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Retaining telephone and internet records

12 Aug 2014

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the government proposal to require telecommunications companies and internet service providers to retain records of your telephone and internet activity for intelligence and criminal investigation purposes?

 

Total

 

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Vote Other

Total approve

39%

31%

59%

15%

26%

Total disapprove

51%

58%

33%

80%

64%

Strongly approve

10%

6%

18%

2%

6%

Approve

29%

25%

41%

13%

20%

Disapprove

21%

22%

18%

28%

22%

Strongly disapprove

30%

36%

15%

52%

42%

Don’t know

11%

10%

9%

5%

9%

39% approve of the government proposal to require telecommunications companies and internet service providers to retain records of your telephone and internet activity for intelligence and criminal investigation purposes and 51% disapprove.

80% of Greens voters and 58% of Labor voters disapprove while 59% of Liberal/National voters approve.

64% of respondents aged 18-34 disapprove while 54% of those aged 55+ approve.

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