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Importance of G20

28 Oct 2014

Q. In November, Australia will host the G20, an annual meeting of the leaders of the 20 major economies of the world to discuss economic issues.  How important do you think the G20 meeting is to Australia’s economy?

 

 Total

 

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Vote other

 

Jun 2014

Total important

73%

77%

79%

82%

60%

72%

 
Total not important

17%

14%

16%

14%

33%

20%

 
Very important

29%

27%

36%

31%

22%

29%

 
Somewhat important

44%

50%

43%

51%

38%

43%

 
Not very important

12%

9%

14%

9%

20%

14%

 
Not at all important

5%

5%

2%

5%

13%

6%

 
Don’t know

10%

10%

5%

4%

7%

9%

 

73% think the G20 meeting is very or somewhat important to Australia’s economy and 17% think it is not very or not at all important. These figures have changed little since this question was asked in June.

A substantial majority of all voters groups think it is very/somewhat important. There were no major demographic differences.

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