Do you approve or disapprove of property investors receiving tax deductions if the cost of buying and maintaining their investment properties is more than the revenue they receive from them (called negative gearing)?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Own home | Own with mort gage | Rent | Property investor | ||||
| Total approve | 41% | 34% | 55% | 27% | 41% | 47% | 47% | 30% | 65% | |||
| Total disapprove | 37% | 47% | 29% | 46% | 43% | 38% | 34% | 44% | 27% | |||
| Strongly approve | 13% | 8% | 21% | 3% | 16% | 19% | 15% | 5% | 33% | |||
| Approve | 28% | 26% | 34% | 24% | 25% | 28% | 32% | 25% | 32% | |||
| Disapprove | 23% | 27% | 22% | 21% | 25% | 23% | 23% | 26% | 19% | |||
| Strongly disapprove | 14% | 20% | 7% | 25% | 18% | 15% | 11% | 18% | 8% | |||
| Don’t know | 22% | 18% | 16% | 28% | 16% | 15% | 20% | 27% | 9% |
41% approve of negative gearing and 37% disapprove.
Those most likely to approve were Liberal/National voters (55%) and families with property investments (65%).
47% of Labor voters, 46% of Greens voters and 44% of renters disapproved.