Budget Spending Priorities

Q. Which of the Liberal party, or the Labor party would you trust more to…?

	Liberal	Labor	Don’t know	NET: Difference
Manage the economy in the interests of business	54%	19%	26%	+35
Deliver a Budget surplus	48%	22%	31%	+26
Manage the economy overall	44%	29%	27%	+15
Set the economy up for the long-term	43%	29%	28%	+14
Reduce taxes	37%	36%	27%	+1
Ensure the taxation system is fair	33%	38%	29%	-5
Make multinationals pay their fair share of tax	31%	38%	31%	-7
Fund basic services like schools and hospitals	32%	46%	22%	-14
Manage the economy in the interests of working people	31%	45%	25%	-14
Close tax loopholes for the wealthy	24%	46%	30%	-24

• The Coalition is seen as more trustworthy than Labor to manage the economy in the interests of businesses (54% trust the Coalition to do this, compared to 19% who trust Labor), deliver the Budget surplus (48% vs. 22%), manage the economy overall (44% vs. 29%) and set the economy up for the long-term (43% vs. 23%).
• Labor were seen as just as trustworthy as the Coalition to reduce taxes (36% vs. 37%).