Approval of Minister for Immigration and Border Protection
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the performance of the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Scott Morrison in handling the issue of asylum seekers?
Total
|
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
Total approve |
39% |
18% |
72% |
7% |
33% |
|
Total disapprove |
39% |
59% |
12% |
83% |
45% |
|
Strongly approve |
13% |
3% |
28% |
5% |
8% |
|
Approve |
26% |
15% |
44% |
2% |
25% |
|
Disapprove |
19% |
26% |
9% |
25% |
25% |
|
Strongly disapprove |
20% |
33% |
3% |
58% |
20% |
|
Don’t know |
22% |
23% |
15% |
9% |
22% |
39% approve of the performance of the Minister for Immigration and Border Protection Scott Morrison in handling the issue of asylum seekers and 39% disapprove.
Those most likely to approve were Liberal/National voters (72%) and aged 55+ (53%).
Those most likely to disapprove were Labor voters (59%), Greens voters (83%) and aged under 35 (46%).
Immigration and Religion
Q. When a family applies to migrate to Australia, should it be possible for them to be rejected purely on the basis of their religion?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
Should be rejected on basis of religion | 19% | 17% | 24% | 10% |
Should not be rejected on basis of religion | 65% | 67% | 63% | 85% |
Don’t know | 15% | 16% | 13% | 5% |
65% believed that when a family applies to migrate to Australia, they should not be rejected purely on the basis of their religion and 19% think it should be possible to reject purely based on religion. There were no substantial differences across age and gender groups.
Liberal voters were a little more supportive of being able to reject based on religion (24%) and Greens voters were strongly opposed (85%).

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