Essential Report, Polling, Qantas, Qantas management, Qantas workers
Q. Who do you think was most to blame for the grounding of all Qantas planes last weekend – Qantas management or the workers?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Regular air travellers | |
| Qantas management | 41% | 55% | 25% | 63% | 42% |
| Qantas workers | 20% | 11% | 35% | 8% | 27% |
| Both equally | 31% | 28% | 35% | 23% | 26% |
| Don’t know | 8% | 7% | 5% | 6% | 4% |
41% think Qantas management were most to blame for the grounding, 20% blamed the Qantas workers and 31% think both were equally to blame.
42% of regular air travellers blamed Qantas management and 27% blamed Qantas workers. Apart from Liberal/National voters, all groups were more likely to blame management over workers.
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Q. Qantas and its workers are currently in dispute over pay, conditions and jobs. Who do you think is most to blame for this dispute – Qantas management or the workers?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
| Qantas management | 36% | 54% | 25% | 47% |
| Qantas workers | 13% | 6% | 22% | 4% |
| Both equally | 37% | 30% | 41% | 34% |
| Don’t know | 14% | 10% | 12% | 15% |
36% believe that Qantas management is most to blame for the current dispute and 13% think the workers are most to blame – 37% think both are equally to blame.
All demographic and voter groups are more likely to think management is to blame than workers.
54% of Labor voters and 47% of Greens voters think management is most to blame while Liberal/National voters are more likely to think both are equally to blame (41%).