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  • Apr, 2014

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    Abolish minimum wage

    Q. The current Australian minimum wage for adult workers is $16.37 per hour. It has been suggested that this minimum wage should be abolished so that some workers could be paid less than this rate. Do you agree or disagree that the minimum wage should be abolished?

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other

    Total agree

    15%

    9%

    21%

    15%

    15%

    Total disagree

    77%

    86%

    68%

    78%

    82%

    Strongly agree

    5%

    5%

    7%

    5%

    Agree

    10%

    4%

    14%

    15%

    10%

    Disagree

    19%

    11%

    27%

    9%

    16%

    Strongly disagree

    58%

    75%

    41%

    69%

    66%

    Don’t know

    9%

    4%

    12%

    6%

    3%

    77% disagree with abolishing the minimum wage and 15% agree.

    Those most likely to agree were Liberal/National voters (21%), men (21%), full-time workers (20%) and those with university education (20%).

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