Q. Business groups have said that Australia’s industrial relations laws favour workers and unions and should be changed so that businesses can increase productivity and have more flexibility with their workforce. Do you think Australia’s industrial relations laws favour employers or workers or do they balance the interests of workers and employers?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Full time workers | Part time workers | |
| Favour employers | 25% | 29% | 23% | 36% | 27% | 25% |
| Favour workers | 24% | 15% | 39% | 12% | 26% | 20% |
| Balance the interests of employers and workers | 34% | 43% | 25% | 37% | 34% | 38% |
| Don’t know | 17% | 13% | 13% | 16% | 13% | 17% |
Respondents were evenly divided over whether Australia’s industrial relations laws favour employers or workers – 25% think they favour employers, 24% favour workers and 34% think they balance the interests of both.
Labor voters are more likely to think they balance workers and employers interests (43%) while Liberal/National voters are more likely to thin they favour workers (39%). Only 15% of Labor voters and 12% of Greens voters think the laws favour workers.