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Budget Impact

May 16, 2017

Q. In general, do you think the Federal Budget, will be good or bad for?

	Total good	Total bad	Very good	Good	Neither good nor bad	Bad	Very bad	Don’t know
People who are well off	51%	5%	22%	29%	30%	4%	1%	14%
Australian business	45%	8%	9%	36%	32%	7%	1%	16%
The economy overall	38%	17%	6%	32%	31%	13%	4%	14%
First home-buyers	31%	18%	5%	26%	36%	10%	8%	14%
Australian families	25%	32%	3%	22%	31%	24%	8%	12%
Older Australians	25%	30%	3%	22%	31%	21%	9%	14%
Job seekers	23%	30%	4%	19%	34%	20%	10%	12%
Average working people	22%	36%	3%	19%	30%	25%	11%	12%
Primary/secondary students	21%	24%	3%	18%	39%	17%	7%	16%
People on lower incomes	20%	41%	4%	16%	27%	24%	17%	12%
You personally	18%	32%	4%	14%	39%	21%	11%	11%
University students	12%	49%	3%	9%	26%	30%	19%	13%

51% thought that the budget would be good for people who are well off. Only 43% of Liberal/National voters thought this, compared to 67% of Greens voters and 63% of ALP voters.

Only 12% thought that the budget would be good for University students. 22% of Liberal/National voters thought the budget would be good for University students, compared to 6% of ALP voters and 8% of Greens voters.

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