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  • May, 2015

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    Impact of Federal Budget

    Q. In general, do you think the Federal Budget, announced on Tuesday 12th May 2015 will be good or bad for?

      Total good Total bad

     

      Very good Good Neither good nor bad Bad Very bad Don’t know   2014 good 2014 bad
    You personally 15% 28% 3% 12% 48% 19% 9% 9% 13% 52%
    Average working people 22% 27% 3% 19% 41% 20% 7% 11% 14% 59%
    Australian business 36% 23%
    Small businesses 66% 6% 22% 44% 18% 4% 2% 11%
    Big businesses 34% 10% 12% 22% 42% 8% 2% 16%
    The economy over all 30% 22% 5% 25% 37% 16% 6% 11% 40% 32%
    People who are well off 36% 14% 13% 23% 39% 12% 2% 11% 45% 16%
    People on lower incomes 22% 34% 3% 19% 33% 21% 13% 11% 11% 66%
    Australian families 29% 27% 5% 24% 34% 19% 8% 11% 11% 62%
    Older Australians 20% 34% 3% 17% 35% 23% 11% 11% 10% 66%
    Younger Australians 21% 29% 3% 18% 37% 20% 9% 13% 16% 55%

    Two thirds (66%) of respondents think the budget will be good for small businesses.

    Respondents also thought the budget was more likely to be good for big businesses (34% good/10% bad), the economy overall (30%/22%) and people who are well off (36%/14%).

    Compared to last year’s budget, this year’s budget was considered better (or less bad) for all groups except the economy overall where good has dropped from 40% to 30% – and bad has dropped similarly, from 32% to 22%. For all groups, those who say the budget will be neither good nor bad has increased.

  • Nov, 2012

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    Impact of carbon pricing scheme

    Q. Since the carbon pricing scheme was introduced on the 1st July this year, has the impact on your household been worse than expected, not as bad as expected or about the same as you expected?

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Worse than expected

    26%

    12%

    39%

    14%

    Not as bad as expected

    26%

    35%

    20%

    36%

    About the same as expected

    36%

    47%

    30%

    37%

    Don’t know

    12%

    6%

    11%

    13%

    An equal portion of respondents believe the impact on their household of the carbon pricing scheme has been worse than expected (26%) and not as bad as expected (26%).  Thirty six percent (36%) believe it to be about the same as they expected, whilst 12% don’t know.

    Looking at results by voting intention, Lib/Nat voters are far more likely to claim the impact on their household of the carbon pricing scheme is worse than expected (39%), compared with Labor voters (12%) and Greens voters (14%).

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