Q. Do you approve or disapprove of governments giving the following types of financial support to these industries?
| Total approve | Total disapprove | Strongly approve | Approve | Disapprove | Strongly disapprove | Don’t know | 2014 approve | |||
| Agriculture – drought relief | 88% | 5% | 52% | 36% | 3% | 2% | 6% | 83% | ||
| Renewable energy – subsidies for wind and solar power | 76% | 15% | 39% | 37% | 8% | 7% | 9% | – | ||
| Health care – private health rebate | 73% | 14% | 30% | 43% | 9% | 5% | 12% | 72% | ||
| Tourism – development grants | 63% | 22% | 11% | 52% | 18% | 4% | 16% | 61% | ||
| Food processing – production subsidies | 55% | 24% | 12% | 43% | 19% | 5% | 21% | 55% | ||
| Film – production grants | 45% | 36% | 8% | 37% | 25% | 11% | 19% | 46% | ||
| Banks – guaranteeing debt | 37% | 42% | 9% | 28% | 23% | 19% | 20% | 36% | ||
| Real estate investment – negative gearing | 36% | 42% | 9% | 27% | 22% | 20% | 22% | 35% | ||
| Mining industry – fuel rebate | 33% | 44% | 8% | 25% | 27% | 17% | 23% | 26% |
There was majority approval of the Government giving financial support to agriculture (88% approve), renewable energy (76%), health care (73%), tourism (63%) and food processing (55%). Approval of drought relief has increased 5% since this question was asked in 2014.
Liberal/National voters are more likely than Labor voters to approve support for tourism (72% to 58%), food processing (62%/52%), banks (47%/33%), real estate (49%/32%) and mining (43%/30%).