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?
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Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
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|
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% |
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|
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.