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  • Dec, 2013

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    Importance of car manufacturing

    Q. How important is it that Australia has a car manufacturing industry, even if it needs hundreds of millions of dollars each year in Government support and investment?

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other

     

    1 Oct

    2013

    Total important

    60%

     

    74%

    50%

    48%

    70%

    58%

    Total not important

    33%

     

    21%

    46%

    48%

    25%

    30%

    Very important

    30%

     

    39%

    26%

    21%

    32%

    24%

    Somewhat important

    30%

    35%

    24%

    27%

    38%

    34%

    Not very important

    20%

    15%

    24%

    23%

    18%

    18%

    Not at all important

    13%

    6%

    22%

    24%

    7%

    12%

    Don’t know

    6%

    6%

    5%

    6%

    5%

    12%

    60% think it is important that Australia has a car manufacturing industry, even if it needs hundreds of millions of dollars each year in Government support and investment while 33% think it is not important. This is s light increase in both measures since October as those saying “don’t know” has declined from 12% to 6%.

    Labor voters are most likely to think a car manufacturing industry is important (70%) while Liberal/National voters are split (50% important/46% not important).

  • Dec, 2013

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    Subsidies to Holden

    Q. Would you approve or disapprove of the Government increasing subsidies to Holden to keep them in Australia?

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other

    Total approve

    45%

     

    60%

    35%

    30%

    41%

    Total disapprove

    42%

     

    26%

    57%

    59%

    46%

    Strongly approve

    15%

     

    21%

    11%

    8%

    15%

    Approve

    30%

    39%

    24%

    22%

    26%

    Disapprove

    25%

    16%

    30%

    38%

    35%

    Strongly disapprove

    17%

    10%

    27%

    21%

    11%

    Don’t know

    12%

    14%

    8%

    12%

    14%

    45% would approve of increasing subsidies to Holden to keep them in Australia while 42% disapprove.

    A majority of Labor voters approve (60%) and a majority of Liberal/National voters disapprove (57%).

  • Dec, 2013

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    Support for Toyota

    Q. When Holden closes, Toyota will be the only company manufacturing cars in Australia. Do you think the Government should increase financial support for Toyota, decrease support or leave it the same?

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other

    Increase support

    31%

     

    44%

    21%

    16%

    37%

    Decrease support

    11%

     

    7%

    15%

    13%

    8%

    Leave it the same

    44%

     

    32%

    52%

    54%

    49%

    Don’t know

    14%

    17%

    11%

    17%

    7%

    31% think the Government should increase financial support to Toyota and 44% think they should leave it the same. Only 11% were in favour of decreasing the support for Toyota.

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