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  • Oct, 2013

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    Information about asylum seeker boat arrivals

    Q. Under previous Governments the Australian Customs and Border Protection Service has issued statements whenever an asylum-seeker boat arrived. Do you approve or disapprove of the Abbott Government’s decision to stop providing this information about the arrival of asylum-seeker boats?

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Total approve

    39%

    16%

    67%

    13%

    Total disapprove

    48%

    75%

    21%

    74%

    Strongly approve

    16%

    5%

    31%

    7%

    Approve

    23%

    11%

    36%

    6%

    Disapprove

    16%

    20%

    15%

    13%

    Strongly disapprove

    32%

    55%

    6%

    61%

    Don’t know

    13%

    9%

    12%

    12%

    39% approve of the Abbott Government’s decision to stop providing information about the arrival of asylum-seeker boats and 48% disapprove.

    Views are strongly associated with political party preference – 75% of Labor voters and 74% of Greens voters disapprove while 67% of Liberal/National voters approve.

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