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  • Oct, 2011

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    Qantas Dispute – Opinions

    Q. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?

    Total agree Total disagree Strongly agree Agree Disagree Strongly disagree Don’t know
    Moving some operations to Asia is necessary to ensure a strong future for Qantas 21% 61% 6% 15% 31% 30% 17%
    Qantas should keep jobs in Australia 88% 7% 51% 37% 5% 2% 5%
    Qantas CEO Alan Joyce is overpaid 73% 7% 49% 24% 6% 1% 20%
    Qantas employees are overpaid 20% 44% 5% 15% 34% 10% 37%
    Union industrial action at Qantas is irresponsible and disruptive 54% 31% 20% 34% 21% 10% 15%
    Qantas workers have legitimate concerns which management should address 67% 13% 21% 46% 10% 3% 19%

    Respondents most strongly agreed with the statements that “Qantas should keep jobs in Australia” (88% agree) and “Qantas CEO Alan Joyce is overpaid” (73%) – but they are more likely to disagree that “Qantas employees are overpaid” (20% agree/44% disagree).

    While 54% agreed that “Union industrial action at Qantas is irresponsible and disruptive”, 67% agreed that “Qantas workers have legitimate concerns which management should address”.

    61% disagreed that “Moving some operations to Asia is necessary to ensure a strong future for Qantas”.

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  • Oct, 2011

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    Qantas Dispute – Government Intervention

    Q. Do you think the Federal Government should intervene in this dispute or is it up to Qantas and its workers to negotiate an agreement?

    Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
    Federal Government should intervene 24% 26% 26% 18%
    Qantas and workers should negotiate an agreement 62% 65% 64% 65%
    Don’t know 14% 9% 10% 18%

    Only 24% think that the Federal Government should intervene in the Qantas dispute – 62% think it is up to Qantas and its workers to negotiate an agreement.

    All demographic and voter groups were at least twice as likely to favour negotiation over intervention.

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  • Oct, 2011

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    Qantas Dispute – Damage to Reputation

    Q. Which of the following is likely to cause the most damage to Qantas’ reputation?

    Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
    Cutting Australian jobs and moving some operations to Asia 62% 71% 56% 66%
    Industrial action by Qantas workers over pay and conditions 27% 20% 36% 22%
    Don’t know 11% 9% 9% 12%

    62% believed that cutting Australian jobs and moving some operations to Asia was more likely to damage Qantas’ reputation than industrial action by Qantas workers. Only 27% thought industrial action would cause most damage.

    Those most likely to think cutting jobs and moving operations offshore would cause most damage were women (69%), aged 55% (66%), Labor voters (71%) and Greens voters (66%). More than half of all demographic and voter groups believed cutting jobs would do most damage.

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