Abolish minimum wage, Australian minimum wage
Q. The current Australian minimum wage for adult workers is $16.37 per hour. It has been suggested that this minimum wage should be abolished so that some workers could be paid less than this rate. Do you agree or disagree that the minimum wage should be abolished?
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Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
| Total agree |
15% |
9% |
21% |
15% |
15% |
|
| Total disagree |
77% |
86% |
68% |
78% |
82% |
|
| Strongly agree |
5% |
5% |
7% |
– |
5% |
|
| Agree |
10% |
4% |
14% |
15% |
10% |
|
| Disagree |
19% |
11% |
27% |
9% |
16% |
|
| Strongly disagree |
58% |
75% |
41% |
69% |
66% |
|
| Don’t know |
9% |
4% |
12% |
6% |
3% |
77% disagree with abolishing the minimum wage and 15% agree.
Those most likely to agree were Liberal/National voters (21%), men (21%), full-time workers (20%) and those with university education (20%).