Productivity

Q. Some business leaders have recently claimed that to increase productivity, industrial relations laws need to be changed to give businesses more flexibility around how they employ workers, including re-introducing individual contracts. Do you agree or disagree?

	Total	Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens
Total agree	40%	27%	59%	17%
Total disagree	42%	61%	24%	61%
Strongly agree	11%	6%	19%	2%
Agree	29%	21%	40%	15%
Disagree	22%	29%	17%	23%
Strongly disagree	20%	32%	7%	38%
Don’t know	18%	11%	17%	21%

Opinions about the need for changes to industrial laws to increase productivity were divided. 40% agreed with the need to change IR laws and 42% disagreed. 61% of Labor voters and Greens voters disagreed, while 59% of Liberal/National voters agreed.

Those aged 35-54 tended to disagree (35% agree/47% disagree) while those aged under 35 (40%/34%) and 55+ (48%/42%) were more likely to agree. 46% of full-time workers disagreed and 43% agreed.