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Liberal Party and WorkChoices

3 Sep 2012

Q. If they won the next election, how likely do you think it would be that Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party would try to bring back industrial laws similar to WorkChoices?

 

31 May 10

12 July 10

21 Nov 11

23 Jul 12

Total

3 Sept 12

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Work full time

Work part time

Total likely

58%

56%

51%

53%

51%

74%

33%

68%

50%

55%

Total unlikely

21%

24%

27%

22%

25%

12%

43%

11%

28%

21%

Very likely

28%

26%

22%

26%

23%

47%

5%

32%

19%

21%

Quite likely

30%

30%

29%

27%

28%

27%

28%

36%

31%

34%

Not very likely

18%

18%

19%

16%

18%

10%

30%

8%

21%

16%

Not at all likely

3%

6%

8%

6%

7%

2%

13%

3%

7%

5%

Don’t know

20%

20%

22%

26%

24%

14%

24%

22%

23%

24%

Respondents were a little less likely to think that Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party would try to bring back industrial laws similar to WorkChoices than when a similar question was asked in July. 51% (down 2%) think it is likely that Tony Abbott and the Liberal Party would try to bring back industrial laws similar to WorkChoices if they won the next election and 25% (up 3%) think it is unlikely.

74% of Labor voters and 68% of Greens voters think it is likely, while Liberal/National voters are split 33% likely (down 7%) to 43% unlikely (up 9%).

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