Essential Report

Opinion of School Building Program

Jan 30, 2012

Q. Overall, how would you rate the Federal Government’s BER program to fund new school buildings which was introduced during the GFC?

	Total	Vote Labor	Vote Lib/Nat	Vote Greens	Total with children at school	Children at primary school	Children at secondary school
Total good	30%	49%	17%	39%	43%	49%	38%
Total poor	31%	10%	50%	18%	27%	27%	26%
Very good	7%	15%	3%	5%	11%	12%	11%
Good	23%	34%	14%	34%	32%	37%	27%
Neither good nor poor	15%	21%	22%	27%	21%	17%	24%
Poor	15%	8%	20%	13%	12%	12%	11%
Very poor	16%	2%	30%	5%	15%	15%	15%
Don’t know	17%	19%	11%	16%	10%	6%	12%

Respondents were divided over the Federal Government’s BER program to fund new school buildings – 30% thought it was good and 31% poor. Opinions were closely related to voting intention- 49% of Labor voters thought the program was good and 50% of Liberal/National voters thought it was poor.

Households with children at primary or secondary schools were more positive – especially those with children at primary school. 43% of all those with school children in their household and 49% of those with primary students thought it was good.

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