Concern about Phone Hacking

Q. Have the recent events in Britain concerning phone hacking by Rupert Murdoch’s newspaper, made you more or less concerned about the conduct of Australian newspapers?

	Total	Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens
Total more concerned	51%	56%	48%	68%
Total less concerned	5%	5%	4%	3%
Much more concerned	15%	19%	11%	26%
A little more concerned	36%	37%	37%	42%
A little less concerned	4%	4%	4%	3%
Much less concerned	1%	1%	>1%	–
Makes no difference	38%	33%	44%	26%
Don’t know	6%	6%

Just over half (51%) of respondents are more concerned about the conduct of Australian newspapers following the recent events in Britain. 5% are less concerned, 38% say it makes no difference and 6% stated don’t know.

Green voters were more likely to state that they were more concerned (68%). Labor voters (56%) were more likely than Liberal voters (48%) to state that they were more concerned.

There was no substantial difference between the genders, states or age groups.