Q. Thinking about recent events concerning the ABC CEO and board, do you think that the Government has too much or not enough influence over the ABC?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Government has too much influence | 36% | 54% | 19% | 47% | 40% | |
| Government has not enough influence | 16% | 7% | 24% | 16% | 22% | |
| Level of Government influence about right | 17% | 13% | 29% | 13% | 12% | |
| Don’t know | 31% | 26% | 28% | 25% | 27% |
36% think that the Government has too much influence over the ABC and 16% think they have not enough influence. 17% think they have about the right level of influence.
54% of Labor voters and 47% of Greens voters think the Government has too much influence compared to only 19% of LNP voters.
Q. Overall, do you think the news reporting and comment on the ABC is independent and unbiased?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Yes | 40% | 50% | 40% | 52% | 28% | |
| No | 34% | 24% | 43% | 23% | 50% | |
| Don’t know | 26% | 25% | 17% | 25% | 22% |
40% think that the news reporting and comment on the ABC is independent and unbiased and 34% think it isn’t.
Those most likely to think the ABC is not independent and unbiased were LNP voters (43%), other party voters (50%) and aged 55+ (40%).
Q. Would you support or oppose the following actions regarding the refugees being held on Nauru?
| Total support | Total oppose | Strongly support | Support | Oppose | Strongly oppose | Don’t know | ||
| Close the detention centre on Nauru and transfer all the remaining asylum seekers to Australia | 37% | 42% | 14% | 23% | 17% | 25% | 22% | |
| Transfer the families and children from Nauru to Australia | 40% | 39% | 15% | 25% | 17% | 22% | 21% | |
| Keep all asylum seekers on Nauru indefinitely | 35% | 43% | 15% | 20% | 22% | 21% | 23% |
| Total support | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Close the detention centre on Nauru and transfer all the remaining asylum seekers to Australia | 37% | 51% | 32% | 68% | 18% | |
| Transfer the families and children from Nauru to Australia | 40% | 53% | 36% | 65% | 21% | |
| Keep all asylum seekers on Nauru indefinitely | 35% | 26% | 42% | 17% | 58% |
37% support and 42% oppose closing the detention centre on Nauru and transferring all the remaining asylum seekers to Australia. Those most likely to support were aged under 34 (48%), university educated (48%), Labor voters (51%) and Greens voters (68%).
40% support and 39% oppose transferring the families and children from Nauru to Australia. Those most likely to support were aged under 34 (51%), university educated (52%), Labor voters (53%) and Greens voters (65%).
35% support and 43% oppose keeping all asylum seekers on Nauru indefinitely. Those most likely to support were other party voters (58%).
Q. If a Federal Election was held today to which party will you probably give your first preference vote? If not sure, which party are you currently leaning toward? If don’t know – Well which party are you currently leaning to?
