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  • Jun, 2012

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    Approval of Overseas Workers

    Q. The Federal Government recently gave approval to Gina Rinehart’s mining company to bring in 1,700 overseas workers. Do you approve or disapprove of overseas workers being brought in to work in Australia’s mining industry?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Total approve

    16%

    20%

    19%

    10%

    Total disapprove

    60%

    55%

    61%

    58%

    Strongly approve

    3%

    3%

    3%

    5%

    Approve

    13%

    17%

    16%

    5%

    Neither approve nor disapprove

    20%

    23%

    18%

    30%

    Disapprove

    25%

    27%

    25%

    30%

    Strongly disapprove

    35%

    28%

    36%

    28%

    Don’t know

    5%

    3%

    2%

    2%

     16% approve of the Government’s approval for Gina Rinehart’s mining company to bring in 1,700 overseas workers and 60% disapprove.

    A majority of all voter groups disapproved.

    Highest approval came from men (20%), full-time workers (20%) and respondents aged 65+ (21%).

     

  • Jun, 2012

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    Reason for Bringing in Overseas Workers

    Q. Why do you think mining companies would bring in overseas workers for Australia’s mines?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Australia doesn’t have enough skilled workers

    18%

    20%

    18%

    19%

    Australians don’t want to work in the mining industry

    17%

    17%

    18%

    18%

    It is cheaper to bring in overseas workers

    59%

    60%

    58%

    58%

    Don’t know

    6%

    3%

    5%

    5%

    59% think that mining companies bring in overseas workers because it is cheaper, 18% think Australia doesn’t have enough skilled workers and 17% think Australians don’t want to work in the mining industry.

    Views were similar across all voter and demographic groups.

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