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Economy: Revert to old ways vs opportunity for change

Oct 6, 2020

Q. Which of the following options is closest to your view on the best way for Australia to recover economically following the Covid-19 pandemic?

	Total	Gender		Age Group
	Total	Male	Female	18-34	35-54	55+
Now is not the time to experiment with new ideas, we should return to the way the economy was being run	22%	23%	22%	30%	23%	15%
The pandemic has exposed flaws in the economy and there is an opportunity to explore new ways to run the economy	78%	77%	78%	70%	77%	85%
Base (n)	1,066	531	535	340	341	385

	Total	Federal Voting Intention
	Total	Labor	Liberal + National	Greens	TOTAL: Other
Now is not the time to experiment with new ideas, we should return to the way the economy was being run	22%	21%	24%	23%	22%
The pandemic has exposed flaws in the economy and there is an opportunity to explore new ways to run the economy	78%	79%	76%	77%	78%
Base (n)	1,066	332	433	91	111

Over three-quarters of people believe that the pandemic has exposed flaws in the economy and there is an opportunity to explore new ways to run the economy (78%) with the remaining 22% thinking that now is not the time to experiment with new ideas, we should return to the way the economy was being run.
Preference for exploring new ideas was selected by the majority within gender (77% of men, 78% of women), ages (70% of 18-34 year olds, 77% of 35-54 year olds and 85% of those aged over 55), and voting intention.

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Labor

47%

Coalition

44%