Q. Do you think the Royal Commission into Trade Unions is a legitimate investigation into union practices or is it a political attack on unions and the Labor Party?
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
||
A political attack on Labor and the unions |
27% |
52% |
6% |
42% |
25% |
|
A legitimate investigation of union practices |
39% |
17% |
70% |
14% |
41% |
|
Don’t know |
34% |
31% |
24% |
44% |
34% |
39% think the that the Trade Union Royal Commission is a legitimate investigation of union practices and 27% think that it is a political attack on Labor and the unions. 34% did not know.
Views were related to voting intention – 70% of Liberal/National voters think it is a legitimate investigation of union practices while 52% of Labor voters think it is a political attack on Labor and the unions.
40% of full-time workers and 35% of part-time workers think it is a legitimate investigation of union practices.