Almost half of Australians want Muslim immigration to be cut following the Melbourne terrorist attack, a poll has found.
The Fairfax-Ipsos survey was conducted after Islamic State sympathiser Hassan Khalif Shire Ali attacked random people on Bourke Street, Melbourne, on November 9, knifing three and killing one.
The poll found 46 per cent of Australians believe that Muslim migration numbers should be reduced.
Of those surveyed, 35 per cent believed the intake should remain the same and only 14 per cent of voters supported an increase.
The telephone poll of 1200 respondents conducted nationally found that a majority of Coalition voters and one third of Labor voters backed the cut.
Muslim leaders deflected criticism of Islam in the wake of the Bourke St attack by stressing that Shire Ali's actions were caused by mental illness and not by religion. [Daily Mail Australia] Read more
