Royal Commission into banking

Q. Would you support or oppose holding a Royal Commission into the banking and financial services industry?

	Total		Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens	Vote other		April 2016	Aug 2016	Feb 2017
Total support	64%		72%	62%	62%	71%		59%	64%	64%
Total oppose	12%		9%	20%	3%	11%		15%	13%	16%
Strongly support	24%		33%	15%	30%	30%		27%	28%	33%
Support	40%		39%	47%	32%	41%		32%	36%	31%
Oppose	9%		8%	16%	2%	5%		11%	9%	11%
Strongly oppose	3%		1%	4%	1%	6%		4%	4%	5%
Don’t know	24%		20%	18%	35%	18%		25%	23%	21%

 

There was majority support for holding a Royal Commission into the banking and financial services sector – 64% supported a Royal Commission and 12% opposed.  This is similar to polls over the last 2 years.

 

A majority of all voter groups supported a Royal Commission. Those most likely to support a Royal Commission into the banking and financial services sector were Labor voters (72%), other voters (71%) and university educated (70%).