Q. It has recently been reported that international students working at 7-Eleven stores have been systematically underpaid. Which of the following statements most reflects your view?
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Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| International students are lucky to get any work and should be happy with whatever they are paid. | 10% | 10% | 13% | 7% | 8% | |
| Just like any workers, international students deserve to receive a fair wage. | 71% | 64% | 75% | 82% | 83% | |
| If international students are underpaid it drives down wages for others. | 11% | 16% | 7% | 8% | 5% | |
| Don’t know | 9% | 10% | 5% | 3% | 4% |
The majority if Australians (71%) believe that just like any workers, international students deserve to receive a fair wage.
Just 10% believe that international students are lucky to get any work and should be happy with whatever they are paid. 11% believe that if international students are underpaid it drives down wages for others.
64% of Labor, 75% of Liberal/National and 82% of Greens voters believe that just like any workers, international students deserve to receive a fair wage.