Q. From what you have read and heard, do you think the Australian economy is heading in the right direction or the wrong direction?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Dec 2016 | May 2017 | |||
| The right direction | 31% | 26% | 52% | 25% | 17% | 26% | 29% | ||
| The wrong direction | 39% | 41% | 29% | 44% | 60% | 45% | 41% | ||
| Don’t know | 30% | 33% | 19% | 31% | 23% | 29% | 30% |
Overall, 31% thought that the economy is heading in the right direction (up 2% from May), and 39% thought it was heading in the wrong direction (down 2%).
Liberal/National voters were more likely to think the economy is heading in the right direction (52%) than Labor (26%), Greens (25%) and independent/other voters (17%).
Men were more likely to think that the economy was heading in the right direction (35%) than women (28%).