Q. Last week the “Uluru Statement” was released, calling for a number of policy measures relating to Indigenous Australians.
Do you support or oppose the following measures?
TOTAL Support | TOTAL Oppose | Strongly Support | Support | Neither Support nor Oppose | Oppose | Strongly Oppose | Don’t Know | ||
Enshrining an Indigenous voice to parliament in the constitution | 44% | 14% | 18% | 26% | 27% | 7% | 7% | 14% | |
Negotiating a treaty between the federal government and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. | 43% | 17% | 16% | 27% | 27% | 8% | 9% | 13% | |
Creating a treaty commission to negotiate treaties between various levels of government and different Indigenous language groups or tribes | 39% | 19% | 15% | 24% | 28% | 11% | 8% | 14% | |
Creating a truth and reconciliation commission | 39% | 18% | 14% | 25% | 30% | 10% | 8% | 13% |
Each measure had greater support than opposition, with the most popular being enshrining an Indigenous voice to parliament in the constitution (44% support). Support was greatest for this measure among Greens voters (74% support), ALP voters (51%) and those with a University degree (52%).
More Liberal/National voters opposed than supported each of the four measures.