On 9 October 2018 Essential Research released the results of survey questions concerning trust in the media.
Once again public broadcasters, ABC and SBS, were the clear winners across all categories in which they were listed.
Total
a lot /some
trust
|
A
lot of trust
|
Some
trust
|
Not
much trust
|
No
trust at all
|
Don’t
know
|
Don’t
use
|
%
change
|
Total
a lot /some
Oct
17
|
|||
ABC TV news and current affairs
|
62%
|
19%
|
43%
|
14%
|
9%
|
5%
|
10%
|
-1
|
63%
|
||
SBS TV news and current affairs
|
61%
|
18%
|
43%
|
14%
|
6%
|
5%
|
15%
|
–
|
61%
|
||
ABC radio news and current affairs
|
57%
|
17%
|
40%
|
17%
|
8%
|
4%
|
14%
|
-1
|
58%
|
||
Commercial TV news and current affairs
|
48%
|
8%
|
40%
|
29%
|
12%
|
5%
|
7%
|
+3
|
45%
|
||
News and opinion in local newspapers
|
47%
|
6%
|
41%
|
27%
|
9%
|
4%
|
13%
|
+3
|
44%
|
||
ABC radio talkback programs
|
44%
|
8%
|
36%
|
22%
|
10%
|
5%
|
20%
|
–
|
44%
|
||
News and opinion in daily newspapers
|
44%
|
6%
|
38%
|
28%
|
10%
|
5%
|
12%
|
+2
|
42%
|
||
Commercial radio news and current affairs
|
44%
|
5%
|
39%
|
28%
|
11%
|
5%
|
13%
|
+3
|
41%
|
||
News and opinion websites
|
39%
|
4%
|
35%
|
32%
|
11%
|
5%
|
13%
|
-1
|
40%
|
||
Commercial radio talkback programs
|
35%
|
4%
|
31%
|
29%
|
14%
|
5%
|
18%
|
–
|
35%
|
||
Internet blogs
|
17%
|
2%
|
15%
|
34%
|
22%
|
6%
|
20%
|
-3
|
20%
|
Total
a lot /some
trust
|
A
lot of trust
|
Some
trust
|
Not
much trust
|
No
trust at all
|
Don’t
know
|
||
ABC news websites
|
69%
|
21%
|
48%
|
16%
|
9%
|
6%
|
|
The Australian
|
59%
|
12%
|
47%
|
22%
|
11%
|
9%
|
|
The Guardian Australia website
|
55%
|
10%
|
45%
|
23%
|
11%
|
12%
|
|
News.com.au
|
55%
|
10%
|
45%
|
27%
|
12%
|
7%
|
|
Sydney Morning Herald
|
54%
|
13%
|
41%
|
25%
|
11%
|
10%
|
|
The Age
|
53%
|
9%
|
44%
|
24%
|
13%
|
11%
|
|
Nine.com.au
|
53%
|
8%
|
45%
|
27%
|
13%
|
6%
|
|
The Telegraph
|
49%
|
10%
|
39%
|
26%
|
14%
|
11%
|
|
Herald Sun
|
46%
|
8%
|
38%
|
27%
|
15%
|
11%
|
|
Yahoo 7 News website
|
45%
|
6%
|
39%
|
29%
|
16%
|
9%
|
|
Courier Mail
|
44%
|
6%
|
38%
|
30%
|
15%
|
13%
|
|
Daily Mail website
|
39%
|
6%
|
33%
|
31%
|
21%
|
10%
|
Total
|
Vote
Labor
|
Vote
Lib/Nat
|
Vote
Greens
|
Vote
other
|
||
Yes
|
40%
|
50%
|
40%
|
52%
|
28%
|
|
No
|
34%
|
24%
|
43%
|
23%
|
50%
|
|
Don’t know
|
26%
|
25%
|
17%
|
25%
|
22%
|