Q. Do you think the Federal Budget has cut Government spending by too much, not enough or about the right amount?
|
Total
|
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
19 May |
|
| Cut spending too much |
48% |
72% |
18% |
66% |
56% |
41% |
||
| Not cut spending enough |
11% |
6% |
21% |
3% |
12% |
15% |
||
| Cut spending about right amount |
21% |
4% |
49% |
11% |
11% |
26% |
||
| Don’t know |
19% |
17% |
12% |
20% |
21% |
18% |
48% think the Federal Budget has cut Government spending by too much, 21% think it has cut the right amount and 11% think it has not cut spending enough. Over the last two weeks (since this question was asked immediately after the budget) the proportion thinking the budget has cut too much has increased 7% and decreased for both cut the right amount (down 5%) and not cut enough (down 4%).
72% of Labor voters (up 3%), 66% of Greens voters (up 11%) and 56% of others (up 8%) think that the Federal Budget had cut spending by too much. 49% of Liberal-National voters (down 6%) think that spending had been cut by the right amount.
2% deficit levy, budget 2014, foreign aid, HELP debt, Labor Opposition
Q. Do you think the Labor Opposition should vote for or against the following budget decisions?
|
Vote for |
Vote against |
Don’t know |
|
| A 2% deficit levy on earnings over $180,000 |
73% |
13% |
14% |
| Foreign aid frozen at current levels for two years, helping save $7.6 billion over five years |
65% |
22% |
12% |
| University graduates to repay HELP debt once they earn $50,638 (reduced from $53,345) |
64% |
25% |
11% |
| A six-month waiting period for those under-30 before they can access the dole (Newstart) |
47% |
41% |
12% |
| Cut 16,500 full-time jobs from the public service in the next 3 years |
36% |
49% |
15% |
| A $120M cut to the ABC’s budget |
32% |
47% |
21% |
| $7 Medicare co-payment for all visits to the GP, with this money to be used to fund a Medical Research Future Fund. |
32% |
61% |
8% |
| Cut public funding for university courses by 20% |
28% |
57% |
16% |
| Eligibility for the age pension to rise to 70 by 2035 |
27% |
62% |
10% |
| Deregulation of university fees (meaning universities can set their own tuition fees) |
23% |
63% |
15% |
A majority think that Labor should vote for the 2% deficit levy (73%), freezing foreign aid (65%) and reducing the income level at which students repay debt (64%).
A majority think that Labor should vote against deregulation of university fees (63%), raising the pension age (62%), the $7 Medicare copayment (61%) and cutting university funding (57%).
They were more divided over the other issues, but tended to support the six-month waiting period for under 30’s to access the dole (47% for/41% against) and tended to oppose cutting the public service (36%/49%) and cutting funds to the ABC (32%/47%).
Blocking the budget, budget 2014, Labor Opposition
Q. Would you support or oppose the Labor Opposition blocking the budget and forcing a new election?
|
Total
|
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
| Total support |
47% |
84% |
9% |
64% |
45% |
|
| Total oppose |
40% |
8% |
82% |
19% |
41% |
|
| Strongly support |
27% |
52% |
4% |
34% |
25% |
|
| Support |
20% |
32% |
5% |
30% |
20% |
|
| Oppose |
18% |
7% |
27% |
14% |
28% |
|
| Strongly oppose |
22% |
1% |
55% |
5% |
13% |
|
| Don’t know |
14% |
8% |
10% |
17% |
13% |
47% said they would support the Labor Opposition blocking the budget and forcing a new election and 40% said they were opposed.
