Banking and finance, banks, Commonwealth Bank, financial planning, royal commission
Q. Following reports of fraud, forgery and a cover-up in the financial planning division of the Commonwealth Bank, there have been calls for a Royal Commission. Would you agree or disagree that there needs to be a Royal Commission into banks and financial planning?
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Total |
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Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
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Received financial advice |
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| Total agree |
73% |
76% |
70% |
75% |
71% |
80% |
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| Total disagree |
11% |
6% |
16% |
4% |
14% |
12% |
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| Strongly agree |
34% |
35% |
29% |
37% |
42% |
33% |
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| Agree |
39% |
41% |
41% |
38% |
29% |
47% |
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| Disagree |
8% |
5% |
11% |
4% |
9% |
10% |
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| Strongly disagree |
3% |
1% |
5% |
– |
5% |
2% |
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| Don’t know |
17% |
17% |
15% |
20% |
14% |
8% |
73% agree and only 11% disagree that there needs to be a Royal Commission into banks and financial planning.
At least 70% of all voter groups agree and 80% of people who have used a planner or received a financial advice also agree.
Banking and finance, career opportunities, career path, Careers, Defence forces, EMC, ER, Essential Media, Essential Report, IT, Nursing, occupations, Police, Polling, polls, Retail, Teaching, Tourism and hospitality, Trades
Q. Which of the following occupations do you think provide good careers for young people?
| Yes | No | Don’t know | |
| Trades | 88% | 6% | 6% |
| Computing and information technology | 86% | 6% | 7% |
| Nursing | 78% | 15% | 7% |
| Teaching | 75% | 17% | 8% |
| Tourism and hospitality | 72% | 19% | 9% |
| Police | 71% | 20% | 9% |
| Defence forces | 71% | 20% | 9% |
| Banking and finance | 70% | 19% | 10% |
| Retail | 54% | 36% | 10% |
The most favoured occupations for providing good careers were thought to be trades (88%), computing and IT (86%) and nursing (78%).
All occupations tested scored at least 70% except for retail at 54%.
Younger respondents (aged 18-35) tended to have a similar order of preference to the general population – their most favoured occupations were trades (78%), computing and IT (76%), teaching (68%) and nursing (67%).