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.