Royal Commission
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?
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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.
Careers
Q. Which of the following occupations do you think provide good careers for young people?
| Yes | No | Don’t know | |
| Trades | 88% | 6% | 6% |
| Computing and information technology | 86% | 6% | 7% |
| Nursing | 78% | 15% | 7% |
| Teaching | 75% | 17% | 8% |
| Tourism and hospitality | 72% | 19% | 9% |
| Police | 71% | 20% | 9% |
| Defence forces | 71% | 20% | 9% |
| Banking and finance | 70% | 19% | 10% |
| Retail | 54% | 36% | 10% |
The most favoured occupations for providing good careers were thought to be trades (88%), computing and IT (86%) and nursing (78%).
All occupations tested scored at least 70% except for retail at 54%.
Younger respondents (aged 18-35) tended to have a similar order of preference to the general population – their most favoured occupations were trades (78%), computing and IT (76%), teaching (68%) and nursing (67%).
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