A substantial majority of Labor voters (84%) and Greens voters (64%) supported forcing a new election.
budget 2014, Deregulation of university fees, Federal Budget, Medicare co-payment, pension age, TAFE, youth allowance
Q. Do you support or oppose the following decisions that were made in the latest Federal Budget, announced on Tuesday 13th May:
|
Total Support |
Total Oppose |
Strongly support |
Support |
Neither support nor oppose |
Oppose |
Strongly oppose |
Don’t know |
|
| Deregulation of university fees (meaning universities can set their own tuition fees) |
17% |
58% |
5% |
12% |
21% |
24% |
34% |
4% |
| Commonwealth funding extended to students at TAFEs, private colleges and sub-bachelor degrees at a cost of $820 million over three years |
43% |
20% |
9% |
34% |
30% |
10% |
10% |
7% |
| $7 Medicare co-payment for all visits to the GP, with this money to be used to fund a Medical Research Future Fund. |
29% |
50% |
7% |
22% |
18% |
18% |
32% |
2% |
| General patients to pay $5 more and concessional patients 80¢ more for prescription drugs. |
23% |
58% |
5% |
18% |
18% |
26% |
32% |
2% |
| Eligibility for the age pension to rise to 70 by 2035 |
17% |
61% |
4% |
13% |
20% |
22% |
39% |
3% |
| A six-month waiting period for those under-30 before they can access the dole (Newstart) |
39% |
41% |
16% |
23% |
17% |
19% |
22% |
3% |
| Tightening eligibility criteria for disability support pensioners for those under 35 |
42% |
33% |
12% |
30% |
21% |
16% |
17% |
4% |
| University graduates to repay HELP debt once they earn $50,638 (reduced from $53,345) |
53% |
23% |
16% |
37% |
22% |
12% |
11% |
3% |
| Cut 16,500 full-time jobs from the public service in the next 3 years |
31% |
43% |
10% |
21% |
22% |
20% |
23% |
4% |
| Privatise the Royal Australian Mint |
18% |
42% |
4% |
14% |
31% |
18% |
24% |
10% |
| Make those under 25 apply for Youth Allowance, instead of Newstart (Youth Allowance is around $100 less per fortnight |
44% |
32% |
13% |
31% |
21% |
16% |
16% |
3% |
Q. Do you support or oppose the following decisions that were made in the latest Federal Budget, announced on Tuesday 13th May:
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Green |
||||
|
Total Support |
Total Oppose |
Total Support |
Total Oppose |
Total Support |
Total Oppose |
|
| Deregulation of university fees (meaning universities can set their own tuition fees) |
8% |
81% |
28% |
35% |
14% |
69% |
| Commonwealth funding extended to students at TAFEs, private colleges and sub-bachelor degrees at a cost of $820 million over three years |
37% |
27% |
54% |
13% |
49% |
8% |
| $7 Medicare co-payment for all visits to the GP, with this money to be used to fund a Medical Research Future Fund. |
10% |
74% |
56% |
21% |
18% |
67% |
| General patients to pay $5 more and concessional patients 80¢ more for prescription drugs. |
10% |
77% |
42% |
28% |
13% |
69% |
| Eligibility for the age pension to rise to 70 by 2035 |
7% |
80% |
31% |
37% |
13% |
62% |
| A six-month waiting period for those under-30 before they can access the dole (Newstart) |
24% |
60% |
65% |
15% |
17% |
64% |
| Tightening eligibility criteria for disability support pensioners for those under 35 |
32% |
49% |
62% |
15% |
26% |
46% |
| University graduates to repay HELP debt once they earn $50,638 (reduced from $53,345) |
39% |
36% |
74% |
8% |
40% |
33% |
| Cut 16,500 full-time jobs from the public service in the next 3 years |
15% |
64% |
57% |
16% |
18% |
59% |
| Privatise the Royal Australian Mint |
12% |
55% |
26% |
26% |
14% |
53% |
| Make those under 25 apply for Youth Allowance, instead of Newstart (Youth Allowance is around $100 less per fortnight |
25% |
52% |
72% |
8% |
28% |
47% |
Q. Do you support or oppose the following decisions that were made in the latest Federal Budget, announced on Tuesday 13th May:
|
Total Support |
Total Oppose |
Strongly support |
Support |
Neither support nor oppose |
Oppose |
Strongly oppose |
