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In early May 2008, the vast majority of Australians (89%) support the Queen visiting Australia. Very few (11%) are against visits by the Queen to Australia according to a special Morgan Poll conducted last weekend (May 3/4).

Australians are divided as to whether visits by the Queen should be formal or informal, but would favour “fairly informal” visits (42%) over “rather formal” visits (38%) with 9% undecided.

In 1961 when the same question was put to Australian adults (aged 21+), support for the Queen visiting Australia was very similar to today (88%), only 12% were against Royal visits.

However, in 1961 there was a clear preference for informal visits (73%) over formal visits (11%). 4% were undecided.

Analysis by age shows young people — aged 14-17 — were most likely to support Royal visits (95%) and most likely to believe visits by the Queen to Australia should be formal (56%) rather than informal (23%).

Analysis by voting intention shows majority support for Royal visits across all political parties — ranging from 85% among ALP and Greens supporters to as high as 96% among L-NP supporters. Preference for “fairly informal” visits outweighed preference for formal visits for the Queen among all except Family First supporters (who support formal visits 50% over informal with 36%).

Gary Morgan says:                    

“Over the years Australians’ views of the role of the Monarchy vis-à-vis the possibility of a Republic has waxed and waned. As shown in the Morgan Poll released May 7 showing support for a Republic with an elected President is at a relatively low level (45%). However, Australia is as ready to welcome the Queen as we were in 1961.

“Surprisingly, given the generally less formal approach to most things in Australian life, when it comes to the Queen, Australians are more interested in formality.

“Compared to 1961, Australians are three times as likely to want the Queen’s visit to Australia to be “rather formal.”

This special Morgan Poll was conducted by telephone last weekend, May 3/4 2008, with an Australia-wide cross-section of 650 Australians aged 14 and over.

Australians were asked: “Do you think visits to Australia by the Queen should be rather formal or fairly informal or are you completely against Royal visits of any kind?”

Q1. Royal visits to Australia by the Queen

All Australians aged 14 and over were asked:   “Do you think visits by the Queen to Australia should be rather formal or fairly informal or are you completely against Royal visits of any kind?”

	All Respondents				Electors Aged 18+
		May 3/4, 2008
	April, 1961 Aged 21+	Aged 14+	Aged 20+	Aged 18+	Electors (By Party Vote)						Non-electors
					Electors	ALP	L-NP	Greens	Family  First	Others	Aged (18+)	Aged 14-17
	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%	%
Rather formal	11	38	36	37	36	33	43	33	50	33	44	54
Fairly informal	73	42	45	44	46	44	46	46	36	54	25	23
Undecided	4	9	8	8	7	8	7	6	8	3	19	18
Support Royal visits	88	89	89	89	89	85	96	85	94	90	88	95
Against Royal visits	12	11	11	11	11	15	4	15	6	10	12	5
Total	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100	100

Margin of Error

Sample Size	Percentage Estimate
	40%-60%	25% or 75%	10% or 90%	5% or 95%
500	±4.5	±3.9	±2.7	±1.9
1,000	±3.2	±2.7	±1.9	±1.4

The following table gives indications of the likely range within which estimates would be 95% likely to fall, expressed as the number of percentage points above or below the actual estimate. Allowance for design effects (such as stratification and weighting) should be made as appropriate.

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