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Media reporting private affairs

27 Feb 2018

Q. In general, do you approve or disapprove of the media reporting on politicians’ private affairs?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote LNP Vote Greens Vote other
Total approve 44%   49% 42% 53% 47%
Total disapprove 41%   36% 51% 38% 43%
Strongly approve 13%   17% 8% 18% 18%
Approve 31%   32% 34% 35% 29%
Disapprove 23%   24% 26% 27% 22%
Strongly disapprove 18%   12% 25% 11% 21%
Don’t know 14%   16% 8% 8% 9%

 

44% approve of the media reporting on politicians’ private affairs and 41% disapprove.

Those most likely to approve were Greens voters (53%), Labor voters (49%) and aged 25-44 (52%).

Those most likely to disapprove were Liberal National voters (51%) and aged 55+ (60%).

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