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  • May, 2014

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    Statements about the budget (by voting intention)

    Q.  Please indicate whether – in general – you agree with the following statements about the Federal budget that was handed down on Tuesday 13 May.

     

    Vote Labor

     

    Vote Lib/Nat

     

    Vote Green

     

    Total Agree

    Total Disagree

    Total Agree

    Total Disagree

    Total Agree

    Total Disagree

    Overall, the budget was fair and balanced

    5%

    79%

    60%

    13%

    11%

    71%

    The cuts in the budget were necessary to ensure Australia’s future prosperity

    15%

    58%

    80%

    6%

    20%

    52%

    This was the budget Australia needed

    7%

    73%

    73%

    9%

    16%

    69%

    This budget only cares about the bottom line and not people

    82%

    5%

    29%

    42%

    74%

    11%

    This budget hurts the most vulnerable in Australia

    86%

    6%

    32%

    35%

    72%

    10%

    This budget does not look after the needs of business

    23%

    31%

    15%

    31%

    14%

    31%

    I would have preferred for this budget to focus on improving services to Australians rather than curtailing the deficit

    71%

    6%

    27%

    42%

    65%

    8%

    As the table indicated, Lib/Nat voters were more likely to agree with the positive statements about the budget, while Labor and Green voters were more likely to agree with the negative.

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