Q. In general, do you expect the Federal Budget, will be good or bad for the following?
| Total good | Total bad | Very good | Good | Neither good nor bad | Bad | Very bad | Don’t know | Total Good (May ’16) | Total Bad (May ’16) | ||
| People who are well off | 54% | 7% | 23% | 31% | 27% | 5% | 2% | 13% | 49% | 10% | |
| Australian business | 43% | 8% | 7% | 36% | 34% | 6% | 2% | 15% | – | – | |
| The economy overall | 21% | 24% | 2% | 19% | 41% | 20% | 4% | 14% | 28% | 22% | |
| Australian families | 14% | 36% | 2% | 12% | 36% | 29% | 7% | 14% | 16% | 36% | |
| Average working people | 12% | 35% | 1% | 11% | 39% | 28% | 7% | 14% | 21% | 35% | |
| Younger Australians | 11% | 33% | 2% | 9% | 42% | 25% | 8% | 15% | 25% | 28% | |
| People of lower incomes | 11% | 48% | 2% | 9% | 28% | 32% | 16% | 13% | 15% | 46% | |
| You personally | 10% | 30% | 2% | 8% | 47% | 23% | 7% | 13% | 15% | 26% | |
| Older Australians | 10% | 45% | 2% | 8% | 33% | 32% | 13% | 13% | 11% | 51% |
44% thought that the Federal Budget would be good for people who are well off (down 5% from last year’s budget). 43% thought it would be good for Australian business, and 21% thought it would be good for the economy overall (down 7%). Less than 15% thought the budget would be good for any another group.
Only 10% thought the federal budget would be good for them personally (down 5% from last year’s budget), and 30% thought it would be bad for them (up 4%).