NBN

Q. Is your home or workplace connected to the NBN? 

	Is your home connected to the NBN?	Is your workplace connected to the NBN?	NET: Home or work connected to NBN
Yes	59%	28%	65%
No	38%	19%	33%
Don’t know	3%	15%	2%
Not applicable	–	37%	–

 

	Is your home connected to the NBN?	Is your workplace connected to the NBN?	NET: Home or work connected to NBN
Yes	76%	34%	79%
No	20%	10%	19%
Don’t know	4%	17%	2%
Not applicable	–	38%	–

• Home connection to NBN has increased from 59% in January 2019 to 76%, while workplace connection is now at 34% (previously 28%).
• Would you say that your NBN internet service is better or worse than your previous service in terms of speed and reliability?

All people with NBN connection at home/work

	Oct’20	Jan’19
NET: Better	51%	51%
NET: Worse	15%	17%
Much better	24%	24%
A little better	27%	27%
About the same	32%	30%
A little worse	10%	10%
Much worse	7%	7%
Don’t know	2%	2%

•  There has been no improvement to the speed and reliability of NBN over the past two years. Half of people using NBN the service has improved since switching (no change from Jan’19) and a third (32%) there has been no change. 15% report having a worse service since moving to NBN?

Q. Would you approve or disapprove of privatising the NBN when it is completed in 2020?

		Federal Voting Intention				Gender		Age
	Total	Labor	Coalition	Greens	TOTAL: Other	Male	Female	18-34	35-54	55+		Jan’19
Strongly approve	11%	11%	12%	20%	15%	18%	5%	11%	16%	6%		9%
Somewhat approve	22%	17%	27%	19%	25%	25%	19%	33%	21%	12%		20%
Somewhat disapprove	14%	14%	14%	8%	14%	13%	14%	13%	14%	14%		18%
Strongly disapprove	25%	34%	18%	26%	30%	23%	26%	16%	18%	39%		26%
Don’t know	29%	24%	30%	28%	15%	21%	36%	27%	31%	29%		27%
NET: Approve	33%	28%	39%	39%	40%	43%	23%	45%	37%	19%		29%
NET: Disapprove	38%	48%	31%	34%	45%	36%	40%	29%	32%	52%		44%
Base (n)	1,082	352	421	84	123	352	555	328	369	385		1,089

•  A third (33%) approve of privatising the NBN when it is completed in 2020 and 38% disapprove.
• Labor voters were more likely to disapprove of privatisation (48%) than Coalition voters (31%) and Greens voters (34%).