13 May 2013, 130513, Disability Care, NDIS support
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the Government’s decision to implement the National Disability Insurance Scheme to be funded by increasing the Medicare levy from 1.5% to 2%?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Total approve |
57% |
77% |
45% |
75% |
| Total disapprove |
30% |
14% |
42% |
18% |
| Strongly approve |
20% |
37% |
6% |
40% |
| Approve |
37% |
40% |
39% |
35% |
| Disapprove |
17% |
10% |
24% |
12% |
| Strongly disapprove |
13% |
4% |
18% |
6% |
| Don’t know |
13% |
9% |
12% |
7% |
57% approve and 30% disapprove the Government’s decision to implement the National Disability Insurance Scheme to be funded by increasing the Medicare levy from 1.5% to 2%.
A substantial majority of Labor (77%) and Greens voters (75%) approve but Liberal/National voters are split 45% approve/42% disapprove.
Respondents most likely to approve were aged 55+ (68% approve/22% disapprove) and those earning less than $600pw (72%/19%).