Majority of Australians want forced wage rise if company taxes are cut – Guardian Essential poll

Poll finds 72% approve of making businesses pass on certain proportion of tax cuts

An emphatic majority of Australians want a pay rise if companies get a tax cut courtesy of the Turnbull government's commitment to cut the corporate rate to 25%, according to the latest Guardian Essential poll.

The latest poll of 1,026 respondents shows 72% of the sample would approve of forcing businesses to pass on a certain proportion of their tax cuts as pay rises for their workers, and the approval for that trade-off stretches across all voting groups, and across full-time and part-time workers.