Q. Monday 26th January is Australia Day. 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 |
|
Jan 2010 |
Jan 2013 |
Jan 2014 |
|
| Doing something to celebrate Australia Day |
40% |
37% |
45% |
25% |
47% |
40% |
41% |
37% |
||
| Just a public holiday |
41% |
44% |
35% |
61% |
34% |
40% |
43% |
44% |
||
| Working – don’t get the Australia Day holiday |
7% |
7% |
8% |
6% |
6% |
6% |
7% |
7% |
||
| Don’t know |
12% |
12% |
12% |
8% |
13% |
14% |
9% |
11% |
40% said they will be doing something to celebrate Australia Day, 41% 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 rise in the percentage of those celebrating Australia Day since last year.
Those aged 55+ were more likely than those in other age groups to be doing something to celebrate Australia Day (45%). 50% of those with university education and 47% of those aged 25-44 treat it as just another public holiday.