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
Oct 15 |
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| State police | 63% | 22% | 41% | 24% | 10% | 3% | -5 | – | – | – | 68% | ||
| Federal police | 63% | 23% | 40% | 25% | 8% | 4% | -4 | – | – | – | 67% | ||
| The High Court | 57% | 20% | 37% | 25% | 13% | 4% | -3 | 60% | 74% | 57% | 60% | ||
| The ABC | 53% | 16% | 37% | 27% | 13% | 8% | -2 | 54% | 70% | 54% | 55% | ||
| The Reserve Bank | 47% | 14% | 33% | 31% | 14% | 8% | -4 | 49% | 64% | 52% | 51% | ||
| Charitable organisations | 43% | 8% | 37% | 37% | 14% | 4% | -6 | 50% | 52% | 45% | 49% | ||
| Environment groups | 39% | 8% | 31% | 33% | 22% | 6% | -3 | 32% | 41% | 31% | 42% | ||
| Your local council | 36% | 6% | 30% | 35% | 24% | 4% | -4 | – | 34% | 33% | 40% | ||
| The Commonwealth Public Service | 36% | 5% | 31% | 38% | 17% | 9% | -2 | 30% | 36% | 31% | 38% | ||
| Business groups | 27% | 2% | 25% | 38% | 27% | 7% | -3 | 22% | 26% | 22% | 30% | ||
| State Parliament | 26% | 3% | 23% | 34% | 35% | 5% | -6 | – | 30% | 24% | 32% | ||
| Federal Parliament | 26% | 3% | 23% | 34% | 35% | 5% | -6 | 22% | 34% | 25% | 32% | ||
| Religious organisations | 26% | 5% | 21% | 27% | 40% | 6% | -4 | 27% | 27% | 26% | 30% | ||
| Trade unions | 25% | 3% | 22% | 31% | 35% | 8% | -2 | 22% | 25% | 22% | 27% | ||
| Political parties | 14% | 1% | 13% | 32% | 49% | 4% | -2 | 12% | 12% | 13% | 16% |
Note: ‘Total Trust’ is an aggregate figure achieved by adding ‘A lot of trust’ and ‘Some trust’
Overall trust in institutions has decreased a little since this question was asked last October.
Respondents had most trust in the State police (63%), Federal police (63%), the High Court (57%), the ABC (53%) and the Reserve Bank (47%). They had least trust in political parties (14%), trade unions (25%) religious organisations (26%) and business groups (27%).
The main changes since the last poll were for State Parliament, Federal Parliament and charitable organisations (all down 6%).