Q. In general, do you think the next Federal Budget, to be announced on Tuesday 3rd May will be good or bad for the following?
| Total good | Total bad | Very good | Good | Neither good nor bad | Bad | Very bad | Don’t know | ||
| You personally | 10% | 30% | 3% | 7% | 42% | 23% | 7% | 18% | |
| Average working people | 13% | 37% | 2% | 11% | 31% | 29% | 8% | 19% | |
| Australian business | 35% | 14% | 5% | 30% | 31% | 11% | 3% | 19% | |
| The economy over all | 21% | 24% | 3% | 18% | 37% | 19% | 5% | 19% | |
| People who are well off | 46% | 10% | 17% | 29% | 27% | 8% | 2% | 18% | |
| People on lower incomes | 12% | 46% | 2% | 10% | 23% | 29% | 17% | 18% | |
| Australian families | 12% | 36% | 3% | 9% | 34% | 28% | 8% | 18% | |
| Older Australians | 10% | 44% | 3% | 7% | 28% | 29% | 15% | 19% | |
| Younger Australians | 11% | 35% | 3% | 8% | 34% | 26% | 9% | 20% |
46% expect that the budget will be good for people who are well off and 35% think it will be good for business. Otherwise the budget is expected to be bad for most groups – especially people on low incomes (46%) and older Australians (44%).