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  • Jul, 2012

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    Asylum Seeker Policies

    Q. Thinking about handling the issue of asylum seekers arriving in Australia by boat, which approach do you favour?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    The Labor policy of offshore processing in Malaysia

    18%

    44%

    3%

    17%

    The Liberal policy of offshore processing in Nauru

    35%

    8%

    68%

    2%

    The Greens policy of onshore processing in Australia

    14%

    15%

    6%

    57%

    None of above

    16%

    14%

    12%

    14%

    Don’t know

    17%

    18%

    11%

    9%

    The Liberal’s policy of offshore processing asylum seekers in Nauru was the most preferred option (35%). 18% favoured the Labor policy of offshore processing in Malaysia and 14% favoured the Greens’ policy of onshore processing in Australia.

    A majority of Liberal/National voters and Greens voters favoured their own party’s policy but only 44% of Labor voters favoured the Labor policy.

    The Liberal’s policy was favoured by 41% of men and 47% of those aged 55+.

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