War Against Iraq
Q. It is 11 years since Australia went to war in Iraq. Do you think it was the right or wrong decision for Australia to go to war against Iraq?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
April 2013 |
|
| Right decision |
25% |
17% |
39% |
7% |
24% |
23% |
||
| Wrong decision |
50% |
57% |
38% |
69% |
55% |
51% |
||
| Don’t know |
25% |
25% |
23% |
24% |
22% |
26% |
50% believe Australia made the wrong decision to go to war in Iraq and 25% think it was the right decision. These results are not significantly different from those when this question was asked in April last year.
Those most likely to say it was the wrong decision were Greens voters (69%), Labor voters (57%) and people aged 55+ (60%).
39% of Liberal/National voters and 29% of men thought it was the right decision.
War against Iraq
Q. It is now 10 years since Australia went to war in Iraq. Do you think it was the right or wrong decision for Australia to go to war against Iraq?
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Total
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Right decision |
23% |
22% |
30% |
7% |
| Wrong decision |
51% |
56% |
42% |
76% |
| Don’t know |
26% |
21% |
28% |
18% |
51% believe Australia made the wrong decision to go to war in Iraq and 23% think it was the right decision.
Those most likely to say it was the wrong decision were Greens voters (76%), Labor voters (56%) and people aged 45-64 (56%).
30% of Liberal/National voters and 30% of men thought it was the right decision.
John Howard’s reason for war against Iraq
Q. John Howard has said that regardless of whether Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction or not, the decision was right because it was in Australia’s national interests, and the removal of Saddam Hussein’s regime provided the Iraqi people with opportunities for freedom. Do you agree or disagree?
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Total
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Total agree |
44% |
35% |
58% |
16% |
| Total disagree |
37% |
50% |
23% |
58% |
| Strongly agree |
10% |
7% |
15% |
1% |
| Agree |
34% |
28% |
43% |
15% |
| Disagree |
20% |
24% |
15% |
21% |
| Strongly Disagree |
17% |
26% |
8% |
37% |
| Don’t know |
19% |
15% |
19% |
26% |
44% agreed and 37% disagreed with John Howard’s argument that regardless of whether Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction or not, the decision was right because it was in Australia’s national interests, and the removal of Saddam Hussein’s regime provided the Iraqi people with opportunities for freedom.
58% of Liberal/National voters agreed while 58% of Greens voters and 50% of Labor voters disagreed.
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