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Important budget issues

8 May 2018

Q. Which of the following areas do you think is most important for the Government to address?

 

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other
More funding to schools and hospitals 28% 32% 26% 35% 21%
Supporting industries that create jobs 22% 19% 29% 13% 25%
Personal tax cuts 17% 16% 18% 11% 22%
Building infrastructure 12% 10% 15% 20% 9%
Fully funding the NDIS 8% 11% 4% 11% 14%
Don’t know 13% 11% 9% 10% 9%

 

28% thought that more funding to schools and hospitals was the most important area for the Government to address, 22% nominated supporting industries that create jobs and 17% wanted personal tax cuts.

Labor (32%) and Greens (35%) voters were more likely to prefer more funding for schools and hospitals while 29% of Liberal National voters nominated supporting industries that create jobs.

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