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Public funding

14 Nov 2017

Do you think MP’s who were invalidly elected because of dual citizenship should or should not have to repay the public funding of their election campaign?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other
Should have to repay public funding 49% 63% 34% 55% 57%
Should not have to repay public funding 30% 22% 46% 33% 27%
Don’t know 21% 14% 21% 13% 16%

49% think that MP’s who were invalidly elected because of dual citizenship should have to repay the public funding of their election campaign and 30% think they should not have to repay public funding.

A majority of Labor (63%) and Greens (55%) voters think they should repay their public funding.

 

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