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  • Jul, 2012

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    Increasing Productivity

    Q. Which of the following would be the most effective way to increase productivity in Australian workplaces?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Full time workers

    Part time workers

    More flexibility for businesses in how they employ and manage workers

    21%

    18%

    28%

    12%

    23%

    12%

    More input from workers into how businesses are managed

    17%

    19%

    13%

    25%

    15%

    29%

    Invest more in skills and education

    35%

    40%

    29%

    42%

    35%

    30%

    Invest more in technology and innovation

    8%

    11%

    8%

    9%

    8%

    7%

    Stop Government assistance to industries so that they are forced to be productive or close

    10%

    5%

    15%

    8%

    11%

    12%

    Don’t know

    9%

    7%

    7%

    4%

    8%

    10%

    35% think investing more in skills and education is the most effective way to increase productivity, 21% favour more flexibility for businesses in how they employ and manage workers and 17% nominated more input from workers into how businesses are managed.

    40% of Labor voters and 42% of Greens voters favour investing in skills and education while 28% of Liberal/National voters favour more flexibility for businesses in how they employ and manage workers.

    25% of Greens voters and 29% of part-time workers favoured more input from workers into how businesses are managed.

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