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 |
Vote other |
|
Total Mar 13 |
|
| Needs to be more regulation |
31% |
|
41% |
26% |
31% |
25% |
29% |
|
| Needs to be less regulation |
15% |
|
11% |
17% |
22% |
19% |
10% |
|
| Present regulation about right |
36% |
|
35% |
40% |
28% |
34% |
43% |
|
| Don’t know |
18% |
|
13% |
17% |
19% |
23% |
17% |
31% think the media in Australia needs more regulation, 15% think it needs less regulation and 36% think the present regulation is about right. Views have polarised a little since this question was asked in March last year. Those thinking the present regulation is about right has declined from 43% to 36%.