28 January 2014, 280114, alcohol related violence
Q. As far as you know, do you think alcohol-related violence in Australia has increased or decreased over the last few years or has it not changed much?
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|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
| Total increased |
78% |
81% |
81% |
58% |
75% |
|
| Total decreased |
2% |
3% |
2% |
2% |
4% |
|
| Increased a lot |
55% |
53% |
58% |
40% |
57% |
|
| Increased a little |
23% |
28% |
23% |
18% |
18% |
|
| Not changed much |
15% |
12% |
14% |
32% |
16% |
|
| Decreased a little |
2% |
3% |
1% |
2% |
3% |
|
| Decreased a lot |
* |
– |
1% |
– |
1% |
|
| Don’t know |
5% |
3% |
3% |
8% |
5% |
78% think that alcohol-related violence in Australia has increased over the last few years – 55% think it has increased a lot.
70% of those aged 55+ think it has increased a lot compared to 39% of those aged 18-34.
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Q. Would you support or oppose taking the following measures to address alcohol-related violence?
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|
Total support |
Total oppose |
|
Strongly support |
Support |
Oppose |
Strongly oppose |
Don’t know |
| Harsher mandatory sentences for alcohol-related assaults |
87% |
8% |
53% |
34% |
6% |
2% |
5% |
|
| Earlier closing times for bottle shops |
63% |
29% |
31% |
32% |
21% |
8% |
7% |
|
| Earlier closing times for pubs and licensed clubs |
69% |
26% |
35% |
34% |
19% |
7% |
6% |
|
| Lockouts on licensed premises (where new patrons aren’t admitted after a specified time) |
76% |
18% |
40% |
36% |
12% |
6% |
7% |
|
| Higher taxes on alcohol |
38% |
55% |
21% |
17% |
31% |
24% |
7% |
|
| Raising the legal age for buying alcohol |
59% |
32% |
31% |
28% |
22% |
10% |
8% |
There was strong majority support for each measure listed – except for higher taxes on alcohol (55% oppose).
Strongest support was shown for harsher mandatory sentencing (87%) and lockouts on licensed premises (76%).
Those aged 55+ were the strongest supporters of each measure listed.
For those aged 18-34, while there was strong support for mandatory sentencing (84%), there was less support for earlier closing time for bottle shops (49% support/40% oppose) and earlier closing time for pubs and licensed clubs (51% support/41% oppose).