Q. And do you think Australia spends too much or too little on foreign aid?
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Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
Spend 1% or less |
Spend about 2% |
Spend 5% or more |
Don’t know spend |
Jul 2011 |
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Spends too much |
44% |
45% |
50% |
12% |
59% |
26% |
45% |
66% |
43% |
42% |
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Spends too little |
16% |
22% |
7% |
46% |
16% |
39% |
16% |
9% |
7% |
16% |
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|
Spends about the right amount |
21% |
17% |
30% |
13% |
12% |
26% |
31% |
20% |
14% |
21% |
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Don’t know |
19% |
16% |
13% |
29% |
12% |
9% |
9% |
4% |
36% |
21% |
44% (up 2% since 2011) think Australia spends too much on foreign aid, 21% (no change) about the right amount and 16% (no change) too little.
Opinions are strongly related to perceptions of how much is spent. Those who think Australia spends a higher percentage of the budget are much more likely to think the spend is too much. Those that most accurately estimate the actual spend (around 1% or less) were more likely to think the spend was too little (39%).