Polling – National Anti-Corruption Commission public hearings May 2024 Key results The Australia Institute surveyed a nationally representative sample of 1,005 Australians about the circumstances under which the National Anti-Corruption Commission should be allowed to hold public hearings. [...] • 67% of Australians say that public hearings should be held under either unlimited circumstances or when a public hearing would be in the public interest, more frequently than the current legislation stipulates. [...] • 15% of Australians think public hearings should be limited to when a public hearing would be in the public interest and in exceptional circumstances only, as the current legislation stipulates. [...] Figure 1: When the NACC should be allowed to hold public hearings 67% 15% 16% 1% Unlimited public Public hearings Public hearings Don't know/ Not hearings OR limited limited to when a should not be sure to when the hearing public hearing would permitted at all would be in the be in the public public interest interest and in exceptional circumstances only Polling – NACC public hearings 1 Method Sho. [...] Under what circumstances should the Commission be allowed to hold public hearings? Total NSW VIC QLD WA Unlimited 34% 35% 32% 36% 30% Limited to when a public hearing would be in 34% 34% 35% 32% 39% the public interest Limited to when a public hearing would be in 15% 14% 14% 19% 14% the public interest and in exceptional circumstances only Public hearings should not be permitted at 1% 1% 1% 1% 4%.
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- Polling NACC public hearings 1 1
- 67 of Australians say that public hearings should be held under either 1
- 15 of Australians think public hearings should be limited to when a public 1
- Only 1 of Australians think public hearings should not be permitted at all. 1
- Figure 1 When the NACC should be allowed to hold public hearings 1
- Polling NACC public hearings 2 2
- Short disclosure statement 2
- Long disclosure statement 2
- Polling NACC public hearings 3 3
- No preceding questions in the poll are expected to have influenced the results of the questions published here. 3
- The National Anti-Corruption Commission investigates corruption within federal law enforcement the public service service providers contractors federal parliamentarians and their staff. 3
- Under what circumstances should the Commission be allowed to hold public hearings 3
- Total NSW VIC QLD WA 3
- Unlimited 34 35 32 36 30 3
- Limited to when a public hearing would be in the public interest 3
- 34 34 35 32 39 3
- Limited to when a public hearing would be in the public interest and in exceptional circumstances only 3
- 15 14 14 19 14 3
- Public hearings should not be permitted at all 3
- 1 1 1 1 4 3
- Dont know Not sure 16 16 18 13 13 3
- Total Labor Coalition Greens One 3
- Nation 3
- Other 3
- Unlimited 34 28 33 38 46 37 3
- Limited to when a public hearing would be in the public interest 3
- 34 37 34 36 25 24 3
- Limited to when a public hearing would be in the public interest and in exceptional circumstances only 3
- 15 17 17 15 7 13 3
- Public hearings should not be permitted at all 3
- 1 1 2 1 1 1 3
- Dont know Not sure 16 17 13 10 21 25 3
