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EMC, ER, Essential Report, Federal Government, Greens, Internet, Labor, Liberal, National Broadband Network, NBN
Benefit of NBN
Q. Thinking about the Government’s plan to build a national broadband network, how much benefit will a national broadband network be to-
Total benefit Great benefit
Some benefit Little benefit Don’t know Total benefit April 09
Australian businesses 84% 55% 29% 8% 8% 80% Schools 78% 48% 30% 14% 8% na The general public overall 78% 44% 34% 15% 8% 76% Children 72% 39% 33% 19% 9% na The Australian economy 71% 39% 32% 18% 11% 65% You personally 65% 33% 32% 27% 8% 66% The economy of your local community 65% 32% 33% 24% 12% na The NBN is thought to be of most benefit to Australian business (84%), schools (78%) and the general public overall (78%). Since this question was last asked in April 2009, perceptions of benefit have increased for Australian business (+4%) and the Australian economy (+6%).
65% think they will personally benefit from the NBN. Those most likely to think they will benefit personally are aged under 35 (74%) Labor voters (83%), Greens voters (80%) and full-time workers (71%).
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ABC, Blogs, Internet, media, News, Newspapers, Radio, trust in media
Trust in media
Q. How much trust do you have in what you read or hear in the following media?
A lot Some Not much None Don’t know/use ABC TV news and current affairs 25% 45% 14% 3% 13% ABC radio news and current affairs 20% 42% 15% 4% 19% Commercial TV news and current affairs 9% 55% 26% 5% 5% News and opinion in daily newspapers 9% 53% 26% 4% 7% Commercial radio news and current affairs 7% 47% 29% 6% 10% ABC radio talkback programs 6% 39% 24% 5% 25% News and opinion websites 5% 44% 31% 6% 15% Commercial radio talkback programs 3% 35% 32% 11% 19% Internet blogs 2% 18% 40% 15% 25% ABC TV and radio news and current affairs were the most trusted media (25% and 20% respectively have a lot of trust).
Commercial TV news and current affairs programs have the highest consumption, but only 9% say they have a lot of trust in them.
And although consumption of newspapers and internet news sites is very similar, newspapers are considered more trustworthy (62% compared to 49% have a lot/some trust in them). Comments »
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broadband, Internet, National Broadband Network
Importance of the National Broadband Network
Q. The Federal Government plans to build a National Broadband Network over the next few years. How important do you think it is for Australia to build a National Broadband Network?
Over half (65%) of people surveyed think that the National Broadband Network (NBN) is very/quite important for Australia, 26% think it is not so important/not at all important and 8% don’t know.
Labor voters were more likely to think it is very/quite important (75%) while Coalition voters were more likely to think it is not so important/not at all important (36%). 60% of Coalition voters think the NBN is very/quite important for Australia.
People living in capital cities were slightly more likely than those living in regional areas to think the NBN is very/quite important for Australia (66% v 63%).
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Internet, National Broadband Network
National Broadband Network
Q. Who do you think will run the National Broadband Network? And who do you think should run the National Broadband Network?
32% of people surveyed don’t know who will run the National Broadband Network (NBN), 27% think the Federal Government will run it and 26% think Telstra will. Labor voters were more likely to think the NBN will be run by the Federal Government (38%), while Coalition voters were more likely to think it will be run by Telstra (34%).
40% think the Federal Government and 16% think Telstra should run the NBN. Labor voters were more likely to think the Federal Government should run the NBN (54%), while Coalition voters were more likely to think it should be run by Telstra (27%).