Q. Thinking about the Health System where do you think the government’s top 3 funding priorities should lie?
Total | Priority 1 | Priority 2 | Priority 3 | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
Reducing emergency waiting lists | 57% | 27% | 18% | 12% | 55% | 60% | 52% | 56% | |
Building new public hospitals | 32% | 11% | 10% | 11% | 38% | 32% | 20% | 33% | |
Expanding access to free dental care | 32% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 34% | 29% | 35% | 31% | |
Subsidising more medicines under the PBS | 32% | 10% | 11% | 11% | 31% | 32% | 23% | 38% | |
Increasing the Medicare rebate | 30% | 10% | 11% | 9% | 30% | 34% | 22% | 22% | |
More resources for mental health | 27% | 9% | 9% | 9% | 30% | 22% | 38% | 29% | |
More investment in aged care facilities | 27% | 7% | 9% | 11% | 27% | 30% | 21% | 29% | |
Training more specialists | 20% | 3% | 8% | 9% | 19% | 20% | 14% | 21% | |
More public health campaigns to reduce demand | 13% | 3% | 4% | 6% | 9% | 14% | 26% | 12% | |
More resources for indigenous health | 12% | 4% | 3% | 5% | 10% | 10% | 28% | 6% | |
Expanding out of hours Medicare services (eg home visits) | 11% | 2% | 5% | 4% | 11% | 11% | 11% | 8% | |
Investing in capacity to deliver health services online | 8% | 3% | 2% | 3% | 6% | 7% | 10% | 12% |
Top health priorities for the Government were reducing emergency waiting lists (57%), building new public hospitals (32%), expanding access to free dental care (32%) and subsidising more medicines under the PBS (32%).
Labor voters were more likely to prioritise building new public hospitals (38%).
Greens voters were more likely to prioritise more resources for mental health (38%), more resources for indigenous health (28%) and more public health campaigns to reduce demand (26%).