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Agreement with Economic Figures

May 28, 2012
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Q. Some say that official figures show Australia’s economy is doing very well, especially compared to the rest of the world.  The interest rate, the unemployment rate and the inflation rate are all less than 5%. Do you agree or disagree that this shows the state of the economy is good?

 

Total

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens
Total agree

52%

75%

39%

70%
Total disagree

37%

17%

54%

23%
Strongly agree

9%

20%

3%

16%
Agree

43%

55%

36%

54%
Disagree

27%

12%

39%

17%
Strongly disagree

10%

5%

15%

6%
Don’t know

10%

7%

7%

8

When told that official figures show Australia’s economy is doing well, 52% agreed and 37% disagreed.

Those most likely to disagree were Liberal/National voters (54%), aged 45+ (45%) and people with incomes of $600-$1,000pw (43%).

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Two Party Preferred: 14 May 2019

Labor
51.5%-0.5
Coalition
48.5%+0.5

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