AUSTRALIAN voters are sharply at odds with the Prime Minister over the release of classified US government cables, a new poll has found.

The survey suggests just one-quarter of voters agree with Julia Gillard that the diplomatic cables recently published by WikiLeaks should have remained secret.

Julian Assange ... more support among men than women. Credit:AFP

The findings show 59 per cent support WikiLeaks in making the cables public and 25 per cent oppose it.

The survey of 1000 Australians by UMR Research was conducted between December 16 and 21, three weeks after the cables began appearing.