Moving children out of detention centres
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the Federal Government’s decision to move children and their families out of immigration detention centres and allow them to live in the community while their cases are being processed?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
Total approve | 33% | 42% | 24% | 63% |
Total disapprove | 53% | 45% | 67% | 28% |
Strongly approve | 11% | 15% | 4% | 39% |
Approve | 22% | 27% | 20% | 24% |
Disapprove | 24% | 22% | 29% | 12% |
Strongly disapprove | 29% | 23% | 38% | 16% |
Don’t know | 13% | 13% | 9% | 8% |
53% disapproved the Federal Government’s decision to move children and their families out of immigration detention centres and allow them to live in the community while their cases are being processed and 33% approved.
63% of Greens voters approved, 67% of Liberal/National voters disapproved and Labor voters were split 42% approve/45% disapprove.
By gender – men 38% approve/50% disapprove, women 28% approve/57% disapprove.

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