02 July 2012, 020712, asylum seekers, liberal policy, liberal refugee policy, negotiate a solution
Q. The Government has offered to negotiate with Tony Abbott and the Liberals to reach a compromise solution for handling asylum seekers. Tony Abbott has refused to negotiate and says the Government should adopt the Liberal policy. Do you think the Government and the Opposition should negotiate a solution or should the Government adopt the Liberal policy?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Should negotiate a solution |
57% |
86% |
34% |
85% |
| Should adopt the Liberal policy |
26% |
5% |
50% |
1% |
| Don’t know |
17% |
9% |
15% |
13 |
57% agreed that the Government and the Opposition should negotiate a solution to handling asylum seekers and 26% think the Government should adopt the Liberal policy.
Those most in favour of adopting the Liberal policy were men (33%), Liberal/National voters (50%) and those aged 65+ (40%).