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We overestimate the costs of helping the unemployed

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24 Jul 2021

Australians have different priorities for how their tax dollars should be spent. 75% of Australians indicate that more should be spent on health while only about a quarter of Australians would like to see more spending on unemployment benefits.

75 %

A large number of Australians think there should be much more (40%) or somewhat more (35%) spending on health.

80 %

80% think there should be more or somewhat more spending on education.

28 %

Only 28% think there should be more funding for culture and the arts.

35 %

Only a quarter of Australians think there should be more funding for unemployment benefits with 35% thinking here should be less.

Proportions of Australians that want Increased and Decreased Government Spending across Different Issues
For each of the following different areas that government currently funds through taxes could you please say whether there should be more or less public expenditure?
Sources & Methodology
Variable description % by government funded area
Variable time span 2016
Published by ANU Poll
Publisher Link https://csrm.cass.anu.edu.au/research/publications/tax-and-equity
Data Source doi:10.26193/NSSXHF
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