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  • Oct, 2012

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    Federal government surplus

    Q. Thinking about the federal government budget, how important do you believe it is for the budget to be in surplus…?

     

    Total important

    Total not important

    Very important

    Quite Important

    Not very important

    Not at all important

    Don’t know

    …for the country as a whole

    68%

    22%

    26%

    42%

    18%

    4%

    10%

    …for you personally

    46%

    42%

    15%

    31%

    31%

    11%

    11%

    A clear majority of respondents (68%) regard having a federal government budget surplus to be important for the country as a whole, whereas a significantly smaller portion regard to be important for them personally (46%).

    Forty two per cent (42%) of respondents believe having a federal government budget surplus was not important for them personally.

    Vote Labor

    Vote Lib/Nat

    Vote Greens

    Total important

    Total not important

    Total important

    Total not important

    Total important

    Total not important

    …for the country as a whole

    59%

    31%

    78%

    16%

    58%

    34%

    …for you personally

    39%

    49%

    59%

    32%

    28%

    65%

    Looking at the results by voting intention, Coalition voters were the most likely to regard a federal budget surplus to be important for the country as a whole (78%) as well as for them personally (59%).

    Greens voters were the most likely to regard it as not important for them personally (65%).

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