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  • Nov, 2014

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    Free trade agreement with China

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of Australia signing a Free Trade Agreement with China? 

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote Other

     

    18 Nov

    Total approve

    51%

    44%

    69%

    37%

    46%

    44%

    Total disapprove

    20%

    27%

    12%

    37%

    29%

    18%

    Strongly approve

    11%

    8%

    16%

    11%

    9%

    10%

    Approve

    40%

    36%

    53%

    26%

    37%

    34%

    Disapprove

    14%

    19%

    9%

    26%

    18%

    12%

    Strongly disapprove

    6%

    8%

    3%

    11%

    11%

    6%

    Don’t know

    29%

    29%

    19%

    26%

    26%

    39%

    51% approve of Australia signing a Free Trade Agreement with China and 20% disapprove. 29% could not give an opinion. This is an improvement in approval (up 7%) since the official announcement of the agreement was made last week.

    Those most likely to approve were Liberal/National voters (69%), aged 55+ (61%) and men (61%).

    Those most likely to disapprove were Greens (37%) and other voters (29%).

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