Oct 4, 2017

Q. How much trust do you have in the following institutions and organisations?

Total trust A lot of trust Some trust A little trust No trust Don’t know % change Total trust Oct 15 Total trust Sep 16 Total trust Jan 17 Federal police 71% 27% 44% 19% 7% 3% +2 67% 63% 69% State police 67% 24% 43% 21% 9% 2% – 68% 63% 67% The High Court 61% 22% 39% 25% 10% 4% -1 60% 57% 62% The ABC 52% 17% 35% 29% 12% 7% -1 55% 53% 53% The Reserve Bank 49% 13% 36% 32% 13% 7% -2 51% 47% 51% Charitable organisations 46% 8% 38% 38% 12% 4% +1 49% 43% 45% Environment groups 42% 9% 33% 35% 19% 5% +3 42% 39% 39% Your local council 38% 7% 31% 38% 21% 4% – 40% 36% 38% The Commonwealth Public Service 38% 6% 32% 38% 16% 9% +2 38% 36% 36% State Parliament 31% 4% 27% 35% 29% 4% – 32% 26% 31% Federal Parliament 30% 5% 25% 35% 32% 4% – 32% 26% 30% Business groups 28% 4% 24% 46% 20% 6% +1 30% 27% 27% Religious organisations 26% 6% 20% 31% 39% 4% -2 30% 26% 28% Trade unions 25% 4% 21% 34% 33% 7% -2 27% 25% 27% Political parties 18% 3% 15% 34% 45% 3% +1 16% 14% 17%

Note: ‘Total Trust’ is an aggregate figure achieved by adding ‘A lot of trust’ and ‘Some trust’

Overall, trust in institutions j=has changed little since this question was asked in January.

Respondents had most trust in the Federal police (71%), State police (67%), the High Court (61%), the ABC (52%) and the Reserve Bank (49%). They had least trust in political parties (17%), business groups (27%), trade unions (27%) and religious organisations (28%).

The main change since the last poll were for environment groups (up 3%).