challenges facing women, discrimination, discrimination against women, quotas, sexism, 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.
discrimination, discrimination against women, women
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.