Q. Over the next 12 months do you think economic conditions in Australia will get better, get worse or stay much the same?
| 1 Dec 08 | 15 Jun 09 | 5 Oct 09 | 18 Jan 10 | 29 Mar 10 | 28 Jun 10 | |
| Total better | 21% | 43% | 66% | 53% | 54% | 33% |
| Total worse | 61% | 37% | 15% | 19% | 19% | 31% |
| Get a lot better | 2% | 5% | 8% | 9% | 9% | 5% |
| Get a little better | 19% | 38% | 58% | 44% | 45% | 28% |
| Get a little worse | 45% | 28% | 11% | 14% | 13% | 23% |
| Get a lot worse | 16% | 9% | 4% | 5% | 6% | 8% |
| Stay much the same | 13% | 17% | 15% | 24% | 22% | 30% |
| No opinion | 5% | 3% | 4% | 4% | 6% | 7% |
Respondents were divided over whether the economy will get better or worse over the next 12 months – 33% (down 21%) think it will get better and 31% (up 12%) worse. 30% (up 8%) think it will stay much the same.
This is a considerable negative shift from the results over the last 12 months. Men (38% better/29% worse) were somewhat more optimistic than women (28%/32%)