Qantas Dispute – Damage to Reputation

Q. Which of the following is likely to cause the most damage to Qantas’ reputation?

	Total	Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens
Cutting Australian jobs and moving some operations to Asia	62%	71%	56%	66%
Industrial action by Qantas workers over pay and conditions	27%	20%	36%	22%
Don’t know	11%	9%	9%	12%

62% believed that cutting Australian jobs and moving some operations to Asia was more likely to damage Qantas’ reputation than industrial action by Qantas workers. Only 27% thought industrial action would cause most damage.

Those most likely to think cutting jobs and moving operations offshore would cause most damage were women (69%), aged 55% (66%), Labor voters (71%) and Greens voters (66%). More than half of all demographic and voter groups believed cutting jobs would do most damage.