Perceptions of Government spending
Q. As far as you know, is the current Liberal National Government’s spending higher or lower than the previous Labor Government or are they spending about the same?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
||
|
Higher than previous Labor Government |
22% |
36% |
12% |
33% |
26% |
|
|
Lower than previous Labor Government |
21% |
13% |
33% |
15% |
17% |
|
|
Spending about the same |
23% |
22% |
27% |
22% |
22% |
|
|
Don’t know |
34% |
29% |
28% |
30% |
35% |
Perceptions of Government spending varied – 23% thought the Liberal National Government’s spending was about the same as the previous Labor Government, 22% thought it was higher and 21% thought it was lower.
Those most likely to think it was higher were Labor voters (36%), Greens voters (33%) and men (28%). 33% of Liberal National voters thought it was lower.
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