Q. Would you support or oppose cutting income tax and raising the GST to 15%?
| Total
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Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total support | 27% | 18% | 41% | 17% | 29% | |
| Total oppose | 52% | 63% | 43% | 64% | 53% | |
| Strongly support | 7% | 4% | 13% | 2% | 3% | |
| Support | 20% | 14% | 28% | 15% | 26% | |
| Oppose | 26% | 25% | 28% | 29% | 26% | |
| Strongly oppose | 26% | 38% | 15% | 35% | 27% | |
| Don’t know | 21% | 19% | 16% | 19% | 18% |
The majority (52%) of Australians are opposed to cutting income tax and raising the GST to 15%. 27% support this policy.
Although more likely than the average to support this policy (41%), in total a slightly larger proportion of Liberal/National voters oppose it (43%).
Labor (63%) and Greens (64%) voters were more likely to oppose this policy.
Males (33%) were more likely than females (20%) to support this policy. Likewise females (51%) were more likely than males (43%) to oppose it.
Opposition was high across the three largest states with 49% in NSW, 47% in QLD and 45% in VIC opposing this policy. 25% in NSW, 29% in QLD and 28% in VIC support the policy.