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Preferred option for raising revenue
Q. If the Government decided to increase its revenue to pay for these reforms, which of the following options would you favour?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
|
| Increase income taxes for those on high incomes |
46% |
53% |
40% |
51% |
| Increase the GST rate to 11 or 12% |
10% |
11% |
12% |
14% |
| Extend the GST to goods and services like food and health which are currently exempt |
5% |
4% |
6% |
8% |
| Increase income taxes overall |
5% |
6% |
5% |
5% |
| None of them |
27% |
20% |
32% |
14% |
| Don’t know |
7% |
6% |
4% |
7% |
46% favour increasing income taxes for those on high incomes if the Government decided to increase its revenue to pay for reforms.
Increasing the GST rate (10%) has greater support than extending the GST to food and health (5%).
Increasing income taxes for those on high incomes is favoured by 53% of those earning less than $1,600 pw compared to 35% of those earning over $1,600 pw.
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Two Party Preferred: 14 May 2019
Labor
51.5%-0.5
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