Q. Thinking about the privatisation of Government-owned organisations (such as Telstra, Commonwealth Bank, Qantas, power companies, etc) over recent years – who do you think has benefited most from those privatisations?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
The Government | 25% | 18% | 30% | 18% |
Private companies | 59% | 70% | 54% | 68% |
The general public | 6% | 6% | 8% | 1% |
Don’t know | 10% | 6% | 8% | 13% |
59% think that private companies have benefited most from the privatisation of Government-owned organisations and 25% think the Government has benefited most. Only 6% think the general public has benefited most. Labor and Greens voters are more likely to think private companies have benefited most while Coalition voters are a little more likely to think Government has benefited most.