Q. Do you think the Royal Commission into Trade Unions is a legitimate investigation into union practices or is it a political attack on unions and the Labor Party?
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Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
Aug 2015 |
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|
A political attack on Labor and the unions |
27% |
48% |
12% |
41% |
29% |
27% |
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A legitimate investigation of union practices |
42% |
22% |
69% |
27% |
41% |
39% |
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Don’t know |
31% |
31% |
19% |
31% |
30% |
34% |
42% think the that the Trade Union Royal Commission is a legitimate investigation of union practices and 27% think that it is a political attack on Labor and the unions. 31% did not know. These results are similar to those from August.
Views were related to voting intention – 69% of Liberal/National voters think it is a legitimate investigation of union practices while 48 % of Labor voters think it is a political attack on Labor and the unions.
45% of full-time workers and 37% of part-time workers think it is a legitimate investigation of union practices.