Q. And do you think Australia spends too much or too little on foreign aid?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Spend 1% or less | Spend about 2% | Spend 5% or more | Don’t know spend | |
Spends too much | 42% | 34% | 52% | 25% | 25% | 28% | 66% | 40% |
Spends too little | 16% | 20% | 11% | 37% | 36% | 25% | 7% | 9% |
Spends about the right amount | 21% | 27% | 21% | 21% | 30% | 39% | 19% | 13% |
Don’t know | 21% | 20% | 15% | 16% | 9% | 8% | 8% | 39% |
42% think Australia spends too much on foreign aid, 21% about the right amount and 16% too little. Opinions are strongly related to perceptions of how much is spent. Those who think Australia spends a higher % of the budget are much more likely to think the spend is too much.