The Government plans to re-establish the Australian Building and Construction Commission to address claims of union militancy in the construction industry. The ABCC’s powers included preventing any person from revealing they had been forced to give testimony to the Commission, and overriding a person’s right to silence. Do you support or oppose re-establishing the ABCC?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Oct 2013 | |||
| Total support | 35% | 27% | 52% | 23% | 28% | 29% | ||
| Total oppose | 17% | 26% | 8% | 20% | 23% | 22% | ||
| Strongly support | 17% | 13% | 27% | 6% | 14% | 12% | ||
| Support | 18% | 14% | 25% | 17% | 14% | 17% | ||
| Neither support nor oppose | 27% | 25% | 23% | 37% | 33% | 23% | ||
| Oppose | 8% | 10% | 6% | 12% | 10% | 9% | ||
| Strongly oppose | 9% | 16% | 2% | 8% | 13% | 13% | ||
| Don’t know | 22% | 21% | 16% | 19% | 16% | 25% |
35% support re-establishing the ABCC and 17% oppose. 27% neither support nor oppose and 22% don’t have an opinion. This represents and increase in support for the ABCC since a similar question was asked in October 2013.
39% of full-time workers support and 15% oppose. 34% of part-time workers support and 11% oppose.