Q. Do you think that with this Budget, the Government has done enough to reduce the deficit and return the budget to surplus in the next few years?
Total | Vote Labor | Vote Liberal/ National | |
Has done enough | 31% | 59% | 12% |
Hasn’t done enough | 39% | 16% | 69% |
Don’t know | 31% | 26% | 20% |
31% think that the Government has done enough to reduce the deficit and 39% think they have not done enough. Responses mostly followed party preferences – 59% of Labor voters think they have done enough and 69% of Coalition voters think they have not done enough. Greens voters split 40% enough/31% not enough.