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  • Mar, 2014

    Change in taxes

    Q. And do you think Government taxes have increased or decreased over the last 5 years, or have they stayed much the same?

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other

    Total increased

    65%

    72%

    65%

    46%

    64%

    Total decreased

    9%

    6%

    10%

    14%

    20%

    Increased a lot

    24%

    29%

    23%

    15%

    23%

    Increased a bit

    41%

    43%

    42%

    31%

    41%

    Stayed much the same

    20%

    18%

    22%

    30%

    12%

    Decreased a bit

    8%

    6%

    10%

    9%

    17%

    Decreased a lot

    1%

    *

    5%

    3%

    Don’t know

    5%

    4%

    4%

    10%

    4%

    65% think that taxes have increased over the last 5 years, 20% think they have stayed much the same and 9% think they have decreased.

    There were no substantial differences between demographic groups.

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