Blame for tax avoidance
Q. Who do you think is most to blame for big companies, like Google, shifting their assets to other countries to avoid paying tax in Australia?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
|||
|
The Australian Government |
33% |
43% |
22% |
43% |
38% |
||
|
The company executives |
23% |
23% |
27% |
20% |
24% |
||
|
The company board |
16% |
12% |
20% |
21% |
17% |
||
|
Their accountants |
9% |
6% |
14% |
3% |
10% |
||
|
Don’t know |
18% |
15% |
17% |
13% |
12% |
||
33% think that the Australian Government is most to blame for big companies shifting their assets to other countries to avoid paying tax. 23% blame company executives, 16% the company board and only 9% their accountants.
Labor and Greens voters are more likely to blame the Government (both 43%) and Liberal/National voters a little more likely to blame accountants (14%).
Important issues
Q. Which of the following issues are the most important for the Federal Government to address over the next 12 months?
|
Total |
|
Most import-ant |
2nd most import-ant |
3rd most import-ant |
|
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
|
| Improving our health system |
47% |
14% |
18% |
15% |
53% |
46% |
34% |
44% |
||
| Reducing unemployment |
37% |
12% |
13% |
12% |
38% |
33% |
30% |
43% |
||
| Reducing the budget deficit |
32% |
16% |
8% |
8% |
15% |
60% |
14% |
20% |
||
| Tax avoidance by big companies |
27% |
9% |
9% |
9% |
29% |
27% |
30% |
31% |
||
| Protecting workers wages and conditions |
24% |
8% |
7% |
9% |
34% |
16% |
10% |
30% |
||
| National security and terrorism |
23% |
8% |
7% |
8% |
16% |
35% |
6% |
32% |
||
| More funds for education |
23% |
6% |
8% |
9% |
26% |
14% |
30% |
26% |
||
| Housing affordability |
22% |
7% |
8% |
7% |
27% |
15% |
15% |
27% |
||
| Addressing climate change |
20% |
9% |
7% |
4% |
25% |
8% |
60% |
11% |
||
| Investing in public transport |
14% |
3% |
5% |
6% |
14% |
11% |
17% |
12% |
||
| Protecting the environment |
13% |
3% |
5% |
5% |
15% |
5% |
45% |
11% |
||
| Investing in roads |
10% |
3% |
2% |
5% |
6% |
15% |
4% |
12% |
||
| Free trade agreements |
6% |
1% |
3% |
2% |
2% |
12% |
5% |
3% |
The most important issues for the Federal Government to address over the next 12 months were improving our health system (47%), reducing unemployment (37%), reducing the budget deficit (32%) and tax avoidance by big companies (27%).
For Labor voters the most important issues were improving our health system (53%), reducing unemployment (38%) and protecting workers wages and conditions (34%). For Liberal/National voters the most important issues were reducing the budget deficit (60%), improving our health system (46%) and national security and terrorism (35%).
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