immigration, overseas migration, skill shortages, temporary visas, work visas, Working conditions
Q. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about temporary work visas in Australia?
| TOTAL:
Agree |
TOTAL:
Disagree |
Strongly agree | Somewhat agree | Neither agree nor disagree | Somewhat disagree | Strongly disagree | |
| Temporary work visas should be used to cover genuine skills shortages, not to provide cheap labour | 72% | 8% | 41% | 31% | 20% | 5% | 3% |
| Everyone who works in Australia should be entitled to the same pay and working conditions regardless of their visa status | 67% | 10% | 34% | 33% | 24% | 7% | 3% |
| Temporary work visas are essential for Australian businesses to fill skills shortages | 59% | 14% | 19% | 40% | 26% | 8% | 6% |
| Temporary work visas have been used to drive down wages and working conditions in Australia | 47% | 16% | 17% | 30% | 37% | 12% | 4% |
| TOTAL: Agree | Total | Gender | Age Group | Federal Voting Intention | ||||||
| Male | Female | 18-34 | 35-54 | 55+ | Labor | TOTAL: Coalition | Greens | TOTAL: Other | ||
| Temporary work visas should be used to cover genuine skills shortages, not to provide cheap labour | 72% | 71% | 73% | 60% | 70% | 85% | 74% | 77% | 74% | 64% |
| Everyone who works in Australia should be entitled to the same pay and working conditions regardless of their visa status | 67% | 67% | 66% | 57% | 66% | 75% | 71% | 70% | 75% | 55% |
| Temporary work visas are essential for Australian businesses to fill skills shortages | 59% | 61% | 58% | 55% | 57% | 66% | 63% | 66% | 63% | 46% |
| Temporary work visas have been used to drive down wages and working conditions in Australia | 47% | 50% | 44% | 49% | 50% | 43% | 53% | 44% | 51% | 46% |
| Base (n) | 1,781 | 875 | 906 | 533 | 601 | 647 | 636 | 610 | 157 | 220 |
| TOTAL: Agree | People who say the levels of immigration have been
too low |
People who say the levels of immigration have been
about right |
People who say the levels of immigration have been
too high |
| Temporary work visas should be used to cover genuine skills shortages, not to provide cheap labour | 71% | 73% | 75% |
| Everyone who works in Australia should be entitled to the same pay and working conditions regardless of their visa status | 78% | 67% | 64% |
| Temporary work visas are essential for Australian businesses to fill skills shortages | 71% | 66% | 52% |
| Temporary work visas have been used to drive down wages and working conditions in Australia | 49% | 44% | 56% |
| Base (n) | 277 | 645 | 694 |
annual leave, Board decisions, CEO, Health and safety, Offshoring jobs, Redundancies, rostering, salary and bonuses, wages, Working conditions, workplace, Workplace Issues
Q. How much say should employees have in the following issues in their workplace?
| Total a lot/
some say |
A lot of say | Some say | A little say | No say at all | Don’t know | |
| Health and safety | 90% | 63% | 27% | 7% | 2% | 1% |
| Working conditions | 88% | 55% | 33% | 8% | 2% | 1% |
| When they can take annual leave | 86% | 42% | 44% | 11% | 2% | 2% |
| Hours of work and rostering | 77% | 26% | 51% | 19% | 3% | 2% |
| Wages | 76% | 24% | 52% | 18% | 4% | 2% |
| Offshoring jobs (i.e. transferring jobs to another country) | 66% | 37% | 29% | 18% | 12% | 4% |
| Redundancies | 65% | 24% | 41% | 21% | 11% | 3% |
| CEO salary and bonuses | 59% | 29% | 30% | 18% | 20% | 3% |
| Board decisions | 44% | 16% | 28% | 29% | 22% | 4% |
A majority of respondents think employees should have a lot or some say in all workplace issues listed except for board decisions.
63% think employees should have a lot of say in health and safety, 55% in working conditions, 42% in annual leave and 37% in offshoring jobs.
Those on lower incomes (under $1,000pw) were more likely to think employees should have a lot of say in off-shoring jobs (45%) and CEO salary and bonuses (35%).