Newspoll Research

Newspoll, an established opinion polling company, owned by Rupert Murdoch's News Limited, has been surveying public attitudes to the ABC for many years.

For the years 2002-9 inclusive  Newspoll has found around nine in ten Australians believe that ABC news and  current affairs programs are doing a  good job with regard to being fair and even handed.  The specific figures are as follows.

 

7.00 PM TV News      93% (2003)          94% (2004)      94% (2005)   95%(2006)    96% (2009)
 

7.30 Report              87% (2003)          89% (2004)      91%(2005)   93%(2006)      90% (2009)
 

“A.M”, “P.M.”             90% (2003)         91% (2004)      88% (2005)   89%(2006)      89% (2009)
 

The World Today       85% (2003)          90% (2004)      88% (2005)   85%(2006)    88% (2009)