A major opinion polling company used by GetUp!, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age and some political parties is co-owned by union heavyweights the CFMMEU and the ACTU, an ABC investigation has discovered.
A major opinion polling company used by GetUp!, Greenpeace, The Sydney Morning Herald and The Age and some political candidates is co-owned by union heavyweights the CFMMEU and the ACTU, an ABC investigation has discovered.Its polls have appeared across the front pages of national newspapers
Polls by uComms have received widespread media coverage in the past 12 months, including a recent front-page splash commissioned by The Sydney Morning Herald predicting a Labor win in the New South Wales state election.Gladys Berejiklian's Coalition government was re-elected in a majority government a fortnight after the poll was published.
The CFMMEU and the ACTU declined interview requests, but in statement, a spokesperson for the ACTU dismissed concerns about the union's ownership of uComms.
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