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  • Sep, 2014

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    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

    Vote other

     

    Full time workers

    Part time workers

    July 2012

    Invest more in skills and education

    29%

    35%

    26%

    40%

    22%

    28%

    29%

    35%

    More flexibility for businesses in how they employ and manage workers

    19%

    13%

    29%

    12%

    16%

    20%

    18%

    21%

    More input from workers into how businesses are managed

    13%

    18%

    10%

    15%

    16%

    16%

    13%

    17%

    Invest more in technology and innovation

    12%

    13%

    10%

    18%

    16%

    13%

    17%

    8%

    Stop Government assistance to industries so that they are forced to be productive or close

    9%

    6%

    12%

    6%

    13%

    7%

    6%

    10%

    Don’t know

    18%

    15%

    15%

    10%

    16%

    15%

    17%

    9%

    29% think investing more in skills and education is the most effective way to increase productivity, 19% favour more flexibility for businesses in how they employ and manage workers and 13% nominated more input from workers into how businesses are managed.

    35% of Labor voters and 40% of Greens voters favour investing in skills and education while 29% of Liberal/National voters favour more flexibility for businesses in how they employ and manage workers.

    Main changes since this question was asked in July 2012 are a drop for invest more in skills and education (down 6% to 29%) and an increase in those who could not give an opinion (up 9% to 18%).

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