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%).