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 Oct 15	Total trust Sep 16	Total trust Oct 17
Federal police	70%		31%	39%	18%	7%	5%	-1		67%	63%	71%
State police	67%		30%	37%	22%	8%	3%	–		68%	63%	67%
The High Court	61%		24%	37%	22%	11%	6%	–		60%	57%	61%
The ABC	54%		16%	38%	26%	12%	8%	+2		55%	53%	52%
The Reserve Bank	50%		15%	35%	28%	125%	8%	+1		51%	47%	49%
Charitable organisations	47%		12%	35%	36%	12%	4%	+1		49%	43%	46%
Environment groups	42%		10%	32%	33%	18%	6%	–		42%	39%	42%
Your local council	42%		9%	33%	37%	18%	4%	+4		40%	36%	38%
The Commonwealth Public Service	39%		7%	32%	36%	16%	9%	+1		38%	36%	38%
State Parliament	31%		7%	24%	33%	31%	6%	–		32%	26%	31%
Business groups	29%		3%	26%	43%	19%	9%	+1		30%	27%	28%
Federal Parliament	28%		6%	22%	32%	35%	6%	-2		32%	26%	30%
Religious organisations	28%		6%	22%	26%	39%	7%	+2		30%	26%	26%
Trade unions	25%		5%	20%	35%	31%	9%	–		27%	25%	25%
Political parties	15%		2%	13%	35%	44%	6%	-3		16%	14%	18%

 

Note: ‘Total Trust’ is an aggregate figure achieved by adding ‘A lot of trust’ and ‘Some trust’

 

Overall, trust in institutions has changed little since this question was asked in October, 2017.

 

Respondents had most trust in the Federal police (70%), State police (67%), the High Court (61%), the ABC (54%) and the Reserve Bank (50%). They had least trust in political parties (15%), trade unions (25%), religious organisations (28%), Federal Parliament (28%) and business groups (29%).

 

The main change since the last poll were for local council (up 4%) and political parties (down 3%).