ABCC, Australian building and construction commission, construction industry
Q: The Government plans to re-establish the Australian Building and Construction Commission to address claims of union militancy in the construction industry. The ABCC’s powers included preventing any person from revealing they had been forced to give testimony to the Commission, and overriding a person’s right to silence. Do you support or oppose re-establishing the ABCC?
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
Oct 2013 |
Mar 2016 |
|
| Total support | 35% | 24% | 52% | 25% | 32% | 29% | 35% | ||
| Total oppose | 16% | 25% | 8% | 32% | 19% | 22% | 17% | ||
| Strongly support | 17% | 8% | 28% | 13% | 18% | 12% | 17% | ||
| Support | 18% | 16% | 24% | 12% | 14% | 17% | 18% | ||
| Neither support nor oppose | 23% | 29% | 20% | 17% | 20% | 23% | 27% | ||
| Oppose | 8% | 11% | 6% | 10% | 8% | 9% | 8% | ||
| Strongly oppose | 8% | 14% | 2% | 22% | 11% | 13% | 9% | ||
| Don’t know | 27% | 22% | 20% | 26% | 29% | 25% | 22% |
35% support re-establishing the ABCC and 16% oppose. 23% neither support nor oppose and 27% don’t have an opinion. This is a very similar result to when this question was asked last month.
39% of full-time workers support and 15% oppose. 29% of part-time workers support and 12% oppose.
01 October 2013, 011013, ABCC, Australian building and construction commission
Q. The Abbott Government has committed to re-establish the Australian Building and Construction Commission to address claims of union militancy in the construction industry. The ABCC’s powers included preventing any person from revealing they had been forced to give testimony to the Commission, and overriding a person’s right to silence.
Do you support or oppose re-establishing the ABCC?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Total support |
29% |
13% |
52% |
12% |
|
| Total oppose |
22% |
39% |
5% |
46% |
|
| Strongly support |
12% |
4% |
25% |
4% |
|
| Support |
17% |
9% |
27% |
8% |
|
| Neither support nor oppose |
23% |
22% |
22% |
16% |
|
| Oppose |
9% |
13% |
3% |
21% |
|
| Strongly oppose |
13% |
26% |
2% |
25% |
|
| Don’t know |
25% |
27% |
21% |
25% |
29% support re-establishing the ABCC and 22% oppose. 48% have no opinion either way.
35% of men support compared to 23% of women.