Q. How much trust do you have in the following institutions and organisations?
| Total
trust |
A lot of trust | Some trust | A little trust | No trust | Don’t know | % change | Total trust Oct 15 | Total trust Sep 16 | Total trust Jan 17 | |||
| Federal police | 71% | 27% | 44% | 19% | 7% | 3% | +2 | 67% | 63% | 69% | ||
| State police | 67% | 24% | 43% | 21% | 9% | 2% | – | 68% | 63% | 67% | ||
| The High Court | 61% | 22% | 39% | 25% | 10% | 4% | -1 | 60% | 57% | 62% | ||
| The ABC | 52% | 17% | 35% | 29% | 12% | 7% | -1 | 55% | 53% | 53% | ||
| The Reserve Bank | 49% | 13% | 36% | 32% | 13% | 7% | -2 | 51% | 47% | 51% | ||
| Charitable organisations | 46% | 8% | 38% | 38% | 12% | 4% | +1 | 49% | 43% | 45% | ||
| Environment groups | 42% | 9% | 33% | 35% | 19% | 5% | +3 | 42% | 39% | 39% | ||
| Your local council | 38% | 7% | 31% | 38% | 21% | 4% | – | 40% | 36% | 38% | ||
| The Commonwealth Public Service | 38% | 6% | 32% | 38% | 16% | 9% | +2 | 38% | 36% | 36% | ||
| State Parliament | 31% | 4% | 27% | 35% | 29% | 4% | – | 32% | 26% | 31% | ||
| Federal Parliament | 30% | 5% | 25% | 35% | 32% | 4% | – | 32% | 26% | 30% | ||
| Business groups | 28% | 4% | 24% | 46% | 20% | 6% | +1 | 30% | 27% | 27% | ||
| Religious organisations | 26% | 6% | 20% | 31% | 39% | 4% | -2 | 30% | 26% | 28% | ||
| Trade unions | 25% | 4% | 21% | 34% | 33% | 7% | -2 | 27% | 25% | 27% | ||
| Political parties | 18% | 3% | 15% | 34% | 45% | 3% | +1 | 16% | 14% | 17% |
Note: ‘Total Trust’ is an aggregate figure achieved by adding ‘A lot of trust’ and ‘Some trust’
Overall, trust in institutions j=has changed little since this question was asked in January.
Respondents had most trust in the Federal police (71%), State police (67%), the High Court (61%), the ABC (52%) and the Reserve Bank (49%). They had least trust in political parties (17%), business groups (27%), trade unions (27%) and religious organisations (28%).
The main change since the last poll were for environment groups (up 3%).