Support for Malaysia Proposal

Q. Do you support or oppose the Government’s plan to send asylum seekers arriving by boat in Australia to Malaysia?

	Total	Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens	Heard a lot	Heard something	Heard a little/ nothing
Total support	40%	47%	40%	27%	34%	42%	46%
Total oppose	39%	33%	45%	51%	60%	39%	28%
Strongly support	13%	13%	15%	4%	14%	11%	15%
Support	27%	34%	25%	23%	20%	31%	31%
Oppose	22%	21%	24%	31%	26%	24%	20%
Strongly oppose	17%	12%	21%	20%	34%	15%	8%
Don’t know	21%	20%	14%	23%	6%	19%	27%

40% support the Government’s plan to send asylum seekers arriving by boat in Australia to Malaysia and 39% oppose.

Those who say they have heard more about it are more likely to oppose this proposal.  Only 34% of those who have heard a lot about it support the proposal compared to 46% of those who have heard a little or nothing. There were not substantial differences by gender or age.