Refugee Intake

Q. Do you support or oppose the Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull’s decision to permanently increase Australia’s annual refugee intake from 13,750 to 18,750 including taking refugees from Central America?

	Total		Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens	Vote other		Men	Women	Aged 18-34	Aged 35-54	Aged 55+
Total support	39%		44%	38%	74%	26%		40%	37%	46%	37%	33%
Total oppose	44%		39%	45%	20%	65%		46%	42%	32%	45%	56%
Strongly support	11%		13%	8%	32%	7%		9%	12%	15%	11%	5%
Support	28%		31%	30%	42%	19%		31%	25%	31%	26%	28%
Oppose	21%		19%	29%	13%	16%		21%	22%	15%	22%	29%
Strongly oppose	23%		20%	16%	7%	49%		25%	20%	17%	23%	27%
Don’t know	17%		16%	16%	5%	9%		14%	20%	22%	18%	10%

 

 

39% support the recent decision to permanently increase Australia’s annual refugee intake from 13,750 to 18,750 and 44% oppose.

 

Those more likely to support the decision were Greens voters (74%), aged 18-34 (46%) and university educated (51%).

Those more likely to oppose the decision were other party voters (65%), aged 55+ (56%) and those who had not completed secondary schooling (56%).