Australian economy heading in right or wrong direction
Q. From what you have read and heard, do you think the Australian economy is heading in the right direction or the wrong direction?
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May 2010 |
May 2011 |
Jun 2012 |
Apr 2013 |
Sep 2013 |
Jan 2014 |
Apr 2014 |
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Total
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Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/ Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
| The right dir-ection |
51% |
45% |
43% |
36% |
44% |
38% |
39% |
35% |
24% |
56% |
26% |
23% |
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| The wrong dir-ection |
25% |
29% |
32% |
39% |
26% |
33% |
34% |
41% |
54% |
22% |
54% |
54% |
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| Don’t know |
24% |
25% |
25% |
25% |
30% |
29% |
26% |
24% |
22% |
22% |
19% |
23% |
35% of respondents think that Australia’s economy is heading in the right direction and 41% think it is heading in the wrong direction. This represents a net change from +5 to -6 since April – and the most pessimistic response recorded over the last four years.
24% (down 1%) of Labor voters, 56% (down 11%) of Liberal/National voters and 26% (up 4%) of Greens voters think the economy is heading in the right direction. 54% of Labor and Greens voters and 50% of those earning less than $600pw think the economy is heading in the wrong direction.
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Two Party Preferred: 14 May 2019
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