May 6, 2013

Q. Do you think the Government should raise taxes or cut spending to reduce the national debt or should they do neither?

Total Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Raise taxes 13% 23% 5% 28% Reduce spending 55% 34% 74% 40% Neither 20% 27% 14% 20% Don’t know 12% 16% 7% 12%

In order to reduce debt, 55% think the Government should reduce spending and only 13% think they should raise taxes. 20% think they should do neither.

74% of Liberal/National voters think the Government should reduce spending compared to 40% of Greens voters and 34% of Labor voters.