ABC, charitable organisations, high court, political parties, Reserve Bank, trust in institutions
Q. How much trust do you have in the following institutions and organisations?
|
Total trust |
|
A lot of trust |
Some trust |
A little trust |
No trust |
Don’t know |
% change |
|
Total trust 12 Jun 12 |
Total trust 18 Mar 13 |
|
| The High Court |
57% |
20% |
37% |
27% |
12% |
4% |
-17 |
60% |
74% |
||
| The ABC |
54% |
18% |
36% |
29% |
13% |
5% |
-16 |
54% |
70% |
||
| The Reserve Bank |
52% |
17% |
35% |
30% |
13% |
5% |
-12 |
49% |
64% |
||
| Charitable organisations |
45% |
6% |
39% |
36% |
14% |
4% |
-7 |
50% |
52% |
||
| Your local council |
33% |
5% |
28% |
38% |
24% |
4% |
-1 |
na |
34% |
||
| TV news media |
32% |
2% |
26% |
47% |
23% |
3% |
+2 |
21% |
30% |
||
| Environment groups |
31% |
5% |
26% |
38% |
25% |
5% |
-10 |
32% |
41% |
||
| The Commonwealth Public Service |
31% |
5% |
26% |
40% |
19% |
10% |
-5 |
30% |
36% |
||
| Newspapers |
30% |
3% |
27% |
46% |
21% |
3% |
– |
26% |
30% |
||
| Religious organisations |
26% |
5% |
21% |
28% |
41% |
4% |
-1 |
27% |
27% |
||
| Federal Parliament |
25% |
4% |
21% |
33% |
39% |
3% |
-9 |
22% |
34% |
||
| Online news media |
25% |
2% |
23% |
49% |
21% |
4% |
-2 |
23% |
27% |
||
| State Parliament |
24% |
3% |
21% |
35% |
37% |
4% |
-6 |
na |
30% |
||
| Trade unions |
22% |
4% |
18% |
33% |
39% |
7% |
-3 |
22% |
25% |
||
| Business groups |
22% |
1% |
21% |
44% |
27% |
6% |
-4 |
22% |
26% |
||
| Political parties |
13% |
2% |
11% |
33% |
50% |
3% |
+1 |
12% |
12% |
Note: ‘Total Trust’ is an aggregate figure achieved by adding ‘A lot of trust’ and ‘Some trust’
Since this question was last asked in March last year, there has been a significant decline in trust in the High Court (-17%), the ABC (-16%), the Reserve Bank (-12%), environment groups (-10) and the Federal Parliament (-9). Trust in the High Court, ABC and Reserve Bank is back to similar levels to that recorded in 2012.
Respondents had most trust in the High Court (57%), the ABC (54%), the Reserve Bank (52%) and charitable organisations (45%). They had least trust in political parties (13%), trade unions (22%) and business groups (22%).
Compared to the average, Labor voters had more trust in the ABC (62%), environment groups (41%) and trade unions (34%).
Liberal/National voters, compared to the average, had a little more trust in the Reserve Bank (62%), Federal Parliament (43%), State Parliament (36%) and business groups (32%).