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.

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