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Opinion of School Building Program
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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Two Party Preferred: 14 May 2019
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51.5%-0.5
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