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Support for Car Industry Jobs
Q. In fact, the car industry in Australia directly supports about 50,000 jobs. Do you support or oppose the current levels of assistance to support these jobs?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
Total support | 68% | 75% | 72% | 56% |
Total oppose | 12% | 9% | 13% | 17% |
Strongly support | 14% | 20% | 13% | 5% |
Support | 54% | 55% | 59% | 51% |
Oppose | 9% | 7% | 9% | 15% |
Strongly oppose | 3% | 2% | 4% | 2% |
Don’t know | 20% | 15% | 15% | 27% |
When provided with the information that there are about 50,000 jobs in the Australian car industry, 68% said the supported the current levels of assistance and 12% were opposed. More than 70% of both Labor and Liberal/National voters were in support and more than 60% of all demographic groups also supported the current level of assistance.

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