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Awareness of Superannuation Plan

23 May 2011

Q. The Federal Government is proposing to increase superannuation payments from nine per cent to 12 per cent by 2019-20. How much have you heard about this proposal?

Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens
A lot 4% 4% 4% 2%
Something 13% 15% 13% 17%
A little 27% 25% 32% 28%
Nothing 53% 54% 50% 53%
Don’t know 3% 2% 1%

There was low awareness of the Government’s proposal to increase superannuation payments from nine per cent to 12 per cent by 2019-20 – only 17% say they have heard a lot or something about it.

22% of full-time workers and 16% of part-time workers have heard a lot/something about it.

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