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Submarines
Q. This week the Government announced that the $50 billion contract for building Australia’s future submarines has been awarded to a French company with most of the construction to be done in South Australia. Do you approve or disapprove of this decision?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total approve | 52% | 49% | 68% | 41% | 48% | |
| Total disapprove | 27% | 29% | 20% | 38% | 34% | |
| Strongly approve | 13% | 11% | 20% | 3% | 15% | |
| Approve | 39% | 38% | 48% | 38% | 33% | |
| Disapprove | 17% | 18% | 13% | 21% | 21% | |
| Strongly disapprove | 10% | 11% | 7% | 17% | 13% | |
| Don’t know | 21% | 22% | 12% | 21% | 17% |
52% approve of the Government’s submarines announcement and 27% disapprove.
Those more likely to approve were Liberal/National voters (68%), and aged 65+ (70%).
Those more likely to disapprove were Greens voters (38%).
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