ABA ‘courageous’ in seemingly taking Sir Humphrey Appelby’s advice on survey const

Bernard Woolley: He thinks … he thinks it’s a vote winner.

Sir Humphrey: Ah, that’s more serious. Sit down. What makes him think that?

Bernard Woolley: Well the party have had an opinion poll done and it seems all the voters are in favour of bringing back National Service.

Sir Humphrey: Well have another opinion poll done to show that they’re against bringing back National Service.

Greens spokesperson for Treasury, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson welcomes the efforts of the Australian Bankers Association in seemingly trying to craft a series of leading questions to get a poll result that vaguely and obscurely draws a conclusion that the public somehow don’t want a Royal Commission into the banks.

Senator Whish-Wilson said, “The ABA’s desperation is on show in this latest flawed polling effort in trying to demonstrate public support for the banks. I welcome their efforts here because the more they try these stunts on the more it shows how they and the banks are flailing without any compelling arguments against the need for a Royal Commission.

“If the poll had asked ‘Do you support a Royal Commission that has the powers to conduct searches, compel witnesses and evidence, AND make recommendations to the DPP for charges to be laid against bankers engaging in fraud or financial misconduct?’ you would get a very different result.

“It’s like the ABA have taken advice on survey construction from Sir Humphrey Appleby, a long-time friend of doddery and out-of-touch bankers. Perhaps they need to listen to the public rather than put words into the public’s mouth, and then they wouldn’t seem so ridiculous,” he concluded.
Greens spokesperson for Treasury, Senator Peter Whish-Wilson