Q. Which of the following statements is closest to your view?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Feb 2018 | |||
| Cutting the company tax rate will bring Australia’s tax base into line with other nations, attract investment and create more jobs and higher wages | 34% | 21% | 56% | 29% | 29% | 32% | ||
| Cutting the company tax rate will simply deliver business $80 billion more in profits – it won’t result in higher wages. | 41% | 59% | 25% | 49% | 47% | 38% | ||
| Not sure | 25% | 20% | 19% | 22% | 24% | 30% |
Respondents were divided over these statements – but a little more likely to think that company tax cuts will not deliver higher wages. 41% (up 3% from February) agreed more that “Cutting the company tax rate will simply deliver business $80 billion more in profits . . . “ and 34% (up 2%) agreed more that “Cutting the company tax rate will bring Australia’s tax base into line with other nations . . . “. 25% were not sure.
Those more likely to agree that “Cutting the company tax rate will simply deliver business $80 billion more in profits . . . “ were Labor voters (59%), Greens voters (49%) and other voters (47%).
Those more likely to agree that “Cutting the company tax rate will bring Australia’s tax base into line with other nations . . . “. were LNP voters (56%) and workers on incomes over $2,000pw. (40%).