Most Australians trust the ABC. One Nation supporters buck the trend
Pauline Hanson’s surging popularity is worrying supporters of the public broadcaster.
Most Australians trust the ABC. Surveys show this time and time again. But there’s a notable exception: One Nation supporters.
Fresh DemosAU data provided to Capital Brief shows the ABC remains the country’s most trusted source of news, with 60% of the public saying they “usually” or “sometimes” trust the $1.2 billion taxpayer-funded public broadcaster, compared to 23% saying this is “rarely” or “never” the case.
This result is somewhat better than the result for newspapers and websites (59% trust compared to 26% distrust) and commercial TV and radio (58% trust versus 27% distrust) and significantly better than social media accounts and influencers (26% to 58%).
For the ABC, its trusted status holds true for more than half of almost every demographic, whether that be by age, gender or socio-economic status.
