Q. Should political parties be allowed to receive donations from each of the following?
| Should be allowed | Should not be allowed | Don’t know | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Property developers | 16% | 69% | 15% | 12% | 25% | 13% | 13% | |
| Foreign companies | 12% | 74% | 13% | 9% | 17% | 10% | 13% | |
| Australian companies | 32% | 51% | 17% | 29% | 41% | 23% | 36% | |
| Mining companies | 19% | 68% | 14% | 15% | 28% | 12% | 18% | |
| Energy companies | 18% | 67% | 15% | 13% | 28% | 14% | 16% | |
| Casinos | 14% | 71% | 15% | 10% | 21% | 11% | 16% | |
| Unions | 20% | 64% | 15% | 25% | 18% | 19% | 22% | |
| Professional associations | 29% | 52% | 18% | 28% | 38% | 23% | 31% | |
| Individual Australian voters | 50% | 35% | 15% | 48% | 57% | 50% | 54% |
A majority of respondents were opposed to all forms of donations to political parties except for donations from individual Australian voters (50% should be allowed).
They were most strongly opposed to donations from foreign companies (74%), casinos (71%), property developers (69%), mining companies (68%) and energy companies (67%).
Liberal/National voters were more likely than Labor voters to think donations from different groups should be allowed (with the exception of unions).