Q. Which of the following terms do you think describe the budget?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Income less than $600 pw | $600-1,000 pw | $1,000-1,500 pw | ||
| In the national interest | 53% | 39% | 81% | 36% | 34% | 47% | 55% | 57% | |
| Responsible | 52% | 40% | 80% | 33% | 31% | 39% | 55% | 56% | |
| Competent | 48% | 33% | 71% | 34% | 40% | 40% | 49% | 55% | |
| Disappointing | 48% | 62% | 25% | 61% | 66% | 65% | 48% | 46% | |
| Fair | 47% | 34% | 71% | 33% | 36% | 31% | 48% | 54% | |
| Wasteful | 37% | 48% | 19% | 50% | 50% | 53% | 30% | 36% | |
| Visionary | 31% | 26% | 44% | 16% | 24% | 24% | 27% | 36% | |
| Reckless | 30% | 39% | 15% | 37% | 41% | 41% | 29% | 26% |
However, they were more strongly of the view that the budget was not wasteful, reckless or visionary.Respondents were fairly evenly divided over whether the budget was in the national interest, responsible, competent disappointing and fair.
Those earning less than $600 pw were most negative about the budget with 65% agreeing it was disappointing and only 31% thinking it was fair.