Performance of Australian Economy
Q. How do you think the Australian economy is performing in comparison to other developed countries?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | |
| Total better | 73% | 84% | 72% | 80% |
| Total worse | 7% | 3% | 8% | 1% |
| A lot better | 27% | 44% | 19% | 32% |
| A little better | 46% | 40% | 53% | 48% |
| About the same | 16% | 13% | 16% | 12% |
| A little worse | 5% | 2% | 5% | 1% |
| A lot worse | 2% | 1% | 3% | - |
| Don’t know | 4% | 1% | 3% | 6% |
If ‘a lot better’ or ‘a little better’ –
Q. How much credit do the following deserve for the current performance of Australia’s economy?
| A lot | Some | A little | None | Don’t know | |
| The Federal Labor Government | 18% | 31% | 23% | 21% | 6% |
| The previous Coalition Government | 21% | 31% | 26% | 15% | 6% |
| The booming resources sector | 47% | 31% | 12% | 3% | 7% |
| The Reserve Bank | 6% | 42% | 29% | 13% | 9% |
73% think that the Australian economy is performing better than other developed countries and only 7% think it is performing worse.
Respondents give most credit for the performance of the economy to the booming resources sector (78% a lot or some credit). They give similar credit to the Labor Government (49%) and the previous Coalition Government (52%).
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