26 January

A Newspoll published in The Australian asked people if they were in favour of Australia becoming a republic. 40 percent of women were either strongly or partly in favour with 38 percent against and 22 percent uncommitted (this compares with 51 percent of men in favour, 33 percent against and 16 percent uncommitted; overall 46 percent of those polled were in favour with 19 percent uncommitted). The sample size was 1200 in all States; adults aged over 18 and taken in both city and country areas. This is the lowest level of support for this question recorded by Newspoll since July 1999 with support previously running consistently in the low 50 percents since August 1999 just before the referendum.