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Statements about Indigenous Australian history and protests

Jun 30, 2020

Q. Below are some statements about the history of Indigenous Australians and the recent protests. To the best of your knowledge, do you believe each of the following to true or false?

	TOTAL: True	TOTAL: False	Definitely true	Probably true	Probably false	Definitely false	Don’t know enough
Indigenous Australians were generally not allowed to vote in Australia until the 1960s	67%	13%	36%	31%	9%	4%	20%
In the 19th and early 20th century, thousands of Indigenous Australians and people from the Pacific Islands were forced to work in Australia in conditions that amounted to slavery	58%	19%	28%	30%	13%	6%	23%
Indigenous Australians are much more likely to be stopped by police than the average Australians, regardless of whether or not they have done anything wrong	55%	29%	21%	34%	18%	11%	16%
Many of the new cases of Covid-19 in Victoria have been from people who attended the Black Lives Matter protest	42%	37%	14%	28%	20%	18%	20%

TOTAL: True	Total	Gender		Age Group			Federal Voting Intention
TOTAL: True	Total	Male	Female	18-34	35-54	55+	Labor	Coalition	Greens	TOTAL: Other
Indigenous Australians were generally not allowed to vote in Australia until the 1960s	67%	69%	66%	62%	63%	76%	70%	68%	79%	63%
In the 19th and early 20th century, thousands of Indigenous Australians and people from the Pacific Islands were forced to work in Australia in conditions that amounted to slavery	58%	59%	56%	59%	56%	58%	62%	55%	76%	54%
Indigenous Australians are much more likely to be stopped by police than the average Australians, regardless of whether or not they have done anything wrong	55%	56%	53%	57%	55%	53%	61%	48%	76%	56%
Many of the new cases of Covid-19 in Victoria have been from people who attended the Black Lives Matter protest	42%	46%	39%	45%	41%	41%	38%	52%	22%	44%
Base (n)	1,085	533	552	335	374	376	339	417	92	126

TOTAL: True	State					Education
TOTAL: True	NSW	VIC	QLD	SA	WA	Secondary Education	Professional Qualification	University Education
Indigenous Australians were generally not allowed to vote in Australia until the 1960s	67%	68%	65%	72%	64%	69%	66%	68%
In the 19th and early 20th century, thousands of Indigenous Australians and people from the Pacific Islands were forced to work in Australia in conditions that amounted to slavery	58%	59%	62%	62%	47%	54%	55%	63%
Indigenous Australians are much more likely to be stopped by police than the average Australians, regardless of whether or not they have done anything wrong	56%	59%	48%	53%	48%	50%	52%	61%
Many of the new cases of Covid-19 in Victoria have been from people who attended the Black Lives Matter protest	43%	41%	49%	40%	34%	42%	46%	40%
Base (n)	352	275	218	88	109	258	378	428

42% of participants say it’s true (definitely or probably) that many of the new cases of Covid-19 in Victoria have been from people who attended the Black Lives Matter protest and 67% believe it’s true that Indigenous Australians were generally not allowed to vote in Australia until the 1960s.
Over half of participants believe that in the 19th and early 20th century, thousands of Indigenous Australians and people from the Pacific Islands were forced to work in Australia in conditions that amounted to slavery (58%) or Indigenous Australians are much more likely to be stopped by police than the average Australians, regardless of whether or not they have done anything wrong (55%) is true.
Men (46%), Coalition voters (52%) and high income earners (50%) are more likely to say that many of the new cases of Covid-19 in Victoria have been from people who attended the Black Lives Matter protest is true than women (39%), all other voters (37%) and high income earners (50%).

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