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Budget Impact
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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