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Australian Building and Construction Commission

1 Oct 2013

Q. The Abbott Government has committed 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

Total support

29%

13%

52%

12%

Total oppose

22%

39%

5%

46%

Strongly support

12%

4%

25%

4%

Support

17%

9%

27%

8%

Neither support nor oppose

23%

22%

22%

16%

Oppose

9%

13%

3%

21%

Strongly oppose

13%

26%

2%

25%

Don’t know

25%

27%

21%

25%

29% support re-establishing the ABCC and 22% oppose. 48% have no opinion either way.

35% of men support compared to 23% of women.

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