Q. Following the allegations of rape and sexual assault against Attorney General Christian Porter last week, Scott Morrison has rejected calls for an independent inquiry, saying that “I don’t agree with that because I don’t agree with the precedent or the prima facie case for there being such a process… because that would say the rule of law and our police are not competent to deal with these issues.”.
To what extent do you agree with his suggestion that holding an independent inquiry would undermine the rule of law?
| Total | Gender | Age Group | Federal Voting Intention | |||||||||
| Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Labor | TOTAL: Coalition | Greens | TOTAL: Other | ||||
| Strongly agree | 15% | 20% | 10% | 4% | 18% | 21% | 7% | 25% | 5% | 18% | ||
| Somewhat agree | 22% | 24% | 20% | 20% | 23% | 23% | 16% | 31% | 12% | 23% | ||
| Neither agree nor disagree | 31% | 27% | 34% | 45% | 29% | 21% | 31% | 24% | 36% | 31% | ||
| Somewhat disagree | 15% | 13% | 17% | 19% | 13% | 13% | 21% | 11% | 22% | 7% | ||
| Strongly disagree | 18% | 17% | 19% | 12% | 18% | 22% | 25% | 9% | 25% | 21% | ||
| TOTAL: Agree | 37% | 44% | 30% | 24% | 41% | 43% | 23% | 57% | 17% | 41% | ||
| TOTAL: Disagree | 33% | 29% | 36% | 31% | 31% | 36% | 46% | 20% | 47% | 28% | ||
| Base (n) | 1,124 | 553 | 571 | 337 | 383 | 404 | 375 | 410 | 98 | 142 | ||