corporations, cost to taxpayers
Q. Do you think that making big corporations pay more tax would be good for the economy because it would increase Government revenue or bad for the economy because the companies would be less competitive?
|
Total
|
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|
| Good for the economy |
59% |
68% |
52% |
76% |
60% |
|
| Bad for the economy |
17% |
13% |
26% |
8% |
20% |
|
| Don’t know |
24% |
20% |
22% |
16% |
21% |
59% think that making big corporations pay more tax would be good for the economy and 17% think it would be bad.
A majority of all voter groups thought it would be good for the economy – although Liberal/National voters were the most likely to think it would be bad for the economy (26%).
cost to taxpayers, Health and safety, important regulation, rights and freedom
Q. What should be the most important factor Governments consider in relation to regulating each of these issues – protecting rights and freedom, protecting people’s health and safety or managing the cost to taxpayers (e.g. health costs of drug/alcohol/tobacco use)?
|
Protecting rights and freedom |
Protecting people’s health and safety |
Managing the cost to taxpayers |
Don’t know |
|
| Wearing seatbelts in cars |
5% |
89% |
3% |
3% |
| Wearing bike helmets |
6% |
88% |
3% |
3% |
| Personal use of recreational drugs |
14% |
64% |
13% |
10% |
| Smoking in public places |
16% |
70% |
8% |
6% |
| Buying and consuming alcohol |
18% |
64% |
11% |
7% |
| Shopping hours |
48% |
13% |
16% |
23% |
| Cigarette packaging |
15% |
65% |
10% |
10% |
| Junk food advertising |
13% |
70% |
8% |
9% |
| Gambling, poker machines |
22% |
46% |
20% |
12% |
| Films (i.e. censorship) |
51% |
21% |
8% |
19% |
| The internet |
56% |
21% |
7% |
16% |
| Making public statements which other people might find offensive |
54% |
18% |
5% |
23% |
For most of the areas listed above, the majority of respondents thought the most important factor for Governments to consider was ‘protecting people’s health and safety’.
The areas where respondents thought that is was more important to consider ‘protecting rights and freedoms’ were the internet (56%), making statements which other people might find offensive (54%), films (51%) and shopping hours (48%). ‘Managing the cost to tax payers’ was not considered to be an important factor by most respondents.
30 April 2012, 300412, cost to taxpayers, Government regulation, Health and safety, Polling, polls, regulation, rights and freedom
Q. What should be the most important factor Governments consider in relation to regulating each of these issues – protecting rights and freedom, protecting people’s health and safety or managing the cost to taxpayers (e.g. health costs of drug/alcohol/tobacco use)?
|
Protecting rights and freedom |
Protecting people’s health and safety |
Managing the cost to taxpayers |
Don’t know |
|
| Wearing seatbelts in cars |
5% |
91% |
3% |
2% |
| Wearing bike helmets |
6% |
89% |
3% |
2% |
| Personal use of recreational drugs |
18% |
61% |
12% |
9% |
| Smoking in public places |
19% |
67% |
9% |
5% |
| Buying and consuming alcohol |
25% |
58% |
11% |
6% |
| Shopping hours |
55% |
11% |
16% |
19% |
| Cigarette packaging |
16% |
61% |
14% |
8% |
| Junk food advertising |
16% |
66% |
11% |
8% |
| Films (i.e. censorship) |
59% |
19% |
7% |
15% |
| The internet |
62% |
18% |
6% |
15% |
For most of the areas listed above, the majority of respondents thought the most important factor for Governments to consider was ‘protecting people’s health and safety’.
The three areas where respondents thought that is was more important to consider ‘protecting rights and freedoms’ were ‘the internet’ (62%), ‘films’ (59%) and ‘shopping hours’ (55%).
‘Managing the cost to tax payers’ was not considered to be an important factor by most respondents.