coronavirus, covid-19, Government support, migrants, temporary migrants, visas, welfare
Q. Temporary migrants include people on skilled worker visas (which are used to cover jobs where there are skill shortages including engineers, nurses and scientists), most New Zealand citizens living in Australia, and international students.
To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
| TOTAL: Agree | TOTAL: Disagree | Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Neither agree, nor disagree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | Don’t know | |
| Temporary migrants support the economy by spending their money in Australia | 57% | 17% | 19% | 39% | 23% | 12% | 5% | 3% |
| Businesses should hire Australian citizens where they can, even if they’re not as skilled as candidates who are temporary migrants | 54% | 21% | 26% | 28% | 22% | 13% | 8% | 3% |
| If temporary migrants pay the same taxes as Australian citizens, they should be entitled to the same government support | 52% | 20% | 21% | 31% | 24% | 11% | 9% | 4% |
| It’s realistic to expect temporary residents who lose work in Australia to go back to their home countries | 52% | 20% | 21% | 31% | 24% | 13% | 7% | 4% |
| Without temporary migrants, Australia would face skill shortages | 48% | 23% | 15% | 33% | 24% | 12% | 11% | 5% |
| Australia would be better off if we had fewer temporary migrants | 41% | 27% | 18% | 23% | 28% | 14% | 12% | 4% |
| TOTAL: Agree | Employment Status | Federal Voting Intention | ||||||
| Total | In paid employment | Not in paid employment | Retired | Labor | Coalition | Greens | TOTAL: Other | |
| Temporary migrants support the economy by spending their money in Australia | 57% | 60% | 51% | 64% | 59% | 62% | 56% | 50% |
| Businesses should hire Australian citizens where they can, even if they’re not as skilled as candidates who are temporary migrants | 54% | 53% | 46% | 67% | 50% | 61% | 40% | 75% |
| If temporary migrants pay the same taxes as Australian citizens, they should be entitled to the same government support | 52% | 57% | 48% | 52% | 56% | 51% | 55% | 51% |
| It’s realistic to expect temporary residents who lose work in Australia to go back to their home countries | 52% | 52% | 44% | 63% | 51% | 59% | 32% | 65% |
| Without temporary migrants, Australia would face skill shortages | 48% | 51% | 47% | 48% | 48% | 57% | 45% | 34% |
| Australia would be better off if we had fewer temporary migrants | 41% | 43% | 31% | 52% | 41% | 46% | 22% | 57% |
| Base (n) | 1,067 | 550 | 254 | 212 | 306 | 418 | 86 | 143 |