Q. The Government’s budget proposes to provide a tax cut of $530 for middle and lower income earners from next year, and then in seven years change the tax rates so that workers earning between $40,000 and $200,000 pay the same rate of tax. Labor proposes to provide a larger tax cut of $928 for middle and lower income earners, and ask those in the top tax bracket to pay a little more to help reduce the deficit. Which of these proposals do you prefer?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| The Government proposal | 33% | 15% | 63% | 17% | 28% | |
| The Labor proposal | 45% | 75% | 23% | 62% | 43% | |
| Don’t know | 22% | 95 | 14% | 21% | 29% |
45% prefer the Labor tax plan and 33% the Government’s plan.
All income groups except those earning $2,000+ pw strongly favour the Labor plan. Those earning more than $2,000 pw favour then Government plan 44% to 39%.