Q. Overall, how would you describe the current state of the Australian economy?
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28 May 12 |
8 Apr 13 |
16 Sep 13 |
21 Jan 14 |
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Total
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Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Vote other |
| Total good |
35% |
45% |
40% |
34% |
38% |
38% |
47% |
36% |
21% |
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| Total poor |
29% |
26% |
25% |
26% |
24% |
24% |
18% |
24% |
46% |
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| Very good |
6% |
8% |
6% |
4% |
3% |
3% |
5% |
5% |
– |
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| Good |
29% |
37% |
34% |
30% |
35% |
35% |
42% |
31% |
21% |
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| Neither good nor poor |
33% |
28% |
32% |
36% |
34% |
34% |
33% |
37% |
33% |
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| Poor |
20% |
17% |
20% |
21% |
19% |
18% |
16% |
20% |
31% |
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| Very poor |
9% |
9% |
5% |
5% |
5% |
6% |
2% |
4% |
15% |
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| Don’t know |
2% |
2% |
3% |
4% |
4% |
4% |
2% |
4% |
– |
38% described the economy as good or very good and 24% poor/very poor – 34% said it was neither. This represents a net improvement from +8 to +14 since January. The main shift since January was an increase of 7% for “good” and a decrease of 6% for “poor” among Liberal/National voters.
Those most likely to think the economy was good/very good were people with incomes over $1,600pw (42%). Liberal/National voters (47%) were more likely that Labor voters (38%) to think the economy was good.