Q.The Newstart benefit for a single person with no children is about $270 per week. Do you think it is too high, too low or about right?
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Total |
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Aged 18-34 |
Aged 35-54 |
Aged 55+ |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
Inc. less than $600 pw |
Inc. $600
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Inc. $1,000
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Inc. $1,500
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Inc. more than $2,000 pw |
| Too high | 9% | 14% | 8% | 6% | 6% | 12% | 4% | 12% | 4% | 4% | 10% | 11% | 15% | |
| Too low | 50% | 45% | 50% | 56% | 63% | 36% | 59% | 50% | 58% | 66% | 50% | 50% | 39% | |
| About right | 26% | 30% | 24% | 24% | 22% | 35% | 28% | 24% | 26% | 17% | 27% | 26% | 34% | |
| Don’t know | 15% | 11% | 18% | 14% | 9% | 17% | 9% | 14% | 11% | 13% | 14% | 13% | 13% |
50% think that the Newstart benefit is too low, 26% think it is about right and 9% think it is too high.
Those most likely to think it is too low were Labor voters (63%), Greens voters (59%) and incomes under $1,000 pw (62%).
Those most likely to think it is too high or about right were Liberal National voters (47%), aged 18-34 (44%) and incomes over $2,000 pw (49%).