The Australia Institute commissioned uComms to conduct a survey of residents across the federal electorates of Brisbane (622 residents), Braddon (632 residents), Boothby (641 residents) and Bennelong (629 residents) on the nights of 4th and 5th of August 2021.

Key Findings:

• Seat of Brisbane – 78.2% of Brisbane voters support setting up a Commonwealth Integrity Commission, with 61% strongly supporting the measure. Only 14.9% oppose.
  • 72% of Brisbane voters think the Commonwealth Integrity Commission should have the power to hold public hearings, with just 14.5% thinking it should not have such powers.
  • 81.5% of Brisbane voters think that such a body should have the power to receive and act on whistle-blower complaints, with just 12.7% thinking it should not have such powers.
• Seat of Braddon – 87.4% of Braddon voters support setting up a Commonwealth Integrity Commission, with 62% strongly supporting the measure. Only 7.1% oppose.
  • 81.8% of Braddon voters think the Commonwealth Integrity Commission should have the power to hold public hearings, with just 5.2% thinking it should not have such powers.
  • 75.5% of Braddon voters think that such a body should have the power to receive and act on whistle-blower complaints, with just 10.4% thinking it should not have such powers.
• Seat of Bennelong – 90.1% of Bennelong voters support setting up a Commonwealth Integrity Commission, with 66.3% strongly supporting the measure. Only 4.3% oppose.
  • 77.4% of Bennelong voters think the Commonwealth Integrity Commission should have the power to hold public hearings, with just 8.4% thinking it should not have such powers.
  • 83.5% of Bennelong voters think that such a body should have the power to receive and act on whistle-blower complaints, with just 6% thinking it should not have such powers.
• Seat of Boothby – 87.8% of Boothby voters support setting up a Commonwealth Integrity Commission, with 64.4% strongly supporting the measure. Only 5.9% oppose.
  • 74.7% of Boothby voters think the Commonwealth Integrity Commission should have the power to hold public hearings, with just 9.6% thinking it should not have such powers.
  • 83% of Boothby voters think that such a body should have the power to receive and act on whistle-blower complaints, with just 5.8% thinking it should not have such powers.