freeways, public transport, roads
Q: Do you think it is more important to expand public transport or more important to build new roads and freeways?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | ||
| More important to expand public transport | 56% | 57% | 52% | 77% | 52% | |
| More important to build roads and freeways | 33% | 34% | 41% | 18% | 36% | |
| Don’t know | 11% | 9% | 7% | 5% | 12% |
56% think that it is more important to expand public transport and 33% think it is more important to build roads and freeways.
Those more supportive of expanding public transport were aged 18-24 (65%), people from Victoria (64%) and those with university education (66%).
Those more supportive of building roads and freeways were aged 35-44 (40%) and people from Queensland (41%).
Q: Do you approve of paying tolls for new roads and freeways or do you think new roads and freeways should only be built if the Government can pay for them without charging tolls?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote Other | ||
| Pay tolls for new roads/freeways | 24% | 23% | 31% | 21% | 18% | |
| Only build new roads/freeways if Government can pay for them without tolls | 64% | 67% | 59% | 67% | 74% | |
| Don’t know | 12% | 10% | 10% | 12% | 8% |
64% think that new roads and freeways should only be built if the Government can pay for them without charging tolls and 24% approve of paying tolls for new roads and freeways.
Those most likely to approve paying tolls were aged 65+ (32%), earning $1,600+ pw (29%) and university educated (29%).
government-owned assests, Joe Hockey, ports, rail, roads, state government
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the Treasurer Joe Hockey’s proposal that State Governments sell their Government-owned assets (e.g. ports, rail, roads) to fund construction of new infrastructure?
|
Total |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other/ Indep-endent |
|
| Total approve |
25% |
|
10% |
44% |
17% |
23% |
| Total disapprove |
58% |
|
80% |
41% |
63% |
60% |
| Strongly approve |
7% |
3% |
11% |
4% |
8% |
|
| Approve |
18% |
7% |
33% |
13% |
15% |
|
| Disapprove |
27% |
25% |
31% |
28% |
22% |
|
| Strongly disapprove |
31% |
55% |
10% |
35% |
38% |
|
| Don’t know |
18% |
11% |
16% |
19% |
16% |
58% disapprove of the Treasurer Joe Hockey’s proposal that State Governments sell their Government-owned to fund construction of new infrastructure and 25% approve.
Labor voters (80%) and Greens voters (63%) strongly disapprove but Liberal/National voters are divided with 44% approve/41% disapprove.
22 April 2013, 220413, defence, Government spending, manufacturing industry, pensions, private schools, public schools, roads, transport, universities, welfare
Q. If the Liberal Party won Government at the next election, do you think they would increase or decrease spending on the following areas or spend about the same as the Labor Government?
|
Increase spending |
Decrease spending |
Spend about the same |
Don’t know |
|
| Public schools |
22% |
30% |
33% |
15% |
| Private schools |
28% |
27% |
28% |
16% |
| Universities |
18% |
29% |
36% |
16% |
| Support for manufacturing industries |
26% |
23% |
32% |
19% |
| Pensions |
19% |
32% |
36% |
14% |
| Welfare support |
12% |
45% |
28% |
14% |
| Health and hospitals |
33% |
27% |
25% |
14% |
| The environment |
11% |
39% |
34% |
16% |
| Defence |
31% |
19% |
34% |
16% |
| Foreign aid |
8% |
41% |
33% |
18% |
| Public transport |
23% |
26% |
35% |
16% |
| Roads |
26% |
22% |
36% |
16% |
| Border security |
44% |
14% |
28% |
14% |
| The arts |
7% |
40% |
32% |
21% |
| Subsidies for business |
34% |
20% |
28% |
18% |
Overall, respondents were more likely to think a Liberal Government would reduce spending on welfare support, the arts, the environment, foreign aid, pensions, public schools and universities. They were more likely to think they would increase spending on border security, defence and subsidies for business.
Liberal voters thought a Liberal Government would be more likely to increase than decrease spending on public schools, manufacturing industries, pensions, public transport, health and hospitals, defence, roads, border security and subsidies for business.