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  • Oct, 2011

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    Whether Opposition favours Businesses or Workers

    Q. Do you think the Federal Liberal/National opposition parties favour the interests of businesses or workers?

    Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
    Total favour businesses 61% 79% 50% 73%
    Total  favour workers 8% 5% 12% 5%
    Favour businesses a lot more than workers 36% 63% 14% 57%
    Favour businesses a little more than workers 25% 16% 36% 16%
    Favour workers a little more than businesses 7% 4% 11% 4%
    Favour workers a lot more than businesses 1% 1% 1% 1%
    Balance the interests of businesses and workers 14% 3% 27% 4%
    Don’t know 17% 12% 10% 19%

    61% think that the Federal Opposition favours the interests of businesses, 8% think they favour the interests of workers and 14% think they balance their interests.

    Labor voters think they favour businesses over workers by 79% to 5% and Greens voters are also much more likely to think they favour the interests of businesses (73%) over workers (5%).

    Liberal /National voters are more likely to think they balance their interests (27%) – although 50% think they favour businesses’ interests and only 12% think they favour workers.

    Men are more likely to think they favour the interests of businesses over workers by 66% to 9% compared to women 55% to 8%.

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