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  • Nov, 2011

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    Approval of Qantas Grounding Decision

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of Qantas’ decision to ground all planes last weekend?

    Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Regular air travellers
    Total approve 35% 23% 53% 24% 47%
    Total disapprove 53% 66% 38% 63% 47%
    Strongly approve 13% 8% 21% 8% 20%
    Approve 22% 15% 32% 16% 27%
    Disapprove 24% 26% 20% 26% 17%
    Strongly disapprove 29% 40% 18% 37% 30%
    Don’t know 12% 12% 8% 13% 6%

    35% approved of Qantas’ decision to ground all planes and 53% disapproved.

    Regular air travellers (those who travel by air at least every few months) were split – 47% approved and 47% disapproved.

    Those most likely to disapprove were Labor voters (66%), Greens voters (63%), women (57%) and those on low income (60% of those earning less than $600 pw).

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  • Nov, 2011

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    Blame for Qantas Grounding

    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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  • Nov, 2011

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    Approval of Parties to Qantas Dispute

    Q. Did you approve or disapprove of the performance of each of the following in the Qantas dispute?

    Regular air travellers
    Total approve Total disapprove Strongly approve Approve Disapprove Strongly disapprove Don’t know Total approve Total disapprove
    Julia Gillard and the Labor Government 30% 49% 6% 24% 22% 27% 20% 30% 56%
    Tony Abbott and the opposition 27% 45% 5% 22% 21% 24% 28% 36% 45%
    Qantas management 27% 57% 6% 21% 28% 29% 16% 37% 56%
    Qantas workers 33% 49% 7% 26% 36% 13% 18% 35% 55%
    The Qantas CEO Alan Joyce 28% 58% 8% 20% 22% 36% 14% 37% 55%
    Union leaders 24% 56% 4% 20% 27% 29% 19% 26% 63%
    Fair Work Australia 55% 21% 13% 42% 15% 6% 23% 62% 25%

    Overall, respondents disapproved of the performance of all parties to the dispute except for Fair Work Australia, which was approved by 55%.

    More than half the respondents disapproved of the Qantas CEO Alan Joyce (58%), Qantas management (57%) and union leaders (56%).

    Regular air travellers were more likely to approve of Qantas management and CEO. However, more than half disapproved of all parties except for Tony Abbott and the opposition (45% disapprove) and Fair Work Australia (25%).

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  • Nov, 2011

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    Qantas’ Reputation

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

    Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Regular air travellers
    Qantas’ decision to ground all planes 59% 72% 44% 77% 60%
    Industrial action by Qantas workers over pay and conditions 32% 20% 48% 18% 33%
    Don’t know 9% 8% 8% 5% 7%

    59% think that Qantas’ decision to ground all planes would cause the most damage to Qantas’ reputation and 32% think the workers’ industrial action would cause most damage.

    Regular air travellers had similar views to less frequent travellers – 60% believed that the plane grounding would cause most damage to Qantas’ reputation.

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  • Oct, 2011

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    Qantas Dispute – Most to Blame

    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%).

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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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