budget 2014, Deregulation of university fees, Federal Budget, Medicare co-payment, pension age, TAFE, youth allowance
Q. Do you support or oppose the following decisions that were made in the latest Federal Budget, announced on Tuesday 13th May:
|
Total Support |
Total Oppose |
Strongly support |
Support |
Neither support nor oppose |
Oppose |
Strongly oppose |
Don’t know |
|
| Deregulation of university fees (meaning universities can set their own tuition fees) |
17% |
58% |
5% |
12% |
21% |
24% |
34% |
4% |
| Commonwealth funding extended to students at TAFEs, private colleges and sub-bachelor degrees at a cost of $820 million over three years |
43% |
20% |
9% |
34% |
30% |
10% |
10% |
7% |
| $7 Medicare co-payment for all visits to the GP, with this money to be used to fund a Medical Research Future Fund. |
29% |
50% |
7% |
22% |
18% |
18% |
32% |
2% |
| General patients to pay $5 more and concessional patients 80¢ more for prescription drugs. |
23% |
58% |
5% |
18% |
18% |
26% |
32% |
2% |
| Eligibility for the age pension to rise to 70 by 2035 |
17% |
61% |
4% |
13% |
20% |
22% |
39% |
3% |
| A six-month waiting period for those under-30 before they can access the dole (Newstart) |
39% |
41% |
16% |
23% |
17% |
19% |
22% |
3% |
| Tightening eligibility criteria for disability support pensioners for those under 35 |
42% |
33% |
12% |
30% |
21% |
16% |
17% |
4% |
| University graduates to repay HELP debt once they earn $50,638 (reduced from $53,345) |
53% |
23% |
16% |
37% |
22% |
12% |
11% |
3% |
| Cut 16,500 full-time jobs from the public service in the next 3 years |
31% |
43% |
10% |
21% |
22% |
20% |
23% |
4% |
| Privatise the Royal Australian Mint |
18% |
42% |
4% |
14% |
31% |
18% |
24% |
10% |
| Make those under 25 apply for Youth Allowance, instead of Newstart (Youth Allowance is around $100 less per fortnight |
44% |
32% |
13% |
31% |
21% |
16% |
16% |
3% |
Q. Do you support or oppose the following decisions that were made in the latest Federal Budget, announced on Tuesday 13th May:
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Green |
||||
|
Total Support |
Total Oppose |
Total Support |
Total Oppose |
Total Support |
Total Oppose |
|
| Deregulation of university fees (meaning universities can set their own tuition fees) |
8% |
81% |
28% |
35% |
14% |
69% |
| Commonwealth funding extended to students at TAFEs, private colleges and sub-bachelor degrees at a cost of $820 million over three years |
37% |
27% |
54% |
13% |
49% |
8% |
| $7 Medicare co-payment for all visits to the GP, with this money to be used to fund a Medical Research Future Fund. |
10% |
74% |
56% |
21% |
18% |
67% |
| General patients to pay $5 more and concessional patients 80¢ more for prescription drugs. |
10% |
77% |
42% |
28% |
13% |
69% |
| Eligibility for the age pension to rise to 70 by 2035 |
7% |
80% |
31% |
37% |
13% |
62% |
| A six-month waiting period for those under-30 before they can access the dole (Newstart) |
24% |
60% |
65% |
15% |
17% |
64% |
| Tightening eligibility criteria for disability support pensioners for those under 35 |
32% |
49% |
62% |
15% |
26% |
46% |
| University graduates to repay HELP debt once they earn $50,638 (reduced from $53,345) |
39% |
36% |
74% |
8% |
40% |
33% |
| Cut 16,500 full-time jobs from the public service in the next 3 years |
15% |
64% |
57% |
16% |
18% |
59% |
| Privatise the Royal Australian Mint |
12% |
55% |
26% |
26% |
14% |
53% |
| Make those under 25 apply for Youth Allowance, instead of Newstart (Youth Allowance is around $100 less per fortnight |
25% |
52% |
72% |
8% |
28% |
47% |
Q. Do you support or oppose the following decisions that were made in the latest Federal Budget, announced on Tuesday 13th May:
|
Total Support |
Total Oppose |
Strongly support |
Support |
Neither support nor oppose |
Oppose |
Strongly oppose |
Don’t know |
|
| Spend $525 on a “green army” |
18% |
24% |
3% |
15% |
37% |
13% |
11% |
21% |
| Invest $2.1 million in solar projects in local communities |
59% |
11% |
15% |
44% |
25% |
7% |
4% |
6% |
| $100 million for mobile blackspot and wireless coverage in regional areas |
60% |
11% |
15% |
45% |
26% |
7% |
4% |
4% |
| A $120M cut to the ABC’s budget |
27% |
41% |
10% |
17% |
26% |
20% |
21% |
7% |
| Asylum seekers who have arrived by boat will lose the right to have their case independently reviewed or to have family reunions |
48% |
27% |
25% |
23% |
19% |
14% |
13% |
5% |
| Foreign aid frozen at current levels for two years, helping save $7.6 billion over five years |
64% |
13% |
28% |
36% |
18% |
6% |
7% |
5% |
| International commitment to spend 0.5 per cent of gross national income on foreign aid abandoned |
44% |
20% |
15% |
29% |
27% |
10% |
10% |
8% |
| $3.9bn over five years for major roads in Melbourne, Perth, Toowoomba, Adelaide and the Northern Territory |
55% |
15% |
13% |
42% |
26% |
9% |
6% |
5% |
| The HELP debt interest rate changed from CPI to the long term bond rate (an increase of around 1%) |
24% |
31% |
7% |
17% |
35% |
17% |
14% |
12% |
| Cut public funding for university courses by 20% |
18% |
49% |
5% |
13% |
29% |
25% |
24% |
4% |
Q. Do you support or oppose the following decisions that were made in the latest Federal Budget, announced on Tuesday 13th May:
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Green |
||||
|
Total Support |
Total Oppose |
Total Support |
Total Oppose |
Total Support |
Total Oppose |
|
| Spend $525 on a “green army” |
13% |
32% |
26% |
18% |
20% |
12% |
| Invest $2.1 million in solar projects in local communities |
59% |
11% |
61% |
11% |
77% |
3% |
| $100 million for mobile blackspot and wireless coverage in regional areas |
56% |
14% |
72% |
6% |
54% |
8% |
| A $120M cut to the ABC’s budget |
14% |
56% |
48% |
21% |
9% |
72% |
| Asylum seekers who have arrived by boat will lose the right to have their case independently reviewed or to have family reunions |
36% |
39% |
71% |
9% |
22% |
54% |
| Foreign aid frozen at current levels for two years, helping save $7.6 billion over five years |
52% |
22% |
83% |
3% |
51% |
33% |
| International commitment to spend 0.5 per cent of gross national income on foreign aid abandoned |
32% |
29% |
64% |
8% |
23% |
49% |
| $3.9bn over five years for major roads in Melbourne, Perth, Toowoomba, Adelaide and the Northern Territory |
49% |
19% |
70% |
7% |
42% |
27% |
| The HELP debt interest rate changed from CPI to the long term bond rate (an increase of around 1%) |
13% |
44% |
40% |
14% |
17% |
51% |
| Cut public funding for university courses by 20% |
8% |
66% |
32% |
28% |
12% |
71% |
The highest levels of opposition were registered for:
The items that more than 50% of Australians supported were:
The tables included demonstrate the various differences by voting intention.