Racial discrimination laws

Q. Overall, do you think that laws governing racial discrimination in Australia are too strict, too weak or about right?

	Total		Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens	Vote other		Nov 2016
Too strict	16%		11%	21%	10%	29%		17%
Too weak	26%		30%	22%	37%	27%		26%
About right	40%		46%	47%	34%	28%		40%
Don’t know	18%		13%	11%	19%	15%		17%

 

40% think Australia current laws governing racial discrimination are about right, 26% think they are too weak and 16% think they are too strict. These results are almost unchanged since this question was asked in November.

Those most likely to think they are too weak were Greens voters (37%) and people aged 18-34 (30%).

Those most likely to think they are too strict were other voters (29%) and aged 55+ (25%).