Budget measures
Q. Would you support or oppose the following budget measures to increase revenue or decrease spending?
|
Total |
Support |
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|
Support |
Oppose |
Don’t know |
Vote ALP |
Vote Lib |
Vote Greens |
|
| Increase taxes for big corporations |
64% |
17% |
19% |
77% |
54% |
86% |
| Reduce tax breaks for high income earners |
45% |
38% |
17% |
51% |
42% |
54% |
| Cut “middle class welfare” such as the Baby Bonus, first home buyers grant and Family Tax Benefit payments |
37% |
48% |
15% |
38% |
41% |
35% |
| Reduce defence spending |
35% |
48% |
17% |
37% |
29% |
57% |
| Postpone building the NBN |
34% |
45% |
20% |
18% |
52% |
13% |
| Postpone the increase in education spending recommended by the Gonski Report |
29% |
51% |
20% |
21% |
39% |
16% |
| Cut spending on unemployment and disability benefits |
25% |
60% |
15% |
23% |
32% |
13% |
| Postpone other infrastructure projects like new roads and highways |
14% |
71% |
15% |
17% |
15% |
7% |
In terms of possible budget measures to increase revenue or decrease spending, a majority supported increasing taxes for big corporations and were also more likely to support reducing tax breaks for high income earners.
A majority opposed postponing infrastructure, cutting spending on unemployment and disability benefits and postponing increasing the education spending recommended by the Gonski Report.
Measures most supported by Labor voters were increasing taxes for big corporations and reducing tax breaks for high income earners.
Measures most supported by Liberal/National voters were increasing taxes for big corporations and postponing the NBN.
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