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Government Support for Newspapers

2 Jul 2012

Q. Would you approve or disapprove of the Australian Government taking action to maintain the publication of daily newspapers?

 

Total

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Read daily

Read a few times a week

Read about once a week

Read less often/

never

Total approve

52%

59%

49%

45%

68%

63%

44%

37%

Total disapprove

27%

23%

32%

33%

20%

22%

38%

29%

Strongly approve

17%

21%

14%

12%

32%

18%

14%

6%

Approve

35%

38%

35%

33%

36%

45%

30%

31%

Disapprove

20%

18%

23%

22%

12%

15%

32%

21%

Strongly disapprove

7%

5%

9%

11%

8%

7%

6%

8%

Don’t know

21%

18%

18%

22%

12%

15%

18%

35%

52% would approve of the Australian Government taking action to maintain the publication of daily newspapers and 27% disapproved.

Those most likely to approve were women (59%), Victorians (59%) and Labor voters (59%).

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