Q. Would you support or oppose holding a Royal Commission into the banking and financial services industry?
| Total
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Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | April 2016 | Aug 2016 | |||
| Total support | 64% | 74% | 56% | 76% | 62% | 59% | 64% | ||
| Total oppose | 16% | 6% | 26% | 10% | 20% | 15% | 13% | ||
| Strongly support | 33% | 40% | 22% | 54% | 38% | 27% | 28% | ||
| Support | 31% | 34% | 34% | 22% | 24% | 32% | 36% | ||
| Oppose | 11% | 5% | 17% | 9% | 14% | 11% | 9% | ||
| Strongly oppose | 5% | 1% | 9% | 1% | 6% | 4% | 4% | ||
| Don’t know | 21% | 19% | 17% | 13% | 18% | 25% | 23% |
There was majority support for holding a Royal Commission into the banking and financial services sector – 64% supported a Royal Commission and 16% opposed. This is no significant change since August last year.
Those most likely to support a Royal Commission into the banking and financial services sector were Labor voters (74%) and Greens voters 76%).