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Budget Surplus

May 9, 2017

Q. How important is it that the Government returns the budget to surplus?

	Total	Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens	Vote other
Total important	71%	63%	87%	49%	78%
Total not important	19%	28%	9%	43%	13%
Very important	31%	21%	47%	8%	38%
Somewhat important	40%	42%	40%	41%	40%
Not very important	15%	23%	7%	33%	11%
Not at all important	4%	5%	2%	10%	2%
Don’t know	10%	9%	4%	8%	9%

71% thought that returning the budget to surplus was important. Those most likely to think this were Liberal/National voters (87% important), those earning over $104,000 (78%) and those working full time (76%).

19% thought that returning the budget to surplus was not important. Those most likely to think this were Greens voters (43% not important) and ALP voters (28%).

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