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  • Apr, 2014

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    Selling Government-owned assets

    Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the Treasurer Joe Hockey’s proposal that State Governments sell their Government-owned assets (e.g. ports, rail, roads) to fund construction of new infrastructure?

     

    Total

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote other/ Indep-endent

    Total approve

    25%

     

    10%

    44%

    17%

    23%

    Total disapprove

    58%

     

    80%

    41%

    63%

    60%

    Strongly approve

    7%

    3%

    11%

    4%

    8%

    Approve

    18%

    7%

    33%

    13%

    15%

    Disapprove

    27%

    25%

    31%

    28%

    22%

    Strongly disapprove

    31%

    55%

    10%

    35%

    38%

    Don’t know

    18%

    11%

    16%

    19%

    16%

    58% disapprove of the Treasurer Joe Hockey’s proposal that State Governments sell their Government-owned to fund construction of new infrastructure and 25% approve.

    Labor voters (80%) and Greens voters (63%) strongly disapprove but Liberal/National voters are divided with 44% approve/41% disapprove.

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