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National Day

Jan 29, 2020

Q. It has been suggested that Australia should have a separate national day to recognise Indigenous Australians. Do you…?

	Jan ‘20	Jan’19	Oct ‘18
Support a separate day and keep Australia Day	32%	37%	36%
Support a separate day to replace Australia Day	18%	15%	14%
NET: Support a separate day	50%	52%	50%
Do not support a separate day	40%	40%	37%
Don’t know	11%	8%	12%
Base (n)	1,080	1,652

	Total	Labor	Liberal + National	Greens	NET: Other
Support a separate day and keep Australia Day	32%	38%	28%	32%	32%
Support a separate day to replace Australia Day	18%	20%	12%	42%	9%
NET: Support a separate day	50%	58%	40%	73%	42%
Do not support a separate day	40%	29%	54%	15%	53%
Don’t know	11%	13%	6%	12%	5%
Base (n)	1,080	351	342	110	156

Support for a separate day to recognise Indigenous Australians (either in place, or alongside Australia Day) has decreased 2%pts from last year, from 52% to 50%.
32% support including a separate national day with a further 18% supporting a replacement of Australia Day.
Support for a separate day was highest among Greens (73%) and Labor (58%) voters.

	Total	Aged 18-34	Aged 35-54	Aged 55+
Support a separate day and keep Australia Day	32%	41%	32%	25%
Support a separate day to replace Australia Day	18%	24%	18%	11%
NET: Support a separate day	50%	65%	50%	36%
Do not support a separate day	40%	21%	37%	57%
Don’t know	11%	14%	13%	6%
Base (n)	1,080	330	374	376

Support for a separate day was highest among those aged 18-34, with 65% support. Support was at 50% support among 35-54 year olds and 36% among those aged over 55.

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Labor

47%

Coalition

45%