Following is a summary of this Sydney Morning Herald article:
An Essential Research poll released on Wednesday found that 49 percent of Australians support a ban on Muslim Immigration, including 60 percent of Coalition voters, 40 percent of Labor Voters, and 34 percent of Green voters.
The most common reasons for wanting a ban were terrorism fears and the belief that Muslims do not share Australian values and do not want to integrate into society. The poll was conducted in early August and then repeated to ensure that it was not a result on inconsistencies.
“It’s too a big a number to say it’s an unrepresentative rump that should be shunned from polite society,” pollster Peter Lewis told the media.