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	This budget May’21	Last budget Oct’20
The decisions the government makes now will affect the future health of the economy	75%	75%
The government should take the recognition if their budget measures work, just as they should take responsibility if they do not	73%	70%
The global pandemic means that the health of the economy is out of the government’s control	42%	49%

 

	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%	6%	43%	32%	15%	4%	2%	4%
The government should take the recognition if their budget measures work, just as they should take responsibility if they do not	73%	5%	37%	36%	18%	2%	2%	4%
The global pandemic means that the health of the economy is out of the government’s control	42%	26%	12%	30%	27%	19%	7%	5%

• There is now less agreement that the global pandemic means that the health of the economy is out of the government’s control compared to last October (42% from 49%).
• However, there is still high agreement that ‘the decisions the government makes now will affect the future health of the economy’, and ‘the government should take the recognition if their budget measures work, just as they should take responsibility if they do not’ (75% and 73% respectively).