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  • Sep, 2018

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    Quotas for women

    Q. Would you support or oppose the Liberal Party adopting quotas to increase number of Liberal women in the parliament?

      Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote Other
    Total support 61%   63% 68% 68% 50%
    Total oppose 21%   18% 27% 14% 35%
    Strongly support 19%   17% 21% 32% 18%
    Support 42%   46% 47% 36% 32%
    Oppose 14%   12% 16% 13% 23%
    Strongly oppose 7%   6% 11% 1% 12%
    Don’t know 18%   19% 5% 18% 15%

     

    61% support the Liberal Party adopting quotas to increase number of Liberal women in the parliament and 21% oppose.

    68% of Liberal National voters support quotas for women and 27% oppose.

    56% of men support quotas for women compared to 65% of women.

  • Aug, 2016

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    Obstacles to women getting ahead

    Q. Which of the following statements is closest to your view?

      Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other   Men Women Aged 18-34 Aged 35-54 Aged 55+
    Significant obstacles still make it harder for women to get ahead than men 46%   48% 41% 71% 46%   31% 60% 43% 45% 51%
    Obstacles that made it harder for women to get ahead are largely gone 40%   39% 47% 20% 45%   53% 27% 42% 37% 40%
    Don’t know 14%   13% 12% 9% 10%   16% 13% 15% 18% 9%

    46% think significant obstacles still make it harder for women to get ahead than men and 40% think that those obstacles are largely gone.

    Those most likely to think there are still significant obstacles were Greens voters (71%) and women (60%).

    53% of men think those obstacles are largely gone.

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