Statements about the Budget

Q. Do you agree or disagree with the following statements about the Federal budget that was handed down on Tuesday 3^rd May.

	Total agree	Total disagree		Strongly Agree	Agree	Disagree	Strongly Disagree	Don’t know		Total agree 2015	Total disagree 2015
Overall, the budget is fair and balanced	32%	46%		4%	28%	28%	18%	22%		28%	32%
This budget does not do enough to reduce the deficit	48%	22%		15%	33%	19%	3%	29%		37%	18%
This was the budget Australia needs at this time	29%	46%		4%	25%	27%	19%	26%		28%	31%
This budget favours businesses over workers	61%	19%		25%	36%	16%	3%	21%		47%	12%
This budget is more about improving the Government’s popularity than improving the economy	53%	27%		21%	32%	22%	5%	20%		50%	19%
The budget does not go far enough in addressing multinational tax avoidance.	57%	18%		26%	31%	16%	2%	25%		–	–

There was majority agreement with the statements that the budget favours businesses over workers 61%), it does not go far enough in addressing tax avoidance by multinationals (57%) and is more about improving the Government’s popularity than improving the economy (53%).

46% disagree that the budget was fair and balanced – compared to 32% in 2015. There was also a significant increase in those who agreed the budget favours businesses over workers (up 14%).