Q. How much trust do you have in the following industries to act in the public interest?
Total a lot/some trust | A lot of trust | Some trust | Not much trust | No trust at all | Don’t know | Jan 2013
A lot/ some trust |
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Tourism | 70% | 18% | 52% | 16% | 5% | 9% | 68% | ||
Agriculture | 68% | 18% | 50% | 15% | 6% | 11% | 72% | ||
Manufacturing | 55% | 8% | 47% | 27% | 9% | 10% | 56% | ||
Retail | 53% | 8% | 45% | 29% | 10% | 9% | 47% | ||
Construction and development | 46% | 8% | 38% | 31% | 14% | 9% | 48% | ||
Telecommunications | 36% | 7% | 29% | 35% | 20% | 9% | 37% | ||
Mining | 36% | 6% | 30% | 30% | 245 | 11% | 32% | ||
Banking | 33% | 8% | 25% | 30% | 30% | 7% | 33% | ||
Media | 29% | 3% | 26% | 31% | 31% | 8% | 30% | ||
Power companies | 24% | 3% | 21% | 35% | 32% | 8% | 18% |
The industries most trusted to act in the public interest were tourism (70% some/a lot of trust), agriculture (68%) and manufacturing (55%).
The industries least trusted to act in the public interest were power companies (24%), the media (29%), banking (33%) and mining (36%).
Since this question was asked in 2013, trust in power companies has increased 6 points – although remains the least trusted industry.
The only industry on which there were major differences was mining where 50% of Liberal/National voters had a lot/some trust compared to only 30% of Labor voters and 18% of Greens voters.