171213, car manufacturing industry
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).
171213, car manufacturing industry, Government Subsidies, 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%).
17 December 2013, 171213, car manufacturing industry, holden, manufacturing, 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.