Federal Budget and post Covid-19 economic recovery

Q. To what extent do you agree or disagree with the following statements about the recent Federal Budget and the direction for the country to recover from the Covid-19 pandemic?

	TOTAL: Agree	TOTAL: Disagree	Strongly agree	Somewhat agree	Neither agree, nor disagree	Somewhat disagree	Strongly disagree	Unsure
The decisions the government makes now will affect the future health of the economy	75%	5%	43%	33%	13%	3%	2%	7%
The government should take the recognition if their budget measures work, just as they should take responsibility if they do not	70%	5%	36%	34%	17%	4%	2%	8%
There were better approaches to the budget like investing in jobs and services	51%	10%	20%	31%	29%	8%	2%	11%
The global pandemic means that the health of the economy is out of the government’s control	49%	21%	18%	32%	22%	15%	6%	7%

• There is strong agreement that the Government is responsible for the future of the economy. 75% agree that ‘The decisions the government makes now will affect the future health of the economy’ and 70% of people agree that ‘The government should take the recognition if their budget measures work, just as they should take responsibility if they do not’
• However, half of people (49%) agree with the statement that ‘The global pandemic means that the health of the economy is out of the government’s control’. Coalition voters are more likely to agree with this statement than Labor voters (58% to 48%).
• Half of people agree that ‘There were better approaches to the budget like investing in jobs and services’ (51%). Those more likely to agree with this statement include Labor voters (60%), those in paid employment (56%) and men (56%).