Q. Do you think the Australian Government should be spending more or less on anti-terrorism measures or is current spending about right?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | Mar 2015 | Aug 2014 | ||
| Spending more | 46% | 48% | 53% | 19% | 48% | 39% | 28% | |
| Spending less | 9% | 11% | 4% | 22% | 9% | 12% | 19% | |
| Current spending about right | 30% | 31% | 33% | 41% | 24% | 33% | 36% | |
| Don’t know | 16% | 10% | 10% | 18% | 19% | 16% | 16% |
46% thought the government should be spending more on anti-terrorism measures (up 7% from March 2015), 9% thought the government should be spending less (down 3%), and 30% thought current spending was about right (down 3%).
Those most likely to think spending should increase were those aged 65+ (58%) and Liberal/National voters (53%).
Greens voters were much more likely than others to think spending should decrease (22%).
Greens voters were also more likely to think that current spending was about right (41%), as were 55-64 year olds (39%).