Australians have considerably increased their support for same-sex marriage in the last decade, a report has found.<\/p>\n
The wide-ranging survey found that 67% of women and 59% of men want to see same-sex marriage made legal in Australia. <\/p>\n
In 2005, it was 43% of women and 32% of men, according to the annual survey<\/a> of the same 17,000 people.<\/p>\n
Report author Prof Roger Wilkins said it revealed a “very profound shift” in attitudes in the country.<\/p>\n
“It is quite clear that community sentiment has shifted in favour of marriage equality,” he told the Australian Broadcasting Corp<\/a>.<\/p>\n
Debate over legalising same-sex marriage has intensified in Australia this week amid speculation that a government MP may soon introduce a bill to parliament.<\/p>\n
However, Australia’s ruling conservative Coalition is split on the issue, and any push to legalise same-sex marriage is likely to encounter opposition.<\/p>\n
The Household, Income and Labour Dynamics in Australia report is a wide-ranging annual survey commissioned by the government and run by the University of Melbourne.<\/p>\n
On attitudes to marriage and children, it measured data between 2005 and 2015 and found most attitudes had become more progressive. <\/p>\n
It used a scale of one (strongly disagree) to seven (strongly agree).<\/p>\n
Other key findings from the survey included that Australian wages have stagnated in recent years, people are living at home for longer, and child poverty in single-parent families is on the rise.<\/p>\n
Last year, a government push for Australians to vote on legalising same-sex marriage in a national plebiscite was blocked<\/a> by the opposition and minor parties.<\/p>\n
Opponents of the plebiscite did not necessarily oppose legalisation, but said the vote would be costly and fuel hate campaigns. They argued the issue should be put to a parliamentary vote. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"
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