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  • May, 2013

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    Impact of Budget

    Q. Do you think the Federal Budget was good or bad for you personally?

    Q. Do you think the Federal Budget was good or bad for average working people?

    Q. Do you think the Federal Budget was good or bad for Australian businesses?

    Q. Do you think the Federal Budget was good or bad for the Australian economy overall?

     

    You
    personally

    Working people

    Australian
    businesses

    Economy
    overall

     

    10

    11

    12

    13

    12

    13

    10

    11

    12

    13

    10

    11

    12

    13

    Total good

    22%

    11%

    17%

    13%

    31%

    17%

    27%

    20%

    10%

    15%

    36%

    27%

    26%

    26%

    Total bad

    26%

    29%

    26%

    36%

    24%

    40%

    32%

    25%

    43%

    33%

    28%

    29%

    32%

    34%

    Very good

    3%

    2%

    2%

    2%

    4%

    2%

    3%

    3%

    1%

    2%

    6%

    4%

    4%

    5%

    Good

    19%

    9%

    15%

    11%

    27%

    15%

    24%

    17%

    9%

    13%

    30%

    23%

    22%

    21%

    Neither good
    nor bad

    33%

    44%

    44%

    38%

    33%

    30%

    9%

    31%

    29%

    32%

    10%

    25%

    25%

    24%

    Bad

    18%

    21%

    17%

    22%

    19%

    27%

    22%

    19%

    28%

    20%

    18%

    21%

    21%

    21%

    Very bad

    8%

    8%

    9%

    14%

    5%

    13%

    10%

    6%

    15%

    13%

    10%

    8%

    11%

    13%

    Don’t know

    20%

    16%

    12%

    12%

    12%

    12%

    31%

    23%

    18%

    19%

    26%

    20%

    17%

    15%

    In terms of the economy overall, there was a similar response to the 2013 budget as to the last two year’s budgets. 26% (no change from last year) thought the budget was good for the economy and 34% (up 2%) thought it was bad.  56% of Labor voters thought the budget was good for the economy and 8% bad while only 8% of Liberal/national voters thought it was good and 56% bad.

    38% of respondents thought the Federal budget was neither good nor bad for them personally – 13% (down 4% on last year) said it was good and 36% (up 10%) bad. 51% of those aged 55+ thought it was neither.

    17% (down 14%) thought it was good for working people and 40% (up 16%) thought it was bad.

    15% (up 5%) thought the budget was good for businesses, 33% (down 10%) bad and 32% said it was neither.

  • May, 2012

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    Impact of Budget

    Q. Do you think the Federal Budget was good or bad for you personally?

    Q. Do you think the Federal Budget was good or bad for average working people?

    Q. Do you think the Federal Budget was good or bad for Australian businesses?

    Q. Do you think the Federal Budget was good or bad for the Australian economy overall?

     

    You personally

    Working people

    Australian businesses

    Economy overall

     

    2010

    2011

    2012

    2012

    2010

    2011

    2012

    2010

    2011

    2012

    Total good

    22%

    11%

    17%

    31%

    27%

    20%

    10%

    36%

    27%

    26%

    Total bad

    26%

    29%

    26%

    24%

    32%

    25%

    43%

    28%

    29%

    32%

    Very good

    3%

    2%

    2%

    4%

    3%

    3%

    1%

    6%

    4%

    4%

    Good

    19%

    9%

    15%

    27%

    24%

    17%

    9%

    30%

    23%

    22%

    Neither good nor bad

    33%

    44%

    44%

    33%

    9%

    31%

    29%

    10%

    25%

    25%

    Bad

    18%

    21%

    17%

    19%

    22%

    19%

    28%

    18%

    21%

    21%

    Very bad

    8%

    8%

    9%

    5%

    10%

    6%

    15%

    10%

    8%

    11%

    Don’t know

    20%

    16%

    12%

    12%

    31%

    23%

    18%

    26%

    20%

    17%

    In terms of the economy overall there was a similar response to the 2012 budget compared to last year’s. 26% (down 1%) thought the economy was good for the economy and 32% (up 3%) thought it was bad.

    44% of respondents thought the Federal budget was neither good nor bad for them personally – 17% (up 6%) said it was good and 26% (down 3%) bad. 28% of respondents aged 35-44 thought it was good for them while 38% of those aged 55+ thought it was bad.

    31% thought it was good for working people and 24% thought it was bad. 35% of part-time workers thought it was good for working people.

    43% (up 18%) thought the budget was bad for business, 10% (down 10%) good and 29% said it was neither.

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