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  • Mar, 2014

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    Raise taxes or cut spending

    Q. Do you think the Government should raise taxes or cut spending to reduce the national debt or should they do neither?

     

    Total

     

     

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Vote Other

     

    6 May 13

     

    13 Aug 13

    Raise taxes

    6%

    8%

    4%

    14%

    8%

    13%

    6%

    Reduce spending

    47%

    36%

    61%

    25%

    39%

    55%

    45%

    Both

    19%

    15%

    22%

    21%

    22%

    na

    21%

    Neither

    20%

    30%

    10%

    31%

    23%

    20%

    18%

    Don’t know

    8%

    11%

    3%

    10%

    7%

    12%

    10%

    In order to reduce debt, 47% think the Government should reduce spending, 6% think they should raise taxes and 19% think they should do both. 20% think they should do neither.

    61% of Liberal/National voters think the Government should reduce spending compared to 36% of Labor voters and 25% of Greens voters.

    These results are very similar to those when this question was previously asked in August last year.

  • Aug, 2013

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    Raise taxes or cut spending

    Q. Do you think the Government should raise taxes or cut spending to reduce the national debt or should they do neither?

     

    6 May 13

     

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Raise taxes

    13%

    6%

    7%

    3%

    14%

    Reduce spending

    55%

    45%

    32%

    64%

    24%

    Both

    na

    21%

    21%

    21%

    22%

    Neither

    20%

    18%

    28%

    9%

    29%

    Don’t know

    12%

    10%

    12%

    4%

    10%

    In order to reduce debt, 45% think the Government should reduce spending, 6% think they should raise taxes and 21% think they should do both. 18% think they should do neither.

    64% of Liberal/National voters think the Government should reduce spending compared to 32% of Labor voters and 24% of Greens voters.

    (Note the category “both” has been added to this question since it was previously asked)

  • May, 2013

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    Raise taxes or cut spending

    Q. Do you think the Government should raise taxes or cut spending to reduce the national debt or should they do neither?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Raise taxes

    13%

    23%

    5%

    28%

    Reduce spending

    55%

    34%

    74%

    40%

    Neither

    20%

    27%

    14%

    20%

    Don’t know

    12%

    16%

    7%

    12%

    In order to reduce debt, 55% think the Government should reduce spending and only 13% think they should raise taxes. 20% think they should do neither.

    74% of Liberal/National voters think the Government should reduce spending compared to 40% of Greens voters and 34% of Labor voters.

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