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Federal budget: comparison to pre-budget expectations
Q. In general, do you think the next Federal Budget, to be announced on Tuesday 13th May 2014 will be good or bad for?
Pre-Budget |
Post-Budget |
|||
|
Total Good |
Total Bad |
Total Good |
Total Bad |
You personally |
8% |
55% |
13% |
52% |
Average working people |
9% |
63% |
14% |
59% |
Australian business |
25% |
33% |
36% |
23% |
The economy over all |
28% |
36% |
40% |
32% |
People who are well off |
40% |
23% |
45% |
16% |
People on lower incomes |
12% |
60% |
11% |
66% |
Australian families |
11% |
59% |
11% |
62% |
Older Australians |
8% |
67% |
10% |
66% |
Younger Australians |
11% |
49% |
16% |
55% |
Perceptions of the how the budget will impact on each of these groups have not shifted dramatically from when the question was last asked prior to the budget.
The key areas of difference are listed below:
- Compared to prior to the budget, less people now think this that the budget will be bad for Australian business (33% before, 23% after).
- More people now believe that the budget will be bad for people on lower incomes (60% before, 66% after) and ‘younger Australians’ (49% before, 55% after).

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