22 October 2012, 221012, business groups, charitable organisations, Commonwealth public services, environment groups, Federal Parliament, high court, institutions, local council, Newspapers, Online news media, organisations, political parties, Religious organisations, Reserve Bank, the abc, Trade Unions, trust, tv news media
Q. How much trust do you have in the following institutions and organisations?
|
Total trust 26 Sep 11 |
Total trust 12 Jun 12 |
Total trust 22 Oct 12 |
A lot of trust |
Some trust |
A little trust |
No trust |
Don’t know |
% change |
|
| The High Court |
72% |
60% |
63% |
26% |
37% |
21% |
10% |
6% |
+3 |
| The ABC |
46% |
54% |
59% |
20% |
39% |
26% |
8% |
6% |
+5 |
| The Reserve Bank |
67% |
49% |
53% |
16% |
37% |
28% |
12% |
8% |
+4 |
| Charitable organisations |
61% |
50% |
53% |
9% |
44% |
33% |
10% |
5% |
+3 |
| Environment groups |
45% |
32% |
36% |
8% |
28% |
35% |
24% |
6% |
+4 |
| The Commonwealth Public Service |
49%* |
30% |
33% |
6% |
27% |
41% |
16% |
10% |
+3 |
| Your local council |
na |
na |
32% |
4% |
28% |
39% |
22% |
6% |
na |
| Religious organisations |
29% |
27% |
31% |
7% |
24% |
28% |
35% |
6% |
+4 |
| Newspapers |
na |
26% |
31% |
4% |
27% |
45% |
20% |
4% |
+5 |
| Online news media |
na |
23% |
28% |
4% |
24% |
45% |
20% |
6% |
+5 |
| TV news media |
na |
21% |
26% |
5% |
21% |
44% |
26% |
4% |
+5 |
| Federal Parliament |
55% |
22% |
26% |
4% |
22% |
37% |
32% |
5% |
+4 |
| State Parliament |
na |
na |
25% |
4% |
21% |
37% |
33% |
5% |
na |
| Business groups |
38% |
22% |
25% |
3% |
22% |
45% |
21% |
9% |
+3 |
| Trade unions |
39% |
22% |
23% |
5% |
18% |
32% |
36% |
9% |
+1 |
| Political parties |
na |
12% |
16% |
2% |
14% |
36% |
42% |
6% |
+4 |
Note: ‘Total Trust’ is an aggregate figure achieved by adding ‘A lot of trust’ and ‘Some trust’.
* This Commonwealth Public Service figure is from a question asked in 6 Feb 12.
Overall, there have been small increases in trust across all organisations since this question was last asked in June. However, there has been no significant change in the rankings.
Respondents had most trust in the High Court (63%), the ABC (59%), charitable organisations (53%) and the Reserve Bank (53%). They had least trust in political parties (16%), trade unions (23%), business groups (25%) State Parliaments (25%), Federal Parliament (26%) and TV news media (26%).
Compared to the average, Labor voters had more trust in Federal Parliament (40%), the High Court (67%), the ABC (68%), the Reserve Bank (61%), the Commonwealth Public Service (42%), trade unions (41%), environment groups (48%) and local councils (39%).
Liberal/National voters, compared to the average, had more trust in religious organisations (37%) and business groups (32%) but less trust in Federal Parliament (21%), Commonwealth Public Service (28%), trade unions (14%) and environment groups (27%).
18 June 2012, 180612, business groups, environment groups, government in the media, large corporations, mass media, religious groups, The Greens, the labor party, the liberal party, unions
Q. Overall, do you think media reporting is biased in favour or against the following groups?
|
Biased in favour |
Biased against |
Not biased |
Don’t know |
Net score |
|
| Business groups |
27% |
14% |
29% |
30% |
+13 |
| The Liberal Party |
26% |
22% |
26% |
26% |
+4 |
| Large corporations |
26% |
25% |
23% |
27% |
+1 |
| Environment groups |
22% |
25% |
26% |
27% |
-3 |
| The Greens |
19% |
27% |
27% |
27% |
-8 |
| Religious groups |
14% |
24% |
32% |
30% |
-10 |
| The Labor Party |
18% |
31% |
26% |
25% |
-13 |
| Unions |
18% |
32% |
23% |
26% |
-14 |
Net score = bias in favour minus bias against.
