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Trust in Institutions

16 Jun 2015

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 Jun 12

Total

trust Mar 13

Total trust Jul 14

Total

trust Jan 15

Federal police

68%

27%

41%

19%

7%

6%

na

State police

66%

27%

39%

22%

6%

6%

na

The High Court

61%

23%

38%

23%

9%

7%

+8

60%

74%

57%

53%

The ABC

56%

18%

38%

23%

12%

9%

+3

54%

70%

54%

53%

The Reserve Bank

56%

16%

40%

25%

10%

9%

+7

49%

64%

52%

49%

Charitable organisations

46%

9%

37%

36%

10%

7%

+2

50%

52%

45%

44%

Environment groups

40%

9%

31%

35%

17%

8%

+7

32%

41%

31%

33%

Your local council

39%

6%

33%

34%

21%

6%

+7

na

34%

33%

32%

The Commonwealth Public Service

35%

5%

30%

39%

13%

12%

+3

30%

36%

31%

32%

State Parliament

32%

5%

27%

32%

28%

7%

+8

na

30%

24%

24%

Federal Parliament

31%

6%

25%

33%

30%

7%

+6

22%

34%

25%

25%

Business groups

28%

2%

26%

42%

19%

10%

+5

22%

26%

22%

23%

Trade unions

26%

3%

23%

32%

32%

11%

+3

22%

25%

22%

23%

Religious organisations

25%

6%

19%

27%

40%

8%

+3

27%

27%

26%

22%

Political parties

16%

1%

15%

37%

40%

7%

+2

12%

12%

13%

14%

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

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