Increasing Productivity
Q. Which of the following would be the most effective way to increase productivity in Australian workplaces?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Full time workers |
Part time workers |
|
| More flexibility for businesses in how they employ and manage workers |
21% |
18% |
28% |
12% |
23% |
12% |
| More input from workers into how businesses are managed |
17% |
19% |
13% |
25% |
15% |
29% |
| Invest more in skills and education |
35% |
40% |
29% |
42% |
35% |
30% |
| Invest more in technology and innovation |
8% |
11% |
8% |
9% |
8% |
7% |
| Stop Government assistance to industries so that they are forced to be productive or close |
10% |
5% |
15% |
8% |
11% |
12% |
| Don’t know |
9% |
7% |
7% |
4% |
8% |
10% |
35% think investing more in skills and education is the most effective way to increase productivity, 21% favour more flexibility for businesses in how they employ and manage workers and 17% nominated more input from workers into how businesses are managed.
40% of Labor voters and 42% of Greens voters favour investing in skills and education while 28% of Liberal/National voters favour more flexibility for businesses in how they employ and manage workers.
25% of Greens voters and 29% of part-time workers favoured more input from workers into how businesses are managed.
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