Q. To what extent do you support or oppose political parties setting gender quotas when selecting candidates to achieve a representative number of women in parliament?
| Total | Male | Female | Aged 18-34 | Aged 35-54 | Aged 55+ | |
| NET: Support | 46% | 45% | 48% | 59% | 44% | 38% |
| NET: Oppose | 40% | 44% | 36% | 29% | 40% | 49% |
| Strongly support | 18% | 17% | 19% | 26% | 14% | 14% |
| Somewhat support | 29% | 28% | 29% | 33% | 30% | 24% |
| Somewhat oppose | 20% | 21% | 19% | 16% | 19% | 22% |
| Strongly oppose | 20% | 23% | 18% | 12% | 21% | 26% |
| Don’t know | 14% | 12% | 16% | 12% | 16% | 14% |
Just under one in five (18%) strongly support the introduction of gender quotas when selecting political candidates. Overall support was highest among 18-34 years olds (59%).
| Total | Labor | Liberal + National | Greens | NET: Other | |
| NET: Support | 46% | 59% | 37% | 65% | 32% |
| NET: Oppose | 40% | 30% | 50% | 22% | 52% |
| Strongly support | 18% | 24% | 13% | 27% | 11% |
| Somewhat support | 29% | 36% | 24% | 38% | 22% |
| Somewhat oppose | 20% | 17% | 22% | 16% | 25% |
| Strongly oppose | 20% | 14% | 29% | 6% | 28% |
| Don’t know | 14% | 10% | 12% | 13% | 15% |
Support for gender quotas was highest among Greens voters (65%), followed by Labor (59%). Under half of Coalition voters (37%) were in support.