Q. To raise more Government revenue to maintain services and reduce debt, which of the following actions would you favour most?
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Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote Other |
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Increase the GST |
27% |
19% |
39% |
16% |
25% |
|
|
Increase income taxes |
26% |
34% |
24% |
36% |
24% |
|
|
Expand the GST to cover food, health and education |
14% |
13% |
16% |
10% |
17% |
|
|
Don’t know |
33% |
34% |
21% |
37% |
34% |
To raise more Government revenue to maintain services and reduce debt, 27% favoured increasing the GST, 26% favoured increasing income taxes and 14% expanding the coverage of the GST.
Liberal/National voters (39%) were more inclined to favour increasing the GST while Labor voters (34%) and Greens voters (36%) favoured increasing income tax.
Women favoured increasing income taxes (30%) while men favoured increasing the GST (32%). For full-time workers, 33% favoured increasing the GST and 19% increasing income taxes.