Q. Would you support or oppose holding a Royal Commission into the banking and financial services industry? (VERSION 1)
Q. The Opposition leader Bill Shorten has called for a Royal Commission into the behaviour of the banking and financial services industry. The Prime Minister Malcolm Turnbull says that a Royal Commission isn’t necessary because the banks are already heavily regulated. Would you support or oppose holding a Royal Commission into the banking and financial services industry? (VERSION 2)
Half the sample was asked version 1 and half was asked version 2.
| Total
VERSION 1 |
Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Total
VERSION 2 |
Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total support | 59% | 73% | 58% | 53% | 56% | 54% | 68% | 41% | 66% | 60% | |
| Total oppose | 15% | 7% | 25% | 7% | 15% | 21% | 9% | 38% | 15% | 27% | |
| Strongly support | 27% | 36% | 23% | 28% | 30% | 23% | 33% | 14% | 43% | 21% | |
| Support | 32% | 37% | 35% | 25% | 26% | 31% | 35% | 27% | 23% | 39% | |
| Oppose | 11% | 6% | 16% | 7% | 14% | 13% | 7% | 19% | 13% | 23% | |
| Strongly oppose | 4% | 1% | 9% | – | 1% | 8% | 2% | 19% | 2% | 4% | |
| Don’t know | 25% | 21% | 16% | 40% | 29% | 25% | 22% | 21% | 19% | 13% |
There was majority support for holding a Royal Commission into the banking and financial services sector.
When asked as an unqualified question 59% supported a Royal Commission and 15% opposed. When told that the opposition had called for the Royal Commission and the Prime Minister had opposed it, 54% supported and 21% opposed. The difference was mainly due to Liberal/National voters whose support dropped from 58% to 41% when told that the Prime Minister opposed the Royal Commission.