Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
Total agree | Total dis-agree | Strongly agree | Agree | Dis-agree | Strongly dis-agree | Don’t know | ||
A corporate tax cut will lead to higher wages | 30% | 42% | 8% | 22% | 28% | 14% | 29% | |
Cutting penalty rates will encourage employers to hire more workers | 38% | 46% | 10% | 28% | 28% | 18% | 16% | |
Increasing migration creates economic growth by building demand | 33% | 50% | 8% | 25% | 28% | 22% | 17% | |
Free trade agreements benefit Australian workers | 45% | 28% | 10% | 35% | 19% | 9% | 28% | |
Personal income tax cuts will generate economic growth | 65% | 16% | 16% | 49% | 12% | 4% | 19% | |
Increasing workers’ wages will mean fewer jobs | 29% | 55% | 6% | 23% | 41% | 14% | 16% |
There was majority agreement (65%) that “Personal income tax cuts will generate economic growth” and majority disagreement that “Increasing workers’ wages will mean fewer jobs” (55% disagree) and “Increasing migration creates economic growth by building demand” (50%).
Respondents were more likely to disagree that “A corporate tax cut will lead to higher wages” (42% disagree) and “Cutting penalty rates will encourage employers to hire more workers” (46%).
Full-time workers were more likely to agree that “Personal income tax cuts will generate economic growth “ (71%) and part-time workers were more likely to disagree that “Cutting penalty rates will encourage employers to hire more workers” (52%).
Total agree | Total dis-agree | Full-time worker agree | Full-time worker dis-agree | Part-time worker agree | Part-time worker dis-agree | ||
A corporate tax cut will lead to higher wages | 30% | 42% | 35% | 43% | 26% | 44% | |
Cutting penalty rates will encourage employers to hire more workers | 38% | 46% | 37% | 48% | 35% | 52% | |
Increasing migration creates economic growth by building demand | 33% | 50% | 35% | 49% | 36% | 46% | |
Free trade agreements benefit Australian workers | 45% | 28% | 45% | 32% | 41% | 27% | |
Personal income tax cuts will generate economic growth | 65% | 16% | 71% | 15% | 60% | 18% | |
Increasing workers’ wages will mean fewer jobs | 29% | 55% | 29% | 58% | 29% | 58% |