Federal government’s role in increasing employment and jobs

26 Oct 2021

Q. Which of the following is closer to your view of the federal government’s role in relation to employment and jobs?

	Total	Gender		Age Group			Federal Voting Intention
	Total	Male	Female	18-34	35-54	55+	Labor	TOTAL: Coalition	Greens	TOTAL: Other
The federal government’s role is to reduce taxes and red tape so businesses can employ more workers	35%	42%	29%	34%	35%	36%	30%	44%	31%	38%
The federal government’s role is to invest behind local industries to create more jobs	44%	44%	43%	40%	43%	47%	49%	42%	48%	46%
Unsure	21%	14%	28%	26%	22%	18%	21%	14%	21%	16%
Base (n)	1,781	875	906	533	601	647	636	610	157	220

More people think the federal government’s role is to invest behind local industries to create more jobs than to reduce taxes and red tape so businesses can employ more workers (44% to 35%). 21% are unsure on their preferred role.
Men are more likely than women to think the federal government’s role is to reduce taxes and red tape so businesses can employ more workers (42% to 29%).
Coalition voters are also more likely to agree with this viewpoint than all other voters combined (44% to 32% respectively).

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