Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the Government’s intention to return the budget to surplus this financial year, even if it means making more spending cuts?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Total approve |
37% |
52% |
31% |
43% |
| Total disapprove |
43% |
32% |
54% |
35% |
| Strongly approve |
5% |
8% |
5% |
7% |
| Approve |
32% |
44% |
26% |
36% |
| Disapprove |
31% |
26% |
38% |
26% |
| Strongly disapprove |
12% |
6% |
16% |
9% |
| Don’t know |
19% |
17% |
16% |
23% |
37% approve of returning the budget to surplus even if it means spending cuts and 43% disapprove.
Labor voters (52%) and Greens voters (43%) are more likely to approve but 54% Liberal/National voters disapprove. There were no substantial differences across demographics.