Q. The Labor Party has announced it will not support a plebiscite on same-sex marriage which means that it will not pass the Senate. What do you think the Government should do about same-sex marriage now?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Have a vote in Parliament about allowing same-sex marriage | 55% | 65% | 47% | 82% | 46% | |
| Leave the current policy in place until after the next election | 30% | 19% | 42% | 11% | 46% | |
| Don’t know | 15% | 16% | 11% | 7% | 9% |
The majority of Australians (55%) believe that the government should now hold a vote in Parliament about allowing same-sex marriage.
Just 30% of Australians think the current policy should be left in place until the next election.
Greens voters (82%) are most likely to believe there should be a vote in Parliament, followed by Labor (65%), Lib/Nat (47%) and other voters (46%).
Females (57%) were only slightly more likely than males (53%) to think there should be a vote in Parliament.
Those aged 18-24 (65%) were more likely than the average to think that there should be a vote in Parliament.