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Change in taxes

25 Mar 2014

Q. And do you think Government taxes have increased or decreased over the last 5 years, or have they stayed much the same?

 

Total

 

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Vote other

Total increased

65%

72%

65%

46%

64%

Total decreased

9%

6%

10%

14%

20%

Increased a lot

24%

29%

23%

15%

23%

Increased a bit

41%

43%

42%

31%

41%

Stayed much the same

20%

18%

22%

30%

12%

Decreased a bit

8%

6%

10%

9%

17%

Decreased a lot

1%

*

5%

3%

Don’t know

5%

4%

4%

10%

4%

65% think that taxes have increased over the last 5 years, 20% think they have stayed much the same and 9% think they have decreased.

There were no substantial differences between demographic groups.

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