| Total | 2 weeks ago
11/9/18 |
4 weeks ago 28/8/18 | Election 2 Jul 16 | |||
| Liberal | 34% | 32% | 32% | |||
| National | 3% | 3% | 3% | |||
| Total Liberal/National | 37% | 36% | 35% | 42.0% | ||
| Labor | 36% | 37% | 39% | 34.7% | ||
| Greens | 12% | 10% | 10% | 10.2% | ||
| Nick Xenophon Team | 1% | 2% | 2% | |||
| Pauline Hanson’s One Nation | 5% | 8% | 7% | |||
| Other/Independent | 9% | 7% | 7% | 13.1% | ||
| 2 party preferred | ||||||
| Liberal National | 47% | 46% | 45% | 50.4% | ||
| Labor | 53% | 54% | 55% | 49.6% |
Q. How much trust do you have in the following institutions and organisations?
| Total
trust |
A lot of trust | Some trust | A little trust | No trust | Don’t know | % change | Total trust Oct 15 | Total trust Sep 16 | Total trust Oct 17 | |||
| Federal police | 70% | 31% | 39% | 18% | 7% | 5% | -1 | 67% | 63% | 71% | ||
| State police | 67% | 30% | 37% | 22% | 8% | 3% | – | 68% | 63% | 67% | ||
| The High Court | 61% | 24% | 37% | 22% | 11% | 6% | – | 60% | 57% | 61% | ||
| The ABC | 54% | 16% | 38% | 26% | 12% | 8% | +2 | 55% | 53% | 52% | ||
| The Reserve Bank | 50% | 15% | 35% | 28% | 125% | 8% | +1 | 51% | 47% | 49% | ||
| Charitable organisations | 47% | 12% | 35% | 36% | 12% | 4% | +1 | 49% | 43% | 46% | ||
| Environment groups | 42% | 10% | 32% | 33% | 18% | 6% | – | 42% | 39% | 42% | ||
| Your local council | 42% | 9% | 33% | 37% | 18% | 4% | +4 | 40% | 36% | 38% | ||
| The Commonwealth Public Service | 39% | 7% | 32% | 36% | 16% | 9% | +1 | 38% | 36% | 38% | ||
| State Parliament | 31% | 7% | 24% | 33% | 31% | 6% | – | 32% | 26% | 31% | ||
| Business groups | 29% | 3% | 26% | 43% | 19% | 9% | +1 | 30% | 27% | 28% | ||
| Federal Parliament | 28% | 6% | 22% | 32% | 35% | 6% | -2 | 32% | 26% | 30% | ||
| Religious organisations | 28% | 6% | 22% | 26% | 39% | 7% | +2 | 30% | 26% | 26% | ||
| Trade unions | 25% | 5% | 20% | 35% | 31% | 9% | – | 27% | 25% | 25% | ||
| Political parties | 15% | 2% | 13% | 35% | 44% | 6% | -3 | 16% | 14% | 18% |
Note: ‘Total Trust’ is an aggregate figure achieved by adding ‘A lot of trust’ and ‘Some trust’
Overall, trust in institutions has changed little since this question was asked in October, 2017.
Respondents had most trust in the Federal police (70%), State police (67%), the High Court (61%), the ABC (54%) and the Reserve Bank (50%). They had least trust in political parties (15%), trade unions (25%), religious organisations (28%), Federal Parliament (28%) and business groups (29%).
The main change since the last poll were for local council (up 4%) and political parties (down 3%).
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Q. Would you support or oppose the Liberal Party adopting quotas to increase number of Liberal women in the parliament?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | ||
| Total support | 61% | 63% | 68% | 68% | 50% | |
| Total oppose | 21% | 18% | 27% | 14% | 35% | |
| Strongly support | 19% | 17% | 21% | 32% | 18% | |
| Support | 42% | 46% | 47% | 36% | 32% | |
| Oppose | 14% | 12% | 16% | 13% | 23% | |
| Strongly oppose | 7% | 6% | 11% | 1% | 12% | |
| Don’t know | 18% | 19% | 5% | 18% | 15% |
61% support the Liberal Party adopting quotas to increase number of Liberal women in the parliament and 21% oppose.
68% of Liberal National voters support quotas for women and 27% oppose.
56% of men support quotas for women compared to 65% of women.
Q. For each of the following Australian industries and organisations, please indicate how affected by corruption you think they are:
| Widespread corruption | Some corruption | Very little corruption | Don’t know | Apr 2016 Widespread corruption | ||
| Building industry | 23% | 47% | 16% | 14% | 36% | |
| Unions | 29% | 41% | 17% | 13% | 35% | |
| Banking and finance sector | 36% | 41% | 14% | 10% | 25% | |
| Politics | 45% | 37% | 9% | 8% | 40% | |
| Large corporations | 26% | 51% | 12% | 11% | 34% | |
| Law enforcement (police) | 9% | 42% | 39% | 11% | – | |
| The media | 21% | 47% | 21% | 11% | – |
45% think there is widespread corruption in politics and 36% think there is widespread corruption in the banking and finance sector.
50% of Liberal/National voters think there is widespread corruption in unions compared to only 15% of Labor voters.
49% of Labor voters think there is widespread corruption in politics compared to 31% of LNP voters.
Main changes since this question was asked in April 2016 were for banking and finance (up 11%), the building industry (down 13%) and large corporations (down 8%).
Would you support or oppose the establishment of an independent federal corruption body to monitor the behaviour of our politicians and public servants?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | ||
| Total support | 82% | 82% | 87% | 85% | 88% | |
| Total oppose | 5% | 5% | 6% | 7% | 3% | |
| Strongly support | 46% | 50% | 41% | 53% | 54% | |
| Support | 36% | 32% | 46% | 32% | 34% | |
| Oppose | 4% | 4% | 5% | 5% | 2% | |
| Strongly oppose | 1% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 1% | |
| Don’t know | 14% | 14% | 7% | 7% | 9% |
82% support the establishment of an independent federal corruption body and only 5% oppose.
More than 80% of all party voter groups support.