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Privatising the NBN

14 Nov 2017

Would you approve or disapprove of privatising the NBN when it is completed in 2020?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other
Total approve 31%   34% 40% 26% 20%
Total disapprove 44%   45% 39% 49% 54%
Strongly approve 8% 12% 9% 4% 5%
Approve 23% 22% 31% 22% 15%
Disapprove 25% 24% 25% 21% 28%
Strongly disapprove 19% 21% 14% 28% 26%
Don’t know 26% 20% 21% 25% 25%

31% approve of privatising the NBN when it is completed in 2020 and 44% disapprove. Most voter groups were more likely to disapprove of privatization except for Liberal National voters who were split 40% approve and 39% disapprove.

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