This chart shows the responses in our Community attitudes towards poverty and inequality survey to the idea that People can find themselves needing unemployment payments “through no fault of their own”

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In 2025, 79% of people in Australia agreed that people can find themselves needing unemployment payments “through no fault of their own.”

In 2023, 78% of people in Australia agreed that people can find themselves needing unemployment payments “through no fault of their own.”

Note that the wording used for these questions has been chosen as common in public discussion.