Trust wake up call
- People in government look after themselves – 75% agreed (highest since 1979)
- People in government can be trusted – 25% agreed (an all time low)
- When asked who the government is run for respondents said a few big interests – 56% (highest since 1998) all the people – 12%
- a few big interests – 56% (highest since 1998)
- all the people – 12%
- Only 15% of people thought politicians knew what ordinary people think and 53% (an all time high) thought they had no idea.
- A mere 59 per cent of Australians are satisfied with how democracy is working (down 27 percentage points from the record high of 86 per cent in 2007)