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Internships

17 May 2016

Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the budget measure announced by the Federal Government last week to introduce internships for young unemployed people which pay $4 per hour for up to 25 hours work per week?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other
Total approve 48%   34% 70% 31% 46%
Total disapprove 32%   48% 14% 52% 40%
Strongly approve 14%   9% 24% 4% 9%
Approve 34%   25% 46% 27% 37%
Disapprove 16%   22% 10% 17% 21%
Strongly disapprove 16%   26% 4% 35% 19%
Don’t know 20%   18% 15% 16% 14%

48% approve of the budget measure announced by the Federal Government last week to introduce internships for young unemployed people which pay $4 per hour for up to 25 hours work per week and 32% disapprove. 70% of Liberal/National voters approve but Greens and Labor bvoters are more likely to disapprove (52% and 48%).

Of those aged under 25, 44% approve and 33% disapprove.

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