Q. Sunday 26th January is Australia Day with the public holiday on the Monday. Will you personally be doing anything to celebrate Australia Day or do you treat it as just a public holiday?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other/ indep-endent |
|
18 Jan 10 |
29 Jan 13 |
|
| Doing something to celebrate Australia Day |
37% |
34% |
42% |
25% |
37% |
40% |
41% |
||
| Just a public holiday |
44% |
46% |
43% |
54% |
41% |
40% |
43% |
||
| Working – don’t get the Australia Day holiday |
7% |
9% |
6% |
14% |
8% |
6% |
7% |
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| Don’t know |
11% |
12% |
9% |
7% |
14% |
14% |
9% |
37% said they will be doing something to celebrate Australia Day, 44% treat Australia Day as just a public holiday and 7% are working because they don’t get the Australia Day holiday. This represents a small fall in the percentage of those celebrating Australia Day since last year.
18-34 year olds were more likely than those in other age groups to be doing something to celebrate Australia Day (45%). 53% of those with university education treat it as just another public holiday.