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.