Q. Last week’s Federal Budget contained the removal of the “deficit levy” of 2% of earnings above $180k per year. This would lower the top tax bracket from 49% to 47%. Do you approve of this measure?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total approve | 24% | 19% | 36% | 13% | 24% | |
| Total disapprove | 39% | 46% | 26% | 53% | 47% | |
| Strongly approve | 6% | 3% | 10% | 5% | 10% | |
| Approve | 18% | 16% | 26% | 8% | 14% | |
| Neither approve nor disapprove | 21% | 21% | 26% | 12% | 17% | |
| Disapprove | 21% | 22% | 19% | 26% | 21% | |
| Strongly disapprove | 18% | 24% | 7% | 27% | 26% | |
| Don’t know | 17% | 14% | 12% | 23% | 12% |
39% disapprove of the measure to remove the deficit levy, and only 24% approved. Those most likely to disapprove of the measure were Greens voters (53% disapprove), those aged 65+ (49%), and West Australians (48%). Those most likely to approve were Liberal/National voters (37% approve) and those earning over $104k per year (29%).