Q. In the past 10 years, do you believe the gap between the rich and everyone else has increased, decreased or stayed the same?
Total
|
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
Total increased |
77% |
84% |
68% |
87% |
80% |
|
Total decreased |
3% |
1% |
4% |
1% |
6% |
|
Increased a lot |
47% |
58% |
32% |
56% |
58% |
|
Increased a little |
30% |
26% |
36% |
31% |
22% |
|
Stayed the same |
15% |
11% |
23% |
8% |
12% |
|
Decreased a little |
2% |
1% |
4% |
1% |
3% |
|
Decreased a lot |
1% |
– |
– |
– |
3% |
|
Don’t know |
5% |
5% |
5% |
4% |
3% |
Over three-quarters (77%) of Australians believe that the gap between the rich and everyone else has increased. Just 3% believe it has decreased.
Labor (84%) and Greens (87%) voters were more likely to think that it had increased, while Lib/Nat voters were less likely (68%).