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  • Apr, 2013

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    Budget measures

    Q. Would you support or oppose the following budget measures to increase revenue or decrease spending?

     

    Total

    Support

     

    Support

    Oppose

    Don’t know

    Vote ALP

    Vote Lib

    Vote Greens

    Increase taxes for big corporations

    64%

    17%

    19%

    77%

    54%

    86%

    Reduce tax breaks for high income earners

    45%

    38%

    17%

    51%

    42%

    54%

    Cut “middle class welfare” such as the Baby Bonus, first home buyers grant and Family Tax Benefit payments

    37%

    48%

    15%

    38%

    41%

    35%

    Reduce defence spending

    35%

    48%

    17%

    37%

    29%

    57%

    Postpone building the NBN

    34%

    45%

    20%

    18%

    52%

    13%

    Postpone the increase in education spending recommended by the Gonski Report

    29%

    51%

    20%

    21%

    39%

    16%

    Cut spending on unemployment and disability benefits

    25%

    60%

    15%

    23%

    32%

    13%

    Postpone other infrastructure projects like new roads and highways

    14%

    71%

    15%

    17%

    15%

    7%

    In terms of possible budget measures to increase revenue or decrease spending, a majority supported increasing taxes for big corporations and were also more likely to support reducing tax breaks for high income earners.

    A majority opposed postponing infrastructure, cutting spending on unemployment and disability benefits and postponing increasing the education spending recommended by the Gonski Report.

    Measures most supported by Labor voters were increasing taxes for big corporations and reducing tax breaks for high income earners.

    Measures most supported by Liberal/National voters were increasing taxes for big corporations and postponing the NBN.

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