Q. Would you support or oppose introducing the following requirement concerning political donation?
Total support | Total oppose | Strongly support | Support | Oppose | Strongly oppose | Don’t know | ||
All politicians to publicly disclose meetings with representatives of companies, donors or unions | 77% | 6% | 41% | 36% | 4% | 2% | 17% | |
Political donations to be reported immediately by political parties, compared to annual reports at the moment | 73% | 6% | 37% | 36% | 5% | 1% | 21% | |
A ban on foreign donations | 66% | 12% | 40% | 26% | 9% | 3% | 23% | |
A cap on donations of $5000 | 61% | 13% | 27% | 34% | 10% | 3% | 26% | |
A ban on political donations by companies and unions | 59% | 16% | 29% | 30% | 14% | 2% | 26% | |
All donations banned and all political party spending to be taxpayer funded | 25% | 49% | 11% | 14% | 24% | 25% | 26% |
Support by party preference | Total support | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | |
All politicians to publicly disclose meetings with representatives of companies, donors or unions | 77% | 77% | 80% | 84% | 88% | |
Political donations to be reported immediately by political parties, compared to annual reports at the moment | 73% | 72% | 73% | 84% | 88% | |
A ban on foreign donations | 66% | 61% | 70% | 70% | 83% | |
A cap on donations of $5000 | 61% | 59% | 64% | 69% | 73% | |
A ban on political donations by companies and unions | 59% | 53% | 64% | 64% | 75% | |
All donations banned and all political party spending to be taxpayer funded | 25% | 25% | 31% | 27% | 26% |
There was majority support for all listed reforms except taxpayer funding for political parties (25% support/49% oppose).
There was particularly strong support for public disclosure of meetings (77%) and immediate reporting of donations (73%).
64% of Liberal/National voters supported a ban on donations from companies and unions compared to 53% of Labor voters. Labor voters were a little less supportive than Liberal/National voters of all reforms listed.