Q. It has recently been reported that international students working at 7-Eleven stores have been systematically underpaid. Which of the following statements most reflects your view?
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Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| International students are lucky to get any work and should be happy with whatever they are paid. | 10% | 10% | 13% | 7% | 8% | |
| Just like any workers, international students deserve to receive a fair wage. | 71% | 64% | 75% | 82% | 83% | |
| If international students are underpaid it drives down wages for others. | 11% | 16% | 7% | 8% | 5% | |
| Don’t know | 9% | 10% | 5% | 3% | 4% |
The majority if Australians (71%) believe that just like any workers, international students deserve to receive a fair wage.
Just 10% believe that international students are lucky to get any work and should be happy with whatever they are paid. 11% believe that if international students are underpaid it drives down wages for others.
64% of Labor, 75% of Liberal/National and 82% of Greens voters believe that just like any workers, international students deserve to receive a fair wage.
Q. Who do you think is mainly responsible for the underpayment of 7-Eleven workers?
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Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| The workers themselves | 3% | 3% | 6% | – | 2% | |
| The individual store owners | 33% | 35% | 37% | 19% | 32% | |
| The 7-Eleven company | 49% | 50% | 46% | 67% | 52% | |
| The Government | 4% | 5% | 3% | 6% | 4% | |
| Don’t know | 10% | 7% | 9% | 9% | 11% |
The largest proportion of Australians (49%) believe that the 7-Eleven company is mainly responsible for the underpayment of workers.
A further 33% believe that the individual store owners are responsible.
Just 3% blame the workers themselves, and 4% the government. 10% don’t know.
Greens voters (67%) were more likely than the other voting groups to blame the 7-Eleven company.