Deficit Levy

Q. Last week’s Federal Budget contained the removal of the “deficit levy” of 2% of earnings above $180k per year. This would lower the top tax bracket from 49% to 47%. Do you approve of this measure?

	Total		Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens	Vote other
Total approve	24%		19%	36%	13%	24%
Total disapprove	39%		46%	26%	53%	47%
Strongly approve	6%		3%	10%	5%	10%
Approve	18%		16%	26%	8%	14%
Neither approve nor disapprove	21%		21%	26%	12%	17%
Disapprove	21%		22%	19%	26%	21%
Strongly disapprove	18%		24%	7%	27%	26%
Don’t know	17%		14%	12%	23%	12%

 

39% disapprove of the measure to remove the deficit levy, and only 24% approved. Those most likely to disapprove of the measure were Greens voters (53% disapprove), those aged 65+ (49%), and West Australians (48%). Those most likely to approve were Liberal/National voters (37% approve) and those earning over $104k per year (29%).