29 July 2013, 290713, kevin rudd, Labor asylum seeker policy, New Guinea asylum seeker policy, PNG
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the announcement by the Prime Minister Kevin Rudd, that all asylum seekers arriving in Australia by boat will be sent to New Guinea for processing and none will be resettled in Australia?
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Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Total approve |
61% |
75% |
58% |
32% |
|
| Total disapprove |
28% |
16% |
32% |
62% |
|
| Strongly approve |
30% |
45% |
24% |
7% |
|
| Approve |
31% |
30% |
34% |
25% |
|
| Disapprove |
14% |
10% |
14% |
31% |
|
| Strongly disapprove |
14% |
6% |
18% |
31% |
|
| Don’t know |
11% |
9% |
10% |
7% |
61% approve of the announcement that all asylum seekers arriving in Australia by boat will be sent to New Guinea for processing and none will be resettled in Australia and 28% disapprove.
75% of Labor voters and 58% of Liberal/National voters approve but 62% of Greens voters disapprove. A majority of all demographic groups approved – those most likely to disapprove were respondents with university degrees (54% approve/35% disapprove).
Of those who think the asylum seeker issue is one of or the most important election issue, 71% approve and 25% disapprove.
asylum seekers, boat people, EMC, ER, Essential Media, Essential Report, Greens, Labor, Liberal, Malaysia, Nationals, PNG, Polling, polls, Processing Asylum Seekers
Q. The Government has announced two possible agreements with Malaysia and Papua New Guinea on asylum seekers. Under these agreements, asylum seekers arriving by boat in Australia will be sent to either Malaysia or PNG for processing, and in return Australia will take a fixed number of refugees from Malaysia.
Do you support or oppose the Government’s plan to send asylum seekers arriving by boat in Australia to PNG and Malaysia?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Liberal/ National | Vote Greens | |
| Total support | 40% | 55% | 40% | 29% |
| Total oppose | 40% | 25% | 49% | 53% |
| Strongly support | 11% | 16% | 12% | 5% |
| Support | 29% | 39% | 28% | 24% |
| Oppose | 20% | 16% | 19% | 33% |
| Strongly oppose | 20% | 9% | 30% | 20% |
| Don’t know | 19% | 20% | 12% | 17% |
Respondents were divided over the Government’s plan to send asylum seekers arriving by boat in Australia to PNG and Malaysia – 40% support and 40% oppose. Labor voters were more likely to support the plan (55%) while Greens voters were most likely to oppose it (53%).
There were no substantial differences by demographic groups.
asylum seekers, boat people, EMC, ER, Essential Media, Essential Report, Greens, Labor, Liberal, Malaysia, Nationals, PNG, Polling, polls, Processing Asylum Seekers
Q. Do you support or oppose the Government’s plan to send asylum seekers arriving by boat in Australia to PNG and Malaysia if it means it will cost taxpayers substantially more than it would if we just processed asylum seekers on the mainland in Australia?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Liberal/ National | Vote Greens | |
| Total support | 24% | 35% | 23% | 15% |
| Total oppose | 60% | 49% | 66% | 69% |
| Strongly support | 6% | 8% | 6% | 3% |
| Support | 18% | 27% | 17% | 12% |
| Oppose | 29% | 31% | 25% | 35% |
| Strongly oppose | 31% | 18% | 41% | 34% |
| Don’t know | 16% | 16% | 11% | 16% |
Respondents were more likely to oppose the plan to send asylum seekers arriving by boat in Australia to PNG and Malaysia if it means it will cost taxpayers substantially more than it would if we just processed asylum seekers on the mainland in Australia – 24% support and 60% oppose.
Labor voters showed the largest shift in opinion if increased cost to taxpayers was taken into account – their opposition increased from 25% to 49%.