Q. Thinking about where you get your news, on an average weekday which of the following media would you use?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
Daily newspaper | 42% | 42% | 47% | 38% |
Commercial (free-to-air) TV news | 64% | 68% | 67% | 57% |
ABC TV news | 32% | 34% | 34% | 32% |
SBS TV news | 12% | 10% | 11% | 19% |
Pay TV news | 10% | 11% | 11% | 6% |
Commercial radio news | 27% | 23% | 34% | 20% |
ABC radio news | 17% | 17% | 17% | 22% |
Internet news sites – e.g. newspaper sites, ABC, etc | 55% | 54% | 59% | 56% |
Internet blogs | 6% | 4% | 7% | 10% |
None of them | 5% | 2% | 3% | 10% |
The most commonly used news sources on weekdays are commercial TV news (64%), internet news sites (55%) and newspapers (42%).
Respondents aged 45+ were more likely to use commercial TV news (70%), newspapers (48%), and ABC TV news (43%). Those aged under 35 were more likely to access internet news sites (60%) and less likely to read newspapers (36%).