Q. Would you support or oppose introducing the following requirement concerning political donation?
| Total support | Total oppose | Strongly support | Support | Oppose | Strongly oppose | Don’t know | Total support (Nov 2016) | Total oppose (Nov 2016) | ||
| All politicians to publicly disclose meetings with representatives of companies, donors or unions | 79% | 6% | 45% | 34% | 5% | 1% | 16% | 77% | 6% | |
| Political donations to be reported immediately by political parties, compared to annual reports at the moment | 78% | 5% | 45% | 33% | 4% | 1% | 17% | 73% | 6% | |
| A ban on foreign donations | 64% | 15% | 43% | 21% | 12% | 3% | 21% | 66% | 12% | |
| A cap on donations of $5000 | 61% | 15% | 32% | 29% | 12% | 3% | 24% | 61% | 13% | |
| A ban on political donations by companies and unions | 60% | 16% | 31% | 29% | 13% | 3% | 24% | 59% | 16% | |
| All donations banned and all political party spending to be taxpayer funded | 30% | 46% | 15% | 15% | 20% | 26% | 24% | 25% | 49% |
| Support by party preference | Total support | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | |
| All politicians to publicly disclose meetings with representatives of companies, donors or unions | 79% | 84% | 77% | 87% | 86% | |
| Political donations to be reported immediately by political parties, compared to annual reports at the moment | 78% | 82% | 78% | 88% | 85% | |
| A ban on foreign donations | 64% | 66% | 63% | 69% | 81% | |
| A cap on donations of $5000 | 61% | 63% | 57% | 73% | 72% | |
| A ban on political donations by companies and unions | 60% | 61% | 62% | 70% | 67% | |
| All donations banned and all political party spending to be taxpayer funded | 30% | 33% | 30% | 37% | 29% |
There was majority support for all listed reforms except taxpayer funding for political parties (30% support/46% oppose). However, support for this reform has increased by 5% since it was last asked in November.
There was particularly strong support for public disclosure of meetings (79%, up 2% from November) and immediate reporting of donations (78%, up 5%).
Labor voters were a little more supportive than Liberal/National voters of all reforms listed, with the exception of a ban on political donations by companies and unions.
Greens voters were more supportive than Liberal/National voters and Labor voters for all of the reforms.