Q. For each of the following Australian industries and organisations, please indicate how affected by corruption you think they are:
Extremely corrupt |
Some corruption |
Not at all corrupt |
Don’t know |
|
Building and construction |
25% |
54% |
4% |
17% |
Finance sector (banks and insurance) |
18% |
52% |
13% |
18% |
Mining |
20% |
50% |
9% |
20% |
Agriculture |
7% |
36% |
30% |
27% |
Health |
11% |
43% |
25% |
20% |
Science and technology |
5% |
35% |
35% |
25% |
Media |
34% |
43% |
7% |
16% |
Education |
8% |
40% |
30% |
23% |
Law enforcement (police) |
18% |
58% |
9% |
14% |
Government |
32% |
51% |
4% |
14% |
From the industries and organisations listed, those that were most likely to be considered ‘extremely corrupt’ were the ‘Media’ (34%) and ‘Government’ (32%).
The industries that were most likely to be considered ‘not at all corrupt’ were ‘Science and technology’ (35%), ‘agriculture’ (30%), ‘education’ (30%) and ‘health’ (25%).
At least 40% of people considered each of the industries to be ‘extremely corrupt’, or have at least ‘some corruption’.