Key results

The Australia Institute surveyed a nationally representative sample of 1,003 Australians about the circumstances under which the National Anti-Corruption Commission (NACC) should be allowed to hold public hearings. The results show that most Australians say the NACC should be allowed to hold public hearings under more circumstances than the tabled legislation.

• More than four in five Australians (84%) say that the National Anti-Corruption Commission should be allowed to hold public hearings.
• Fewer than one in five Australians say the Commission’s ability to hold public hearings should be limited to when a public hearing would be in the public interest and in exceptional circumstances only (17%), as prescribed.
• Two in three Australians (67%) say the Commission should be allowed to hold public hearings under more circumstances than the tabled legislation, either when in the public interest (32%) or in unlimited circumstances (35%).
• 3% of Australians say that public hearings should not be permitted at all.