Voters care more about money than sex, poll shows after Joyce affair

Guardian Essential survey suggests Australians are more troubled by potential misuse of entitlements than by former deputy PM’s relationship

Australian voters are more troubled by a potential misuse of entitlements or an improper exercise of ministerial authority than they are about the sexual relationship between Barnaby Joyce and Vikki Campion, according to the latest Guardian Essential poll.

The latest fortnightly survey of 1,028 respondents suggests voters are more worried about Campion being moved between offices after she left the employ of Joyce as a consequence of their intimate relationship (50%), and by the potential for the excessive use of taxpayer-funded travel entitlements (60%), than they are about Joyce having a sexual relationship with a subordinate (23%).

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