Attitude to Bridget McKenzie’s resignation and grant allocation

Q. The Deputy Leader of the Nationals has resigned for having a conflict of interest in awarding a grant to a shooting club of which she was a member. Which of the following statements do you agree with?

	NET: Agree	NET: Disagree	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Unsure
The investigation needs to continue to investigate any MP involved in the allocation of sports grants	70%	17%	70%	17%	11%	6%	13%
Giving grants to sports organisations in marginal seats was only done to influence the election result in the Governments favour	66%	16%	36%	30%	12%	5%	18%
The minister’s resignation should be the end of the matter	49%	38%	24%	26%	20%	18%	13%

 

 

NET: Agree		Federal Voting Intention
	Total	Labor	Coalition	Greens	NET: Other
The investigation needs to continue to investigate any MP involved in the allocation of sports grants	70%	77%	65%	81%	71%
Giving grants to sports organisations in marginal seats was only done to influence the election result in the Governments favour	66%	76%	56%	70%	73%
The minister’s resignation should be the end of the matter	49%	44%	61%	44%	44%
Base (n)	1,056	354	320	113	155

• 70% of participants agree that the investigation into the Deputy Nationals Leader needs to continue to investigate any MP involved in the allocation of sports grants. Half (49%) of participants agree that the minister’s resignation should be the end of the matter.
• Coalition voters are more likely to agree that the minister’s resignation should be the end of the matter (61%) than all other voters (44%).
• Additionally, Coalition voters are least likely to agree that the investigation needs to continue (65%) and giving grants to sports organisations in marginal seats was only done to influence the election result in the Governments favour (56%), than all other voters (76% and 74%).