Q. Do you think that Coalition Government will deliver a budget surplus sometime in their 3-year term of Government?
| Total | 
 | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other/ indep-endent | |
| Probably will deliver a surplus | 37% | 
 | 23% | 55% | 26% | 35% | 
| Probably won’t deliver a surplus | 40% | 
 | 54% | 27% | 51% | 42% | 
| Don’t know | 24% | 
 | 23% | 18% | 24% | 23% | 
37% of respondents think the Coalition will probably deliver a budget surplus sometime in their 3-year term of Government and 40% think they will probably not.
Those most likely to think they will delver a surplus are Liberal/National voters (55%) and people on incomes over $1,600pw (43%).
54% of Labor voters and 51% of Greens voters think they will not deliver a surplus.