Q. Do you think the following groups of people will become better off or worse off under the newly elected Coalition Government?
| Total better off | Total worse off | Net | A lot better off | A little better off | Stay the same | A little worse off | A lot worse off | Don’t know | ||
| Large corporations | 49% | 9% | +40 | 26% | 23% | 25% | 7% | 2% | 16% | |
| Banks and other financial institutions | 48% | 8% | +40 | 24% | 24% | 29% | 5% | 3% | 16% | |
| People and families on high incomes | 43% | 13% | +30 | 15% | 28% | 29% | 10% | 3% | 15% | |
| Families with children at private school | 28% | 14% | +14 | 7% | 21% | 40% | 9% | 5% | 17% | |
| Small businesses | 30% | 19% | +11 | 6% | 24% | 36% | 13% | 6% | 15% | |
| Recent immigrants to Australia | 18% | 29% | -11 | 6% | 12% | 35% | 16% | 13% | 19% | |
| People and families on middle incomes | 16% | 31% | -15 | 3% | 13% | 39% | 21% | 10% | 14% | |
| Farmers and other agricultural producers | 15% | 32% | -17 | 3% | 12% | 34% | 18% | 14% | 18% | |
| People with disabilities | 13% | 37% | -24 | 3% | 10% | 34% | 19% | 18% | 16% | |
| Families with children at public school | 11% | 35% | -24 | 2% | 9% | 38% | 23% | 12% | 16% | |
| Average working people | 11% | 38% | -27 | 3% | 8% | 37% | 24% | 14% | 14% | |
| Unemployed people | 12% | 40% | -28 | 2% | 10% | 31% | 20% | 20% | 17% | |
| Pensioners | 11% | 40% | -29 | 3% | 8% | 34% | 21% | 19% | 15% | |
| Single parents | 10% | 39% | -29 | 3% | 7% | 34% | 23% | 16% | 17% | |
| People and families on low incomes | 12% | 45% | -33 | 2% | 10% | 29% | 23% | 22% | 14% |
Respondents believed the following groups will be better off under the new Coalition Government – large corporations (49%), banks and other financial institutions (48%) and people and families on high incomes (43%).
The groups thought to be worse off were people on low incomes (45%), pensioners (40%), the unemployed (40%), single parents (39%), average working people (38%) and people with disabilities (37%).