Views towards sexual assault of women in Parliament

 Q. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about the recent allegations of rape and sexual assault from women working in Parliament?

TOTAL: Agree	Total	Gender			Age Group				Federal Voting Intention
		Male	Female	18-34		35-54	55+	Labor		TOTAL: Coalition	Greens	TOTAL: Other
The government has been more interested in protecting itself than the interests of those who have been assaulted	65%	62%	68%	66%		69%	61%	76%		51%	88%	69%
Women can face a hard time in workplaces in all professions, but politics has a particular problem with harassment and assault	61%	58%	64%	62%		64%	58%	67%		54%	75%	56%
Workplaces only change when women are equally represented in leadership positions	57%	52%	62%	60%		59%	53%	60%		52%	69%	57%
There is no difference in the way the different political parties treat women	45%	54%	37%	36%		44%	54%	41%		53%	30%	48%
Base (n)	1,074	527	547	326		363	385	335		396	106	138

• 65% agree the government has been more interested in protecting itself than the interests of those who have been assaulted, with Greens voters most likely to agree with this statement (88%), followed by Labor voters (76%) and minor and independent party voters (69%). About half (51%) of Coalition voters agree with this.
• Less than half (45%) agree there is no difference in the way the different political parties treat women. Of this, 53% of Coalition voters agree, compared to 30% of Greens voters, 41% of Labor voters and 48% of minor and independent party voters.
• 61% agree women can face a hard time in workplaces in all professions, but politics has a particular problem with harassment and assault. 44% of Greens voters strongly agree with this, compared to 34% Labor voters and 35% minor and independent party voters. Only 21% of Coalition voters strongly agree with this statement.
• 57% agree workplaces only change when women are equally represented in leadership positions and while agreement towards this is consistent across most demographics, men are more likely than women to disagree (20% to 9% respectively).