Q. How important is it that the Government returns the budget to surplus?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Very important | 31% | 24% | 45% | 15% | 30% | |
| Somewhat important | 40% | 36% | 45% | 37% | 43% | |
| Not very important | 14% | 22% | 5% | 28% | 18% | |
| Not at all important | 6% | 8% | 2% | 15% | 6% | |
| Don’t know | 9% | 10% | 3% | 4% | 4% |
31% think it is very important to return the budget to surplus and 40% think it is somewhat important. 45% of Liberal/National voters think it is very important compared to 24% of Labor voters.