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Who is favoured by changes to industrial relations laws
Q. Generally speaking, when Federal Liberal-National Coalition Governments make changes to industrial relations laws, do you think they tend to favour employers and businesses, employees or strike a balance between the two?
Total | Federal Voting Intention | ||||
Labor | TOTAL: Coalition | Greens | TOTAL: Other | ||
The changes tend to favour employers and businesses | 52% | 64% | 41% | 71% | 53% |
The changes tend to favour employees | 17% | 14% | 19% | 16% | 18% |
The changes tend to strike a balance between the two | 31% | 22% | 40% | 13% | 29% |
Base (n) | 1,071 | 356 | 406 | 102 | 107 |
- Over half of people think changes made to industrial relations laws made by a Liberal-National government tend to favour businesses and employers (52%), while just 17% think they favour employees.
- Coalition voters are most likely to say changes made by a Coalition government strike a balance (40%), but 41% think changes favour businesses and 19% employees.

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