Views towards measures for people entering Australia from India

Q. To what extent do you support or oppose the following measures for people entering Australia from India?

	TOTAL: Support	TOTAL: Oppose	Strongly support	Somewhat support	Neither support nor oppose	Somewhat oppose	Strongly oppose
Banning Australian citizens in India from entering the country due to the risk of Covid-19 transmission	48%	27%	25%	22%	25%	14%	13%
Penalties of $50,000 fine and five years imprisonment for anyone attempting to arrive in Australia from India	41%	33%	23%	18%	26%	16%	17%
Allowing Australian citizens to return from India provided they complete the necessary quarantine procedures when they arrive	56%	22%	22%	33%	22%	12%	10%

• Over half of Australians (56%) support allowing Australian citizens to return from India provided they complete the necessary quarantine procedures when they arrive.
• However, just under half (48%) support banning Australian citizens in India from entering the country due to the risk of Covid-19 transmission and 41% support penalties of $50,000 fine and five years imprisonment for anyone attempting to arrive in Australia from India.

TOTAL: Support	Total	Age Group			Federal Voting Intention
		18-34	35-54	55+		Labor	TOTAL: Coalition	Greens	TOTAL: Other	TOTAL: Labor, Greens, Other
Banning Australian citizens in India from entering the country due to the risk of Covid-19 transmission	48%	37%	54%	51%		46%	56%	43%	47%	46%
Penalties of $50,000 fine and five years imprisonment for anyone attempting to arrive in Australia from India	41%	33%	49%	40%		39%	48%	31%	44%	39%
Allowing Australian citizens to return from India provided they complete the necessary quarantine procedures when they arrive	56%	49%	54%	62%		58%	56%	64%	51%	58%
Base (n)	1,092	340	372	380		371	400	109	111	591

• While support for allowing Australian citizens to return from India provided they complete the necessary quarantine procedures when they arrive is high across age groups, those over 55 are more likely to support this than younger cohorts (62% to 54% and 49% respectively).
• Support for this measure is consistently high across party lines.
• Those 18-34 are much less likely to support banning Australian citizens in India from entering the Australia due to the risk of Covid-19 transmission than older groups (37% to 54% of those 35-54 and 51% of those over 55).