Q. From what you’ve heard, do you favour or oppose the planned national broadband network (NBN)?
| 27 Sep 2010 | 14 Feb 2011 | Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
| Total favour | 56% | 48% | 54% | 76% | 36% | 81% |
| Total oppose | 18% | 31% | 28% | 8% | 49% | 8% |
| Strongly favour | 27% | 19% | 22% | 40% | 8% | 43% |
| Favour | 29% | 29% | 32% | 36% | 28% | 38% |
| Oppose | 12% | 16% | 13% | 6% | 19% | 3% |
| Strongly oppose | 6% | 15% | 15% | 2% | 30% | 5% |
| Don’t know | 26% | 22% | 18% | 15% | 14% | 12% |
Support for the NBN has increased a little since this question was last asked in February.
54% (+6%) favour the NBN and 28% (-3%) oppose it. There is overwhelming majority support from Labor and Greens voters but Liberal/National voters were split 36% favour and 49% oppose.
By age group, those aged under 35 were 55% favour/26% oppose and those aged 55+ were 49% favour/34% oppose.