Retaining telephone and internet records
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 |
|
Aug 2014 |
|
| Total approve |
40% |
33% |
60% |
23% |
34% |
39% |
||
| Total disapprove |
44% |
54% |
28% |
62% |
58% |
51% |
||
| Strongly approve |
9% |
7% |
16% |
1% |
6% |
10% |
||
| Approve |
31% |
26% |
44% |
22% |
28% |
29% |
||
| Disapprove |
21% |
24% |
16% |
26% |
27% |
21% |
||
| Strongly disapprove |
23% |
30% |
12% |
36% |
31% |
30% |
||
| Don’t know |
16% |
12% |
13% |
14% |
8% |
11% |
40% (up 1% since August) 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 44% (down 7%) disapprove.
62% of Greens voters and 54% of Labor voters disapprove while 60% of Liberal/National voters approve.
52% of respondents aged 18-24 disapprove while 50% of those aged 55+ approve.
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