Q. Do you think Australia’s economy is heading in the right or wrong direction?
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
May 2010 |
May 2011 |
Jun 2012 |
Apr 2013 |
Aug 2014 |
May 2015 |
Sep 2015 |
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|
The right direction |
30% |
24% |
48% |
12% |
15% |
51% |
45% |
43% |
36% |
35% |
35% |
34% |
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|
The wrong direction |
38% |
49% |
24% |
50% |
57% |
25% |
29% |
32% |
39% |
41% |
40% |
39% |
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|
Don’t know |
31% |
27% |
28% |
38% |
28% |
24% |
25% |
25% |
25% |
24% |
25% |
27% |
30% (down 4% since September) of respondents think that Australia’s economy is heading in the right direction and 38% (down 1% think it is heading in the wrong direction. This is the least optimistic outlook recorded over the past 5 years.
24% (no change) of Labor voters, 48% (down 6%) of Liberal/National voters and 12% (no change) of Greens voters think the economy is heading in the right direction. 49% (up 2%) of Labor voters, 24% (down 2%) of Liberal/National voters and 50% (down 9%) of Greens voters think it is heading in the wrong direction.