Q. In general, do you think the next Federal Budget, to be announced on Tuesday 13th May 2014 will be good or bad for?
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Total Good |
Total Bad |
Very good |
Good |
Neither good nor bad |
Bad |
Very bad |
Don’t know |
| You personally |
8% |
55% |
2% |
6% |
28% |
36% |
19% |
9% |
| Average working people |
9% |
63% |
2% |
7% |
19% |
45% |
18% |
9% |
| Australian business |
25% |
33% |
3% |
22% |
28% |
25% |
8% |
14% |
| The economy over all |
28% |
36% |
6% |
22% |
24% |
22% |
14% |
12% |
| People who are well off |
40% |
23% |
14% |
26% |
27% |
18% |
5% |
11% |
| People on lower incomes |
12% |
60% |
2% |
10% |
17% |
33% |
27% |
10% |
| Australian families |
11% |
59% |
2% |
9% |
20% |
37% |
22% |
10% |
| Older Australians |
8% |
67% |
1% |
7% |
18% |
34% |
33% |
9% |
| Younger Australians |
11% |
49% |
2% |
9% |
28% |
29% |
20% |
12% |
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Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Green |
Vote Other |
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Total Good |
Total Bad |
Total Good |
Total Bad |
Total Good |
Total Bad |
Total Good |
Total Bad |
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7% |
70% |
11% |
38% |
4% |
69% |
5% |
67% |
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6% |
77% |
15% |
44% |
3% |
81% |
5% |
72% |
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28% |
34% |
27% |
30% |
17% |
40% |
20% |
40% |
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11% |
55% |
54% |
14% |
11% |
14% |
15% |
47% |
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50% |
20% |
26% |
28% |
56% |
12% |
47% |
20% |
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9% |
79% |
21% |
39% |
1% |
78% |
7% |
74% |
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6% |
77% |
20% |
37% |
2% |
78% |
5% |
71% |
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6% |
78% |
14% |
47% |
– |
76% |
5% |
79% |
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11% |
65% |
15% |
30% |
1% |
70% |
6% |
58% |
Over half (54%) of Australians believe that the budget will be bad for them personally. 67% think it will be bad for older Australians, 63% for average working people and 60% for people on lower incomes.
The only group that more Australians thought the budget would be good for rather than bad was ‘people who are well off’ (40% good, 23% bad).
Just 25% think the budget will be good for Australian business and 28% for the economy overall.
Labor voters are most likely to think that the budget will be bad for ‘people on lower incomes’ (79%), ‘older Australians’ (78%), ‘average working people’ (77%) and ‘Australian families’ (77%).
The only area where Lib/Nat voters were more likely to think that the budget would be good rather than bad was for ‘the economy overall’ (54% think it will be good, 14% think it will be bad).
In terms of the impact for them personally, there was no difference between males and females. Those aged 30-55 were the most likely to think that the budget would be bad for them personally (61% compared to 46% for those under 30 and 51% for those aged 55+).