23 April 2012, 230412, business, co-operation, competition, investment, Polling, polls, state government, states
Q. When it comes to business expansion and investment in Australia, do you think that State Governments should co-operate with each other to attract business and investment or should they compete for business and investment by offering lower taxes and less regulation?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Should co-operate |
67% |
74% |
64% |
78% |
Should compete |
17% |
16% |
23% |
5% |
Don’t know |
15% |
10% |
14% |
16% |
67% believe that State Governments should co-operate with each other to attract business and investment and 17% think they should compete for business and investment by offering lower taxes and less regulation.
23% of Liberal/National voters, 21% of men and 21% of NSW respondents think they should compete. Those most likely to think they should co-operate were Greens voters (78%), Labor voters (74%) and Queensland respondents (73%).