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Royal Commission

15 Jul 2014

Q. Following reports of fraud, forgery and a cover-up in the financial planning division of the Commonwealth Bank, there have been calls for a Royal Commission. Would you agree or disagree that there needs to be a Royal Commission into banks and financial planning?

 

Total

 

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Vote Other

 

Received financial advice

Total agree

73%

76%

70%

75%

71%

80%

Total disagree

11%

6%

16%

4%

14%

12%

Strongly agree

34%

35%

29%

37%

42%

33%

Agree

39%

41%

41%

38%

29%

47%

Disagree

8%

5%

11%

4%

9%

10%

Strongly disagree

3%

1%

5%

5%

2%

Don’t know

17%

17%

15%

20%

14%

8%

73% agree and only 11% disagree that there needs to be a Royal Commission into banks and financial planning.

At least 70% of all voter groups agree and 80% of people who have used a planner or received a financial advice also agree.

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