Q. Do you think it should be legal or illegal to stage a protest in the following places?
|
Legal |
Illegal |
Don’t know |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
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Outside Parliament House |
72% |
15% |
12% |
78% |
67% |
89% |
80% |
|
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On a city street |
71% |
16% |
14% |
74% |
68% |
87% |
74% |
|
|
Outside a private business |
49% |
33% |
18% |
58% |
39% |
69% |
59% |
|
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At a train station |
43% |
41% |
16% |
49% |
36% |
65% |
47% |
|
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Outside a church |
42% |
41% |
17% |
48% |
32% |
70% |
45% |
|
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Outside a public figure’s house (i.e. politician or celebrity) |
34% |
50% |
16% |
38% |
25% |
50% |
43% |
|
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Outside a school |
32% |
54% |
15% |
35% |
25% |
50% |
39% |
|
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Outside a medical clinic that offers abortion procedures |
30% |
54% |
17% |
31% |
26% |
37% |
39% |
|
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Inside Parliament House |
25% |
59% |
16% |
30% |
16% |
39% |
27% |
A majority think it should be legal to stage a protest outside Parliament House (72%) and on a city street (71%). Respondents were also more likely to think protesting outside a private business should be legal (49%).
However, a majority think that it should be illegal to stage a protest inside Parliament House (59%), outside a clinic that offers abortions (54%), outside a school (54%) and outside a public figure’s house (50%).