News Sources – Weekends

Q. And where do you get your news on an average weekend?

	Total	Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens
Weekend newspaper	50%	51%	56%	43%
Commercial (free-to-air) TV news	59%	64%	62%	42%
ABC TV news	28%	29%	30%	29%
SBS TV news	10%	9%	10%	13%
Pay TV news	9%	9%	10%	3%
Commercial radio news	17%	15%	22%	10%
ABC radio news	13%	13%	14%	17%
Internet news sites – e.g. newspaper sites, ABC, etc	42%	41%	43%	42%
Internet blogs	4%	2%	4%	8%
None of them	6%	4%	3%	15%

 The most commonly used news sources on weekends are commercial TV news (59%), newspapers (50%) and internet news sites (42%). Respondents were more likely to read newspapers on weekends than weekdays (42% weekdays/50% weekends) but less likely to view commercial TV news (64%/59%) or internet news sites (55%/42%).

Respondents aged 55+ were more likely to use commercial TV news (65%), newspapers (61%), and ABC TV news (46%).