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  • Mar, 2014

    Taxes in Australia compared to other countries

    Q. As far as you know, do you think taxes in Australian are higher or lower than in other developed countries?

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other

    Total higher

    64%

    64%

    69%

    47%

    64%

    Total lower

    8%

    8%

    5%

    15%

    9%

    Much higher

    29%

    31%

    30%

    17%

    31%

    A bit higher

    35%

    33%

    39%

    30%

    33%

    Much the same

    21%

    20%

    23%

    21%

    18%

    A bit lower

    6%

    6%

    4%

    13%

    5%

    Much lower

    2%

    2%

    1%

    2%

    4%

    Don’t know

    7%

    8%

    3%

    16%

    8%

    64% think that taxes in Australia are higher than in other developed countries (with 29% saying much higher), 21% think they are much the same  and 8% think they are lower.

    There were no substantial differences between demographic groups.

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