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Media regulation

25 Mar 2013

Q. Thinking about the media in Australia, do you think there needs to be more or less regulation of the media or is the present level of regulation about right?

 

Total

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Needs to be more regulation

29%

38%

22%

40%

Needs to be less regulation

10%

9%

11%

9%

Present regulation about right

43%

36%

55%

35%

Don’t know

17%

18%

12%

16%

29% think the media in Australia needs more regulation, 10% think it needs less regulation and 43% think the present regulation is about right.

38% of Labor voters and 40% of Greens voters think it needs more regulation.

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