Don’t know |
|
| Spend $525 on a “green army” |
18% |
24% |
3% |
15% |
37% |
13% |
11% |
21% |
| Invest $2.1 million in solar projects in local communities |
59% |
11% |
15% |
44% |
25% |
7% |
4% |
6% |
| $100 million for mobile blackspot and wireless coverage in regional areas |
60% |
11% |
15% |
45% |
26% |
7% |
4% |
4% |
| A $120M cut to the ABC’s budget |
27% |
41% |
10% |
17% |
26% |
20% |
21% |
7% |
| Asylum seekers who have arrived by boat will lose the right to have their case independently reviewed or to have family reunions |
48% |
27% |
25% |
23% |
19% |
14% |
13% |
5% |
| Foreign aid frozen at current levels for two years, helping save $7.6 billion over five years |
64% |
13% |
28% |
36% |
18% |
6% |
7% |
5% |
| International commitment to spend 0.5 per cent of gross national income on foreign aid abandoned |
44% |
20% |
15% |
29% |
27% |
10% |
10% |
8% |
| $3.9bn over five years for major roads in Melbourne, Perth, Toowoomba, Adelaide and the Northern Territory |
55% |
15% |
13% |
42% |
26% |
9% |
6% |
5% |
| The HELP debt interest rate changed from CPI to the long term bond rate (an increase of around 1%) |
24% |
31% |
7% |
17% |
35% |
17% |
14% |
12% |
| Cut public funding for university courses by 20% |
18% |
49% |
5% |
13% |
29% |
25% |
24% |
4% |
Q. Do you support or oppose the following decisions that were made in the latest Federal Budget, announced on Tuesday 13th May:
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Green |
||||
|
Total Support |
Total Oppose |
Total Support |
Total Oppose |
Total Support |
Total Oppose |
|
| Spend $525 on a “green army” |
13% |
32% |
26% |
18% |
20% |
12% |
| Invest $2.1 million in solar projects in local communities |
59% |
11% |
61% |
11% |
77% |
3% |
| $100 million for mobile blackspot and wireless coverage in regional areas |
56% |
14% |
72% |
6% |
54% |
8% |
| A $120M cut to the ABC’s budget |
14% |
56% |
48% |
21% |
9% |
72% |
| Asylum seekers who have arrived by boat will lose the right to have their case independently reviewed or to have family reunions |
36% |
39% |
71% |
9% |
22% |
54% |
| Foreign aid frozen at current levels for two years, helping save $7.6 billion over five years |
52% |
22% |
83% |
3% |
51% |
33% |
| International commitment to spend 0.5 per cent of gross national income on foreign aid abandoned |
32% |
29% |
64% |
8% |
23% |
49% |
| $3.9bn over five years for major roads in Melbourne, Perth, Toowoomba, Adelaide and the Northern Territory |
49% |
19% |
70% |
7% |
42% |
27% |
| The HELP debt interest rate changed from CPI to the long term bond rate (an increase of around 1%) |
13% |
44% |
40% |
14% |
17% |
51% |
| Cut public funding for university courses by 20% |
8% |
66% |
32% |
28% |
12% |
71% |
The highest levels of opposition were registered for:
The items that more than 50% of Australians supported were:
The tables included demonstrate the various differences by voting intention.
Q. Do you think the Federal Budget has cut Government spending by too much, not enough or about the right amount ?
|
Total
|
|
Male |
Female |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
| Cut spending too much |
41% |
42% |
40% |
69% |
11% |
55% |
48% |
||
| Not cut spending enough |
15% |
19% |
11% |
9% |
22% |
14% |
14% |
||
| Cut spending about right amount |
26% |
27% |
25% |
7% |
55% |
14% |
19% |
||
| Don’t know |
18% |
12% |
24% |
15% |
12% |
17% |
19% |
The largest proportion of Australian’s believes that the Federal Budget has cut Government spending by too much (41%).
26% believe that the Federal Budget has cut spending by the right amount, and 15% believe that they have not cut spending by enough.
There were no significant differences between the genders.
Labor (69%), Green (55) and other (48%) voters were more likely to think that the Federal Budget had cut spending by too much. Lib/Nat voters 955%) were more likely to think that spending had been cut by the right amount.