Q. Do you think Australia’s economy is heading in the right or wrong direction?
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Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | May 2010 | May 2011 | Jun 2012 | Apr 2013 | Apr 2014 | Aug 2014 | ||
| The right direction | 35% | 19% | 67% | 9% | 23% | 51% | 45% | 43% | 36% | 39% | 35% | ||
| The wrong direction | 40% | 58% | 14% | 65% | 58% | 25% | 29% | 32% | 39% | 34% | 41% | ||
| Don’t know | 25% | 23% | 19% | 27% | 19% | 24% | 25% | 25% | 25% | 26% | 24% |
35% of respondents think that Australia’s economy is heading in the right direction and 40% think it is heading in the wrong direction. This represents no significant change since this question was asked last August.
19% (down 5%) of Labor voters, 67% (up 11%) of Liberal/National voters and 9% (down 17%) of Greens voters think the economy is heading in the right direction. 58% (up 4%) of Labor voters, 65% (up 11%) of Greens voters and 48% of those earning less than $1,000pw think the economy is heading in the wrong direction.