Q. Since the aboriginal tent embassy was established near Parliament House 40 years ago, have things got better or worse for Aboriginal people in Australia or have things stayed much the same?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
Total better | 53% | 59% | 53% | 60% |
Total worse/same | 31% | 28% | 33% | 30% |
A lot better | 25% | 29% | 28% | 9% |
A little better | 28% | 30% | 25% | 51% |
A little worse | 5% | 4% | 5% | 12% |
A lot worse | 3% | 3% | 4% | 2% |
Stayed much the same | 23% | 21% | 24% | 16% |
Don’t know | 17% | 13% | 15% | 9% |
25% think that since the Aboriginal tent embassy was established near Parliament House 40 years ago, things got a lot better for Aboriginal people in Australia, 28% think things have got a little better and 31% worse or stayed the same
Greens voters are more likely to think things have only got a little better (51%). Older respondents were more likely to think things were the same or had got worse (40% of aged 55+).