13 August 2013, 130813, national debt, reducing debt
Q. Do you think it is more important to reduce Australia’s national debt or to maintain government spending on services and projects?
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Total |
Vote ALP |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Australia’s debt higher |
Australia’s debt about the same |
Australia’s debt lower |
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| More important to reduce debt |
46% |
48% |
28% |
72% |
23% |
76% |
48% |
37% |
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| More important to maintain spending |
40% |
35% |
51% |
20% |
60% |
18% |
32% |
49% |
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| Don’t know |
14% |
17% |
21% |
9% |
17% |
6% |
20% |
14% |
48% think it is more important to reduce Australia’s debt and 35% think it is more important to maintain Government spending on services and projects. This represents a shift away from maintaining spending since this question was previously asked in May.
51% (down 10%) of Labor voters and 60% (up 1%) of Greens voters favour maintaining spending while 72% (up 5%) of Liberal/National voters think it is more important to reduce debt.
76% of those who think Australia’s debt is higher compared to other countries think we should reduce debt while 49% of those who think our debt is lower think we should maintain spending.