Public Sector Issues
Q. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements?
|
Total agree |
Total disagree |
Strongly agree |
Agree |
Disagree |
Strongly disagree |
Don’t know |
|
| The Commonwealth public sector cannot take 12,000 job cuts and still maintain service quality |
57% |
28% |
24% |
33% |
21% |
7% |
15% |
| Regardless of what they say before elections, Liberal Governments always cut public services. |
52% |
22% |
20% |
32% |
19% |
3% |
26% |
| Many of the Commonwealth public sector functions should be outsourced to private companies |
30% |
48% |
5% |
25% |
29% |
19% |
22% |
| Many of the Commonwealth public sector functions should be outsourced to charities and not for profit organisations |
32% |
42% |
5% |
27% |
29% |
13% |
25% |
| Cutting the public service will most hurt regional and rural areas |
57% |
22% |
22% |
35% |
17% |
5% |
21% |
| Cutting support and admin staff will affect the quality of service provided by frontline staff |
60% |
24% |
24% |
36% |
20% |
4% |
15% |
A majority of respondents agreed that – cutting support and admin staff will affect the quality of service provided by frontline staff (60%), cutting the public service will most hurt regional and rural areas (57%), the Commonwealth public sector cannot take 12,000 job cuts and still maintain service quality (57%) and regardless of what they say before elections, Liberal Governments always cut public services (52%).
They were more likely to oppose outsourcing public sector functions to private companies (48% disagree) or charities and not-for-profits (42%).
Liberal/National voters were evenly split over whether cutting the public service will most hurt regional and rural areas (42% agree/38% disagree) and cutting support and admin staff will affect the quality of service provided by frontline staff (43% agree/43% disagree).
Type of Government
Q. Which of the following statements is closest to your view?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| An active Government is necessary to provide important public services, and to protect ordinary Australians from unfair policies and practices on the part of large financial and/or industrial groups. |
67% |
82% |
59% |
82% |
| We don’t need big government and extensive regulation of business and finance to take care of these matters: the market itself can deal with many of these issues on their own. |
20% |
10% |
28% |
11% |
| Don’t know |
13% |
8% |
13% |
8% |
67% agree more that an active Government is necessary and 20% agree more with the view that the market can deal with many issues.
Strongest support for an active Government came from Labor and Greens voters (82%), women (70%) and aged under 25 (77%).
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