05 February 2013, 050213, Federal Budget, importance of budget surplus
Q. Thinking about the Federal Government budget, how important do you believe it is for the budget to be in surplus…?
|
Total impor |
Total |
Very impor |
Quite Impor |
Not very impor |
Not |
Don’t know |
Total impor |
|
| …for the country as a whole |
69% |
26% |
28% |
41% |
22% |
4% |
5% |
68% |
| …for you personally |
54% |
39% |
20% |
34% |
29% |
10% |
7% |
46% |
A clear majority of respondents (69%) regard having a Federal Government budget surplus to be important for the country as a whole, whereas a somewhat smaller majority regard it to be important for them personally (54%).
39% of respondents believe having a Federal Government budget surplus was not important for them personally.
Since this question was last asked in October, those who think a budget surplus is important for them personally has increased from 46% to 54%.
Those most likely to think a budget surplus is important to them personally were Liberal/National voters (67%) and full-time workers (60%).