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Concern about Liberals Bringing Back WorkChoices

18 Aug 2015

Q. If the Liberal Government reintroduced WorkChoices or similar laws, how concerned would you be?    

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote Other   Work full time Work part time   May 2013
Total very/quite concerned 41% 64% 22% 67% 47% 43% 44% 41%
Very concerned 24% 44% 7% 46% 27% 24% 22% 26%
Quite concerned 17% 20% 15% 21% 20% 19% 22% 15%
A little concerned 18% 15% 24% 7% 26% 22% 17% 17%
Not concerned 19% 5% 40% 7% 17% 20% 13% 27%
Don’t know 21% 16% 15% 19% 11% 14% 26% 14%

41% said they would be very or quite concerned if the Liberal Government reintroduced WorkChoices or similar laws and 37% said they would be only a little or not concerned. These results are almost identical to those from when the question was asked in May 2013.

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