NDIS Funding

Q. The federal budget includes a 0.5% increase to the Medicare levy for all taxpayers in order to fund the National Disability Insurance Scheme. Do you think that this is the right approach, or that high income earners should bear a greater share of the cost of funding the NDIS? 

	Total		Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens	Vote other
Higher income earners should bear a greater share of the cost	56%		69%	44%	58%	62%
Increasing the Medicare levy for all taxpayers is the right approach	27%		15%	45%	23%	20%
Don’t know	17%		16%	11%	19%	17%

 

56% thought that higher income earners should bear a greater share of the cost of funding the NDIS. Those most likely to think this were ALP voters (69%), those earning between $78k and $104k per year (63%), and other party/independent voters (62%).

Those who thought that increasing the Medicare levy was the right approach were Liberal/National voters (45%), those aged 65+ (35%) and those earning over $104k per year (34%).