Qantas Dispute – Opinions

Q. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?

	Total agree	Total disagree	Strongly agree	Agree	Disagree	Strongly disagree	Don’t know
Moving some operations to Asia is necessary to ensure a strong future for Qantas	21%	61%	6%	15%	31%	30%	17%
Qantas should keep jobs in Australia	88%	7%	51%	37%	5%	2%	5%
Qantas CEO Alan Joyce is overpaid	73%	7%	49%	24%	6%	1%	20%
Qantas employees are overpaid	20%	44%	5%	15%	34%	10%	37%
Union industrial action at Qantas is irresponsible and disruptive	54%	31%	20%	34%	21%	10%	15%
Qantas workers have legitimate concerns which management should address	67%	13%	21%	46%	10%	3%	19%

Respondents most strongly agreed with the statements that “Qantas should keep jobs in Australia” (88% agree) and “Qantas CEO Alan Joyce is overpaid” (73%) – but they are more likely to disagree that “Qantas employees are overpaid” (20% agree/44% disagree).

While 54% agreed that “Union industrial action at Qantas is irresponsible and disruptive”, 67% agreed that “Qantas workers have legitimate concerns which management should address”.

61% disagreed that “Moving some operations to Asia is necessary to ensure a strong future for Qantas”.