Public opinion polls – by month of survey completion and topic

Key:

[1] Comprehensive survey of attitudes related to population issues, immigration, and/or asylum seekers.
[2] Series of questions on the one issue.
[3] 4-6 questions, single purpose survey or questions included in a general survey.
[4] 1-3 questions, single purpose survey or questions included in a general survey.

Date	Population	Immigration	Asylum/refugees	Other
2015
December			Essential Report [4]
November			Newspoll [4] Essential Report [4]
September			Essential Report [3]
August			Essential Report [4]
July			Essential Report [4] Scanlon Foundation [4]
June			Essential Report [4]
April			Essential Report [4]
March		ANU Poll [3]	Essential Report [4] ANU Poll [4]	Essential Report [4]
February	Essential Report [4]		Essential Report [4]
2014
November			Essential Report [3]
October			Essential Report [4]
September		Essential Report [4]		Essential Report [4]
July		Newspoll [4]	Essential Report [4] Scanlon Foundation [4]	Newspoll [4]
June	Essential Report [4]		Essential Report [4]
May			Essential Report [4] Essential Report [4]
April	Essential Report [4]		Essential Report [4]	Nielsen [4] Essential Report [4]
March			Essential Report [3]
February	Essential Report [4] Lowy Poll [4]	Lowy Poll [3]	Essential Report [4] Essential Report [4] Lowy Poll [3]	Essential Report [4]
January			Essential Report [4]
2013
Month not specified				VicHealth [1]
November	Essential Report [4]		Essential Report [4]
October			Essential Report [4]
September	Essential Report [4]		Essential Report [4]
August	Essential Report [4]		Essential Report [4]
July	Essential Report [4]	Scanlon Foundation [1]	Galaxy [4] Galaxy [4] Essential Report [4] Essential Report [4] Newspoll [4] Nielsen [4] Essential Report [3] Scanlon Foundation [4]
June	Essential Report [4]		Essential Report [3]	Essential Report [4]
April	Essential Report [4]
March	Essential Report [4]	Newspoll [4] Essential Report [4] Essential Report [4] Lowy Poll [4]	Newspoll [4] Essential Report [4] Lowy Poll [3]
February			Newspoll [4]
2012
November	Essential Report [4]		Newspoll [4] Essential Report [4]
September		ANU Poll [4]		Essential Report [4]
August			Nielsen [4] Essential Report [2]
July	Essential Report [4]	Scanlon Foundation [1]	Essential Report [4] Newspoll [4] Essential Report [4] Essential Report [4] Nielsen [4] Scanlon Foundation [3]
June	Essential Report [4]		Essential Report [4]
May			UNHCR [3]
April		Lowy [4]
March			Newspoll [4]
2011
December	Essential Report [4]		Essential Report [4]
November		[AustraliaSCAN] [4]
October			Essential Report [4]
September			Essential Report [4] Essential Report [4] Newspoll [4]
August			Nielsen [3]
July	Scanlon Foundation [3]	Scanlon Foundation [1]	Essential Report [4] Scanlon Foundation [3]
June			Essential Report [4] Essential Report [4] Essential Report [4] Essential Report [4]
May			Essential Report [4] Nielsen [4]
April			Lowy Poll [2] Essential Report [4]
February		Essential Report [3] Essential Report [4]		Essential Report [4]
January	Essential Report [4]		Essential Report [4]
2010
December		SBS – Ipsos Mackay [1]
October	Essential Report [4]		Essential Report [4] Essential Report [4]
August		Essential Report [4]
July	Morgan [4] Essential Report [4]	Nielsen [4] Morgan [3] Essential Report [4] US Study Centre, Univ. Sydney [3]	Essential Report [4] Essential Report [4] Nielsen [4] Galaxy Poll [4] Newspoll [4]
June	ANU Poll [4] Scanlon Foundation [2]	Scanlon Foundation [1]	Red Cross [2] Essential Report [4] Essential Report [4] Age/Nielsen [4] Scanlon Foundation [3]
April	Age/Nielsen [4] ANU Poll [1]	Age/Nielsen [4] ANU Poll [4]	Essential Report [4] Age/Nielsen [4] Newspoll [4] ANU Poll [4]
March	Morgan [4] Lowy [4]	Morgan [3]	Morgan [4] Lowy [3]
February	AuSSA [4] Essential Report [2] Essential Report [4]
January		Galaxy [4]		Galaxy (racism) [4]
2009
December	Galaxy [4]
November	Age/Nielsen [4]	Age/Nielsen [4]	Essential Report [4] Essential Report [2] Newspoll [4]	VUT (international students) [2]
July	Scanlon Foundation [1]	Scanlon Foundation [1]	Lowy Poll [4]
May			Essential Report [4]
April			Newspoll [4]

NOTE: Date given is the date the survey was conducted, where it is available; where surveying extended for more than one month, the date refers to the conclusion of the survey period; where the date of survey cannot be established, the date that results were published is indicated.