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  • Apr, 2012

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    Joe Hockey Statement

    Q. The Shadow Treasurer Joe Hockey recently said people in Western countries have an attitude of “entitlement” and expect the Government to provide assistance and subsidies for things like education, health, income support, retirement benefits, unemployment benefits. Do you agree or disagree that people in Australia receive too much Government assistance?

     

    Total

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Total agree

    39%

    27%

    54%

    19%

    Total disagree

    33%

    55%

    20%

    58%

    Strongly agree

    14%

    10%

    21%

    3%

    Agree

    25%

    17%

    33%

    16%

    Neither agree nor disagree

    23%

    21%

    23%

    23%

    Disagree

    18%

    22%

    13%

    31%

    Strongly disagree

    15%

    23%

    7%

    27%

    Don’t know

    5%

    7%

    3%

    Respondents were somewhat evenly split on their response to this question – 39% agree that people in Australia receive too much Government assistance while 33% disagree.

    23% neither agree nor disagree and 5% don’t know.

    Lib/Nat voters were significantly more likely to agree that people in Australia receive too much Government assistance (54%). Labor (55%) and Green (58%) voters were more likely to disagree.

    Males (44%) were far more likely than females (32%) to agree that people in Australia receive too much Government assistance.

    Those aged 65+ were also more likely to agree with this statement (48%), however those aged 55-64 were less likely (34%).

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