Federal Budget Approval

Q. Overall, do you approve or disapprove of the Federal Budget that was handed down on Tuesday 2nd April? 

	Total	Vote Labor	Vote Liberal / National	Vote Greens	NET: Vote Other
NET: Approve	51%	39%	79%	32%	48%
NET: Disapprove	27%	45%	8%	44%	28%
Strongly approve	11%	5%	23%	2%	8%
Somewhat approve	40%	34%	56%	29%	39%
Somewhat disapprove	18%	28%	7%	28%	17%
Strongly disapprove	9%	16%	1%	16%	11%
Don’t know	21%	16%	13%	24%	25%

• Just over half (51%) of voters approve of the 2019 Budget, with 27% disapproving and 21% unsure.
• Approval was highest among Coalition voters (79%), males (57%), those aged over 55 (57%), and those with an annual household income of between $52k and $104k (58%).
• However approval was lowest among Greens (32%) and Labour voters (39%), and those not in paid employment (38%).

	2019 Budget	2018 Budget	2017 Budget
NET: Approve	51%	44%	41%
NET: Disapprove	27%	28%	33%
Strongly approve	11%	5%	5%
Somewhat approve	40%	39%	36%
Somewhat disapprove	18%	19%	23%
Strongly disapprove	9%	9%	10%
Don’t know	21%	28%	25%

• The 2019 Budget has been met with higher approval than the previous two Budgets. Approval in 2019 is 7%pts higher than last year (44%) and 10%pts higher than 2017.
• Those disapproving of the Budget is similar in 2019 and 2018 (27% and 28%) and slightly lower in 2017, when 33% disapproved.