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  • Aug, 2012

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    Funding of Australia’s Olympic Team

    Q. Direct Federal funding of Australia’s Olympic team over the past four years has been at least $589 million – which equates to about $39 million for each gold medal. Do you think this investment is too much, not enough or about right?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Very/quite important

    Not so/not at all important

    Too much

    58%

    60%

    55%

    71%

    47%

    68%

    Not enough

    9%

    8%

    11%

    6%

    14%

    5%

    About right

    19%

    21%

    20%

    14%

    25%

    14%

    Don’t know

    14%

    11%

    13%

    9%

    14%

    13%

    58% think that funding invested in the Australian Olympic team over the last 4 years has been too much, 9% think it is not enough and 19% think it is about right.

    Of those who think winning gold medals is very/quite important, 47% think that funding has been too much, 14% think it is not enough and 25% think it is about right.

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