The Australia Institute surveyed a nationally representative sample of 1,005 Australians about the circumstances under which the National Anti-Corruption Commission should be allowed to hold public hearings.

• 67% of Australians say that public hearings should be held under either unlimited circumstances or when a public hearing would be in the public interest, more frequently than the current legislation stipulates.
• 15% of Australians think public hearings should be limited to when a public hearing would be in the public interest and in exceptional circumstances only, as the current legislation stipulates.
• Only 1% of Australians think public hearings should not be permitted at all.