Overall, respondents think that media reporting is biased in favour of business groups and biased against unions, the Labor Party and religious groups. They were evenly divided over whether media reporting is biased for or against the Liberal Party, large corporations, and environment groups.
Among Labor voters, 50% think the media are biased against the Labor Party and 43% think they are biased in favour of the Liberal Party.
Among Coalition voters, 34% think the media are biased against the Liberal Party and 29% think they are biased in favour of the Labor Party.
57% of Greens voters think the media are biased against the Greens.
12 June 2012, 120612, business groups, charitable organisations, environment groups, Federal Parliament, high court, Newspapers, Online news media, political parties, Public service, Religious organisations, the abc, the reserve bank, Trade Unions, tv news media
Q. How much trust do you have in the following institutions and organisations?
|
Total trust 26 Sep 11 |
Total trust 12 Jun 12 |
A lot of trust |
Some trust |
A little trust |
No trust |
Don’t know |
% change |
|
| The High Court |
72% |
60% |
20% |
40% |
24% |
9% |
7% |
-12 |
| The ABC |
46% |
54% |
15% |
39% |
31% |
10% |
6% |
+8 |
| Charitable organisations |
61% |
50% |
8% |
42% |
35% |
10% |
5% |
-9 |
| The Reserve Bank |
67% |
49% |
13% |
36% |
30% |
14% |
7% |
-18 |
| Environment groups |
45% |
32% |
6% |
26% |
35% |
25% |
7% |
-13 |
| The Commonwealth Public Service |
49%* |
30% |
4% |
26% |
42% |
18% |
9% |
-19 |
| Religious organisations |
29% |
27% |
5% |
22% |
30% |
37% |
6% |
-2 |
| Newspapers |
na |
26% |
3% |
23% |
46% |
23% |
5% |
na |
| Online news media |
na |
23% |
2% |
21% |
45% |
25% |
6% |
na |
| Federal Parliament |
55% |
22% |
3% |
19% |
37% |
36% |
6% |
-33 |
| Trade unions |
39% |
22% |
3% |
19% |
32% |
37% |
9% |
-17 |
| Business groups |
38% |
22% |
2% |
20% |
46% |
24% |
8% |
-16 |
| TV news media |
na |
21% |
3% |
18% |
43% |
30% |
5% |
na |
| Political parties |
na |
12% |
2% |
10% |
31% |
52% |
5% |
na |
Note: ‘Total Trust’ is an aggregate figure achieved by adding ‘A lot of trust’ and ‘Some trust’.
* This Commonwealth Public Service figure is from a question asked in 6 Feb 12.
Respondents had most trust in the High Court (60%), the ABC (54%), charitable organisations (50%) and the Reserve bank (49%). They had least trust in political parties (12%), TV news media (21%) Federal Parliament, trade unions and business groups (all 22%).
Trust in all institutions (except the ABC) declined since this question was asked last year. The major changes were a collapse in trust in Federal Parliament (-33%) and substantial declines in trust in the Commonwealth Public Service (-19%), the Reserve Bank (-18%), trade unions (-17%) and business groups (-16%).
Compared to the average, Labor voters had more trust in political parties (19%), Federal Parliament (34%), the High Court (67%), the Reserve Bank (57%), the Commonwealth Public Service (42%), trade unions (36%) and environment groups (43%).
Liberal/National voters, compared to the average, had more trust in religious organisations (33%) and business groups (27%) but less trust in Federal parliament (17%), the ABC (46%), trade unions (14%) and environment groups (21%).