Actions taken on privacy, aged care providers, banking, building and construction, financial planning, mining, planning and development, regulation of industries
Q. Do you think there needs to be more or less regulation of the following, or is the current regulation about right?
|
|
More regulation |
Less regulation |
Current regulation about right |
Don’t know |
| Aged care providers |
47% |
13% |
18% |
22% |
| Banking |
42% |
10% |
30% |
18% |
| Financial planning |
40% |
10% |
26% |
24% |
| Mining |
39% |
14% |
25% |
22% |
| Building and construction |
38% |
15% |
26% |
21% |
| Planning and development |
34% |
19% |
24% |
23% |
| Private education services |
32% |
19% |
26% |
24% |
Overall, respondents were more likely to think there should be more rather than less regulation of the industries listed.
In particular, they wanted more regulation of aged care providers (47%), banking (42%) and financial planning (40%).
While respondents aged 55+ were more likely to think there was too much regulation of businesses overall, they were more likely to want more regulation of financial planning (48%), building and construction (49%) and aged care providers (55%).
48% of those on income over $1,600pw wanted more regulation of financial planning.
Q. Have you ever taken any of the following actions to protect your privacy on the internet?
|
Total |
|
Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 |
Aged 55+ |
|
| Cleared cookies and browser in history |
73% |
77% |
72% |
70% |
|
| Set your browser to disable or turned off cookies |
56% |
55% |
57% |
54% |
|
| Stopped using a website you think might be using information about you |
54% |
60% |
53% |
49% |
|
| Deleted something you posted in the past |
51% |
68% |
46% |
36% |
|
| Decided not to use a website because they wanted your real name |
46% |
49% |
45% |
43% |
|
| Used a false name or untraceable username |
36% |
48% |
34% |
23% |
|
| Use a non-identifiable email address |
31% |
41% |
31% |
20% |
The majority of respondents had taken some form of action to protect their privacy on the internet.
73% had cleared their cookies and browser, 56% had set browser to disable or turned off cookies and 54% had stopped using a website thet aight be using their information.
68% of those aged 18-34 had deleted posts – and were also more likely to use a false name (48%) or anonymous email address (41%).