% | 7% | 6% | 19% | |
| Don’t know | 18% | 16% | 11% | 20% | 17% |
59% approve of allowing workers on visas to apply for permanent residency, and 23% disapprove.
Those most likely to approve were Liberal/National voters (68%) and those aged 18-24 (66%).
Those most likely to disapprove were those aged 65+ (36%) other party/independent voters (35%).