Only one in five Australians back Dutton’s Woolies boycott
Just 20% of Australians are behind Peter Dutton’s call to boycott Woolworths, after the supermarket reported it would no longer stock Australia Day specific products due to “a gradual decline in demand for Australia Day merchandise from our stores over recent years”.
Not surprisingly, a YouGov poll found that Australians are far more concerned about the price hikes being implemented by the supermarket, with two-thirds of respondents saying they care more about the perceived price gouging than the Australia Day issue.
Dutton’s claims that Woolworths is “peddling woke agendas” and “trying to cancel Australia Day” resonated with just one-fifth of Australians polled, although only 14% say they support the supermarket’s decision.
… much more than 1 in 5 backing Dutton in general.
Despite all the ‘noise’, I will just shop with the supermarket that is most handy and don’t intend to get in the car and drive somewhere else. I don’t care…..
Having an option “my main concern are excessive prices rises” skews the results of the poll.
One could argue that Duttons stance is more popular. Of those not focused on price gouging by supermarkets, 50% more people supported Dutton vs the ceo of woolworths.
Be better Yougov. Don’t set up polls to give an answer that suits your agenda.
Dutton has the current government on the ropes so why would he choose to get involved publicly in what Woolworths do on 1 day out of 365. As polls suggest 80 % of the people want to know what is the “real ” cost of a weekly supermarket shop whether it be Woolies, Coles, Aldi or IGA. Just keep your mouth shut Peter and deal with real problems that we are facing.
Does anyone know how Dutton gets away with blaming Albo for the current financial issues when the majority of them have been inherited from the three previous governments. Was his expectation to have close to a decade of regression fixed in under two years. I think the word is delusion.