Q. In general, do you think the Federal Budget, announced on Tuesday 12th May 2015 will be good or bad for?
| Total good | Total bad
|
Very good | Good | Neither good nor bad | Bad | Very bad | Don’t know | 2014 good | 2014 bad | |||
| You personally | 15% | 28% | 3% | 12% | 48% | 19% | 9% | 9% | 13% | 52% | ||
| Average working people | 22% | 27% | 3% | 19% | 41% | 20% | 7% | 11% | 14% | 59% | ||
| Australian business | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | – | 36% | 23% | ||
| Small businesses | 66% | 6% | 22% | 44% | 18% | 4% | 2% | 11% | – | – | ||
| Big businesses | 34% | 10% | 12% | 22% | 42% | 8% | 2% | 16% | – | – | ||
| The economy over all | 30% | 22% | 5% | 25% | 37% | 16% | 6% | 11% | 40% | 32% | ||
| People who are well off | 36% | 14% | 13% | 23% | 39% | 12% | 2% | 11% | 45% | 16% | ||
| People on lower incomes | 22% | 34% | 3% | 19% | 33% | 21% | 13% | 11% | 11% | 66% | ||
| Australian families | 29% | 27% | 5% | 24% | 34% | 19% | 8% | 11% | 11% | 62% | ||
| Older Australians | 20% | 34% | 3% | 17% | 35% | 23% | 11% | 11% | 10% | 66% | ||
| Younger Australians | 21% | 29% | 3% | 18% | 37% | 20% | 9% | 13% | 16% | 55% |
Two thirds (66%) of respondents think the budget will be good for small businesses.
Respondents also thought the budget was more likely to be good for big businesses (34% good/10% bad), the economy overall (30%/22%) and people who are well off (36%/14%).
Compared to last year’s budget, this year’s budget was considered better (or less bad) for all groups except the economy overall where good has dropped from 40% to 30% – and bad has dropped similarly, from 32% to 22%. For all groups, those who say the budget will be neither good nor bad has increased.
26 November 2012, 261112, Carbon Tax, household spending, impact
Q. Since the carbon pricing scheme was introduced on the 1st July this year, has the impact on your household been worse than expected, not as bad as expected or about the same as you expected?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Worse than expected |
26% |
12% |
39% |
14% |
|
| Not as bad as expected |
26% |
35% |
20% |
36% |
|
| About the same as expected |
36% |
47% |
30% |
37% |
|
| Don’t know |
12% |
6% |
11% |
13% |
An equal portion of respondents believe the impact on their household of the carbon pricing scheme has been worse than expected (26%) and not as bad as expected (26%). Thirty six percent (36%) believe it to be about the same as they expected, whilst 12% don’t know.
Looking at results by voting intention, Lib/Nat voters are far more likely to claim the impact on their household of the carbon pricing scheme is worse than expected (39%), compared with Labor voters (12%) and Greens voters (14%).