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  • Feb, 2015

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    Retaining telephone and internet records

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the government proposal to require telecommunications companies and internet service providers to retain records of your telephone and internet activity for intelligence and criminal investigation purposes?

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote Other

     

    Aug 2014

    Total approve

    40%

    33%

    60%

    23%

    34%

    39%

    Total disapprove

    44%

    54%

    28%

    62%

    58%

    51%

    Strongly approve

    9%

    7%

    16%

    1%

    6%

    10%

    Approve

    31%

    26%

    44%

    22%

    28%

    29%

    Disapprove

    21%

    24%

    16%

    26%

    27%

    21%

    Strongly disapprove

    23%

    30%

    12%

    36%

    31%

    30%

    Don’t know

    16%

    12%

    13%

    14%

    8%

    11%

    40% (up 1% since August) approve of the government proposal to require telecommunications companies and internet service providers to retain records of your telephone and internet activity for intelligence and criminal investigation purposes and 44% (down 7%) disapprove.

    62% of Greens voters and 54% of Labor voters disapprove while 60% of Liberal/National voters approve.

    52% of respondents aged 18-24 disapprove while 50% of those aged 55+ approve.

  • Feb, 2014

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    Government access to phone and Internet records

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the Australian Government being able to access your phone and internet records without a warrant?

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other

    Total approve

    16%

    10%

    24%

    11%

    19%

    Total disapprove

    80%

    88%

    71%

    85%

    80%

    Strongly approve

    4%

    1%

    6%

    3%

    5%

    Approve

    12%

    9%

    18%

    8%

    14%

    Disapprove

    24%

    22%

    28%

    24%

    20%

    Strongly disapprove

    56%

    66%

    43%

    61%

    60%

    Don’t know

    4%

    3%

    6%

    3%

    1%

    80% disapprove of the Australian Government being able to access their phone and internet records without a warrant and 16% approve.

    Disapproval was over 70% for all demographic groups.

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