Q. Would you support or oppose increasing the GST if income taxes were reduced at the same time?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Jul 2015 | ||||
| Total support | 38% | 31% | 58% | 24% | 30% | 38% | |||
| Total oppose | 40% | 50% | 28% | 58% | 51% | 42% | |||
| Strongly support | 11% | 8% | 19% | 3% | 5% | 10% | |||
| Support | 27% | 23% | 39% | 21% | 25% | 28% | |||
| Oppose | 21% | 23% | 19% | 32% | 21% | 23% | |||
| Strongly oppose | 19% | 27% | 9% | 26% | 30% | 19% | |||
| Don’t know | 22% | 20% | 15% | 18% | 19% | 20% | |||
38% support increasing the GST if income taxes were reduced at the same time and 40% oppose. These results are similar to when this question was asked in July last year.
A majority (58%) of Liberal/National voters support increasing GST and a majority of Labor (50%) and Greens voters (58%) oppose.
For those on higher incomes ($1,600+ pw), 47% support and 35% oppose.