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Trust in institutions to ensure work is a safe place for women
Q. How much would you trust the following institutions to ensure work is a safe place for women?
TOTAL:
Trust |
TOTAL:
Don’t trust |
Have a lot of trust | Have some trust | Have little trust | Have no trust at all | Unsure | |
Public service | 50% | 42% | 14% | 37% | 30% | 11% | 8% |
Private companies | 48% | 42% | 11% | 37% | 31% | 12% | 9% |
Political offices | 34% | 59% | 10% | 24% | 33% | 26% | 7% |
Sporting clubs | 40% | 51% | 10% | 29% | 35% | 17% | 9% |
Entertainment industry | 36% | 55% | 11% | 25% | 36% | 20% | 8% |
- Overall, trust in institutions to ensure work is a safe place for women is lacking. However, there is the least trust in political offices – 59% don’t trust political offices to ensure this, and of this, nearly a third (26%) have no trust at all.
- The entertainment industry tracks only slightly ahead of political offices with 55% not trusting it to ensure work is a safe place for women.
- About half trust the public service and private companies (50% and 48% respectively) to ensure this, however of this the majority only have some trust – only 14% and 11% have a lot of trust in public service and private companies respectively.
Trust in institutions to ensure work is a safe place for women
Q. How much would you trust the following institutions to ensure work is a safe place for women?
TOTAL: Trust | Total | Gender | Age Group | Federal Voting Intention | ||||||||
Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Labor | TOTAL: Coalition | Greens | TOTAL: Other | ||||
Public service | 50% | 56% | 45% | 52% | 55% | 44% | 51% | 57% | 53% | 40% | ||
Private companies | 48% | 56% | 41% | 48% | 48% | 49% | 46% | 56% | 49% | 49% | ||
Political offices | 34% | 41% | 27% | 34% | 38% | 30% | 30% | 45% | 21% | 31% | ||
Sporting clubs | 40% | 49% | 30% | 39% | 42% | 37% | 40% | 44% | 26% | 45% | ||
Entertainment industry | 36% | 42% | 31% | 32% | 43% | 33% | 37% | 41% | 25% | 41% | ||
Base (n) | 1,074 | 527 | 547 | 326 | 363 | 385 | 335 | 396 | 106 | 138 | ||
- While trust in political offices is low overall, just 27% of women trust political offices to ensure work is a safe place for them.
- Compared to other voters, Greens voters are the least likely to trust political offices to ensure a safe working environment for women (21% to 30% Labor voters, 45% Coalition and 31% minor and independent party voters).

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