Q. A few months ago 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 | Jun 2017 | |||
Enshrining an Indigenous voice to parliament in the constitution | 45% | 16% | 20% | 25% | 28% | 7% | 9% | 11% | 44% | ||
Negotiating a treaty between the federal government and Aboriginal and Torres Strait Islander peoples. | 47% | 16% | 19% | 28% | 28% | 8% | 8% | 9% | 43% | ||
Creating a treaty commission to negotiate treaties between various levels of government and different Indigenous language groups or tribes | 41% | 19% | 16% | 25% | 29% | 10% | 9% | 10% | 39% | ||
Creating a truth and reconciliation commission | 43% | 18% | 18% | 25% | 29% | 10% | 8% | 11% | 39% |
Each measure had greater support than opposition, with the most popular being negotiating a treaty (47% support).
45% support enshrining an Indigenous voice to parliament in the constitution. Support was greatest for this measure among Greens voters (67% support), ALP voters (61%) and aged 18-34 (56%). 37% of Liberal/National voters support and 24% oppose.
There has been no significant change since this question was last asked in June.