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Donations to political parties

Apr 4, 2017
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Q. Should political parties be allowed to receive donations from each of the following?

  Should be allowed Should not be allowed Don’t know   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other
Individual Australian voters 47% 39% 15%   44% 54% 49% 51%
Australian companies 30% 55% 15%   26% 42% 24% 27%
Professional associations 27% 57% 16%   24% 34% 25% 25%
Unions 21% 64% 15%   24% 20% 27% 19%
Energy companies 20% 66% 14%   17% 30% 15% 14%
Mining companies 18% 67% 15%   16% 27% 9% 15%
Property developers 16% 70% 14%   15% 23% 10% 13%
Casinos 15% 73% 12%   12% 22% 10% 12%
Foreign companies 13% 74% 13%   12% 17% 13% 11%

 

A majority are opposed to all donations to political parties with the exception of donations from individual Australian voters (47% allow/39% not allow).

At least 7 in 10 were opposed to donations from foreign companies (74% not allow), casinos (73%) and property developers (70%).

Liberal/National voters were more likely to support all forms of donations except those from unions.

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