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Australians are clear that over the next 10 years the top policy priority for Government Policy must be to ‘Maintain a Balanced Budget and no increase in Public Debt’ (33%, up 4% from May 2009, and up 12% since November 2008).

The biggest change since the May Budget has been the large drop in Australians who say the top policy priority for Government Policy must be to ‘Promote Infrastructure Development’ (25%, down 9% from May 2009 and down 7% from November 2008), now just ahead of those saying ‘Overcoming the Skills Shortage’ (23%, up 4% since May 2009, but down 7% since November 2008).

Although ‘Driving Productivity Growth’ (16%, up 1% since May 2009 and up 5% since November 2008) is the only policy priority that has increased on each occasion Roy Morgan has asked this question, it remains behind the other three options as a priority for Government Policy over the next 10 years according to respondents surveyed in a special Roy Morgan Survey conducted on Government policy priorities on October 7/8, 2009.

Gary Morgan says:

“There is growing concern amongst Australians about increases in Public Debt according to a special Roy Morgan survey that finds a third of Australians (33%, up 4% since May 2009 and up 12% since November 2008) want the Government’s number one policy priority to be ‘Maintaining a Balanced Budget and no increase in Public Debt’ over the next 10 years.

“In contrast, as the Australian economy recovers from the global economic slowdown, fewer Australians now say ‘Promoting Infrastructure Development’ (25%, down 9% since May 2009, and down 7% since November 2008) should be the Government’s number one policy priority over the next 10 years — a substantial fall over the past five months.”

Respondents were asked: Which ONE of the following should be the Number One priority for Government Policy over the next 10 years?

These findings come from a special Roy Morgan survey conducted in Australia on attitudes towards priorities for the Australian Government in the future. A cross-section of 675 men and women aged 14 or over were interviewed by telephone on October 7/8, 2009.

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Margin of Error

The margin of error to be allowed for in any estimate depends mainly on the number of interviews on which it is based. The following table gives indications of the likely range within which estimates would be 95% likely to fall, expressed as the number of percentage points above or below the actual estimate. The figures are approximate and for general guidance only, and assume a simple random sample. Allowance for design effects (such as stratification and weighting) should be made as appropriate.

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