Q. In general, do you think the Federal Budget, will be good or bad for?
| Total good | Total bad | Very good | Good | Neither good nor bad | Bad | Very bad | Don’t know | 2017 good | 2017 bad | |||
| People who are well off | 52% | 7% | 21% | 31% | 30% | 5% | 2% | 11% | 51% | 5% | ||
| Australian business | 45% | 10% | 10% | 35% | 33% | 7% | 3% | 13% | 45% | 8% | ||
| The middle class | 42% | 16% | 4% | 38% | 35% | 12% | 4% | 7% | – | – | ||
| Average working people | 40% | 22% | 5% | 35% | 31% | 16% | 6% | 7% | 22% | 36% | ||
| The economy over all | 36% | 20% | 7% | 29% | 33% | 14% | 6% | 10% | 38% | 17% | ||
| Australian families | 35% | 25% | 5% | 30% | 32% | 16% | 9% | 8% | 25% | 32% | ||
| People on lower incomes | 35% | 33% | 7% | 28% | 25% | 18% | 15% | 7% | 20% | 41% | ||
| Older Australians | 26% | 30% | 6% | 20% | 33% | 18% | 12% | 10% | 25% | 30% | ||
| Younger Australians | 25% | 25% | 5% | 20% | 39% | 17% | 8% | 12% | – | – | ||
| You personally | 24% | 17% | 5% | 19% | 53% | 10% | 7% | 7% | 18% | 32% |
More than half think that the budget will be good for people who are well off – and a substantial proportion think it will be good for Australian business (45%), the middle class (42%) and average working people (40%).
Compared to last year’s budget more people think it will be good for average working people (up from 22% to 40%), for Australian families (up from 25% to 35%) and for people on lower incomes (up from 20% to 35%). However, only 24% think it will be good for them personally (up 6% since last year). 36% think it will be good for the economy overall – little change from 38% last year.