Centrelink debt recovery vs politicians’ entitlements

Q. Which of the following issues are you more concerned about – over payments to welfare recipients or how politicians use their travel expenses?

	Total		Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens	Vote other
Over payments to welfare recipients	8%		5%	14%	10%	7%
Politicians travel expenses	46%		52%	35%	60%	50%
Both equally	40%		38%	48%	29%	40%
Neither	2%		3%	1%	–	1%
Don’t know	4%		2%	2%	1%	2%

 46% are more concerned about how politicians use their travel expenses than over payments to welfare recipients and 40% are equally concerned about both. Only 8% are more concerned about over payments to welfare recipients.

Those most concerned about how politicians use their travel expenses were Labor voters (52%), Greens voters (60%) and aged 18-34 (51%).