Q. How much trust do you have in the following national institutions:
A lot of trust | Some trust | A little trust | No trust | Don’t know | |
The Australian Defence Force | 41% | 37% | 13% | 4% | 5% |
The Federal Police | 27% | 41% | 21% | 6% | 5% |
The Federal and High Courts | 24% | 36% | 26% | 9% | 5% |
Our intelligence agencies like ASIO | 20% | 39% | 23% | 9% | 10% |
The Reserve Bank | 19% | 37% | 27% | 12% | 5% |
The Family Court | 15% | 35% | 28% | 15% | 7% |
The Commonwealth Public Service | 10% | 39% | 30% | 15% | 6% |
Business and banking regulators | 6% | 27% | 34% | 27% | 6% |
Respondents were most likely to say they had a lot of trust in the Australian Defence Force (41%), Federal Police (27%) and Federal and High Courts (24%).
The least trusted institutions were business band banking regulators (61% little/no trust), the Commonwealth Public Service (45%) and the Family Court (43%).
Labor voters were more likely to have a lot or some trust in the Commonwealth Public Service (59%), the Federal and High Courts (66%) and the Family Court (56%).
Liberal/National voters were more likely to have a lot or some trust in the Australian Defence Force (86%) and intelligence agencies like ASIO (66%).