Q. Would you support or oppose holding a Royal Commission into the banking and financial services industry?
| Total
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Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | April 2016 | |||
| Total support | 64% | 76% | 59% | 71% | 72% | 59% | ||
| Total oppose | 13% | 6% | 22% | 8% | 10% | 15% | ||
| Strongly support | 28% | 38% | 17% | 34% | 33% | 27% | ||
| Support | 36% | 38% | 42% | 37% | 39% | 32% | ||
| Oppose | 9% | 5% | 15% | 8% | 7% | 11% | ||
| Strongly oppose | 4% | 1% | 7% | – | 3% | 4% | ||
| Don’t know | 23% | 18% | 19% | 21% | 18% | 25% |
There was majority support for holding a Royal Commission into the banking and financial services sector – 64% supported a Royal Commission and 13% opposed. This is a 5% increase in support since this question was asked in April.
Those most likely to support a Royal Commission into the banking and financial services sector were aged 65+ (70%), Labor voters (76%), Greens voters 71%) and those earning $2,000+ pw (70%).