Q. The Government plans to re-establish the Australian Building and Construction Commission to address claims of union militancy in the construction industry. The ABCC’s powers included preventing any person from revealing they had been forced to give testimony to the Commission, and overriding a person’s right to silence. Do you support or oppose re-establishing the ABCC?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Oct 2013 | Mar 2016 | Apr 2016 | |||
| Total support | 32% | 20% | 53% | 25% | 28% | 29% | 35% | 35% | ||
| Total oppose | 18% | 30% | 6% | 27% | 22% | 22% | 17% | 16% | ||
| Strongly support | 13% | 5% | 24% | 8% | 11% | 12% | 17% | 17% | ||
| Support | 19% | 15% | 27% | 17% | 17% | 17% | 18% | 18% | ||
| Neither support nor oppose | 28% | 27% | 28% | 24% | 30% | 23% | 27% | 23% | ||
| Oppose | 9% | 14% | 4% | 14% | 11% | 9% | 8% | 8% | ||
| Strongly oppose | 9% | 16% | 2% | 13% | 11% | 13% | 9% | 8% | ||
| Don’t know | 23% | 23% | 14% | 24% | 20% | 25% | 22% | 27% |
32% support re-establishing the ABCC and 18% oppose. 28% neither support nor oppose and 23% don’t have an opinion. This is a decline in support for re-establishing the ABCC since this question was asked in April.
39% of full-time workers support and 16% oppose. 23% of part-time workers support and 15% oppose.