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Federal ICAC
Q. To what extent would you support or oppose the establishment of an independent federal corruption body to monitor the behaviour of our politicians and public servants?
| Jan’20 | Dec’19 | Sep’18 | |
| Strongly support | 49% | 42% | 46% |
| Support | 31% | 33% | 36% |
| Oppose | 5% | 7% | 4% |
| Strongly oppose | 2% | 2% | 1% |
| Unsure | 13% | 17% | 14% |
| NET: Support | 80% | 75% | 82% |
| NET: Oppose | 7% | 8% | 5% |
| Base (n) | 1,080 | 1,035 | 1,030 |
| Total | Voting Intention | ||||
| Labor | Coalition | Greens | NET: Other | ||
| Strongly support | 49% | 56% | 42% | 53% | 56% |
| Support | 31% | 29% | 38% | 28% | 20% |
| Oppose | 5% | 4% | 6% | 3% | 6% |
| Strongly oppose | 2% | 1% | 3% | 2% | 5% |
| Unsure | 13% | 9% | 11% | 14% | 13% |
| NET: Support | 80% | 86% | 80% | 81% | 76% |
| NET: Oppose | 7% | 5% | 9% | 5% | 11% |
| Base (n) | 1,080 | 351 | 342 | 110 | 156 |
- 80% of participants support the establishment of an independent federal corruption body to monitor the behaviour of our politicians and public servants.
- Support is higher than late last year when the same question was asked in conjunction with the conduct of Angus Taylor and the use of inflated figures that Mr Taylor’s office used to attack the travel record of Sydney Lord Mayor Clover Moore (75% in Dec’19).
Federal ICAC
Q. To what extent would you support or oppose the establishment of an independent federal corruption body to monitor the behaviour of our politicians and public servants?
| Total | Voting Intention | Sep’18 | ||||
| Labor | Coalition | Greens | NET: Other | |||
| Strongly support | 42% | 49% | 48% | 37% | 51% | 46% |
| Support | 33% | 35% | 28% | 45% | 30% | 36% |
| Oppose | 7% | 7% | 8% | 6% | 5% | 4% |
| Strongly oppose | 2% | 1% | 1% | 2% | 3% | 1% |
| Unsure | 17% | 8% | 15% | 10% | 12% | 14% |
| NET: Support | 75% | 84% | 76% | 82% | 80% | 82% |
| NET: Oppose | 8% | 8% | 10% | 8% | 8% | 5% |
| Base (n) | 1,035 | 339 | 356 | 106 | 116 | 1,030 |
- 75% of participants support the establishment of an independent federal corruption body to monitor the behaviour of our politicians and public servants – this is lower than Sep’18, when 82% supported of an independent body.
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Two Party Preferred: 14 May 2019
Labor
51.5%-0.5
Coalition
48.5%+0.5
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