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  • Jul, 2012

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    Negotiate a Solution for Handling Asylum Seekers

    Q. The Government has offered to negotiate with Tony Abbott and the Liberals to reach a compromise solution for handling asylum seekers. Tony Abbott has refused to negotiate and says the Government should adopt the Liberal policy. Do you think the Government and the Opposition should negotiate a solution or should the Government adopt the Liberal policy?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Should negotiate a solution

    57%

    86%

    34%

    85%

    Should adopt the Liberal policy

    26%

    5%

    50%

    1%

    Don’t know

    17%

    9%

    15%

    13

    57% agreed that the Government and the Opposition should negotiate a solution to handling asylum seekers and 26% think the Government should adopt the Liberal policy.

    Those most in favour of adopting the Liberal policy were men (33%), Liberal/National voters (50%) and those aged 65+ (40%).

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