Agreement with Budget Statements

Q. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements about the Budget?

	NET: Strongly / Somewhat agree	NET: Strongly / Somewhat disagree	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Unsure
The Government only made its spending pledges because they are in danger of losing the election	57%	36%	28%	29%	23%	13%	7%
This Budget is more about improving the Government’s popularity than improving the economy	54%	38%	25%	29%	24%	14%	8%
Providing adequate funding disability services is more important than returning the Budget to surplus	53%	42%	23%	30%	29%	13%	5%
This Budget will benefit the wealthy more than ordinary Australians	47%	46%	23%	24%	30%	16%	7%
Overall, the Budget is fair and balanced	32%	55%	7%	24%	35%	20%	14%

• Over half of voters agreed that the spending pledges made by the Government were only made due to insecurities of them winning the next election (57% agreement). Furthermore 54% agreed that the measures announced in the Budget were more about popularity than improving the economy.
• Less than a third of voters felt the Budget was fair and balanced (32%), with just under half (47%) thinking it will benefit the wealthy more than ordinary Australians.

NET: Agree	Total	Vote Labor	Vote Liberal / National	Vote Greens	NET: Vote Other
The Government only made its spending pledges because they are in danger of losing the election	57%	77%	39%	65%	61%
This Budget is more about improving the Government’s popularity than improving the economy	54%	75%	32%	71%	58%
Providing adequate funding disability services is more important than returning the Budget to surplus	53%	68%	40%	58%	51%
This Budget will benefit the wealthy more than ordinary Australians	47%	67%	26%	62%	52%
Overall, the Budget is fair and balanced	32%	18%	57%	14%	24%

• The majority of Coalition voters believe the Budget is fair and balanced (57%) compared to just 18% of Labor voters, 14% of Greens voters and 24% of those intending to vote for an independent candidate or other minor party.