Q. Do you think unemployment benefits are …
|
Total |
Vote Labor |
Vote Lib/Nat |
Vote Greens |
Income less than $31,200 |
Income $31,200 |
Income $52,000 |
Income $83,200 |
|
| Too generous |
25% |
18% |
32% |
21% |
13% |
18% |
24% |
35% |
| About right |
30% |
30% |
34% |
26% |
30% |
31% |
31% |
32% |
| Not high enough |
33% |
43% |
24% |
41% |
51% |
43% |
32% |
22% |
| Don’t know |
11% |
9% |
10% |
12% |
6% |
9% |
12% |
11% |
33% think that unemployment benefits are not high enough, 30% think they are about right and 25% think they are too generous.
Those most likely to think unemployment benefits were not high enough were Labor voters (43%), Greens voters (41%), those on lower incomes (51% of those earning less than $600pw and 43% of those earning $600-1,000pw), not working (40%) and respondents aged 45-64 (47%).
Those most likely to think unemployment benefits were too generous were Liberal/National voters (32%), aged under 45 (31%), in full-time employment (33%) and income over $1,600pw (35%).