Support for plebiscite is overestimated: poll

Support for plebiscite is overestimated: poll

ONLY a minority of Australians support a marriage equality plebiscite, a new poll has revealed.

And that support dwindles further when it is explained how much the plebiscite will cost and that it will not be binding.

A national survey of 3000 people conducted by the Centre for Applied Political Psychology (CAPP) found 40.4 per cent of people support a plebiscite, 30.1 per cent are undecided, and 29.5 per cent are against.

When informed of the cost, and the fact that the plebiscite would not bind politicians in their vote, 52.1 per cent said they are less likely to support it.

Parents and Friends of Lesbians and Gays national spokesperson Shelly Argent said the poll, which was commissioned by the organisation, destroyed the idea that the plebiscite has popular appeal.

“The idea that there is strong community support for this wasteful and cowardly plebiscite is an illusion,” she said.

“As parents, we call on Turnbull to show leadership and have a free vote so our LGBTI children and their families are protected from the abuse and indignity of an ugly public debate over their right to equality under the law.”

CAPP’s research director Matt Farrugia said the findings reveal opposition to a plebiscite is greater than previously thought.

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2 responses to “Support for plebiscite is overestimated: poll”

  1. Australia is a huge international embarrassment on it’s treatment of refugees and its own LGBTI community by the governments reluctant to pass marriage equality.

  2. I am currently in spain where marriage equality is enshrined in law. Australia should hang it’s head in shame. A vote for Turnbull is a vote against marriage equality!