Election Issues, issues of importance, level of concern
Q. How concerned are you personally about each of the following economic issues facing Australia today?
| Very concerned | Somewhat concerned | Not so concerned | Not at all concerned | Don’t know | |
| Petrol and energy prices | 60% | 32% | 7% | 1% | 1% |
| Excessive executive salaries | 54% | 27% | 14% | 4% | 1% |
| Affordability of housing | 53% | 31% | 13% | 2% | 1% |
| Not enough regulation of banks | 53% | 27% | 15% | 4% | 2% |
| Jobs going overseas | 47% | 33% | 15% | 4% | 1% |
| Food prices and inflation generally | 45% | 42% | 10% | 2% | 1% |
| Interest rates | 44% | 33% | 17% | 5% | 1% |
| The age pension | 37% | 34% | 22% | 5% | 1% |
| Not enough regulation of large corporations | 36% | 32% | 24% | 6% | 2% |
| Improving wages for low income earners | 34% | 40% | 20% | 4% | 1% |
| Taxation | 32% | 37% | 26% | 4% | 1% |
| Not enough superannuation | 32% | 37% | 23% | 7% | 2% |
| Government debt | 31% | 33% | 26% | 8% | 2% |
| Unemployment | 26% | 35% | 30% | 8% | 1% |
More than half the respondents said they were very concerned about petrol and energy prices, excessive executive salaries, affordability of housing and regulation of banks.
Petrol and energy prices were of most concern to people aged 55+ (69%).
57% of those aged under 35 were very concerned about the affordability of housing.
67% of people aged 55+ were very concerned about regulation of banks and 76% were very concerned about excessive executive salaries.
Overall, there were not major differences between Labor and Liberal voters except for Government debt (Labor 16% very concerned, Liberal/National 49%). Comments »