Taxing times (open thread)

A new poll finds respondents nearly twice as likely to support than oppose repealing stage three tax cuts.

The Australia Institute has a poll out which offers the interesting finding that 41% favour the repeal of the stage three tax cuts, with only 22% on board and the remainder unsure. Forty-six per cent understood the cuts to most favour high income earners, compared with 18% for middle income earners and 8% for low income earners. Asked whether “adapting economic policy to suit the changing circumstances even if that means breaking an election promise” rated higher than “keeping an election promise regardless of how economic circumstances have changed”, 61% favoured the former and 27% the latter. The poll was conducted September 6 to 9 from a sample of 1409.

The Guardian reports on the fortnightly poll from Essential Research, which continues to hold off from voting intention and does not include leadership ratings on this occasion, and is mostly devoted to questions on incidental political relevance regarding the Optus security breach. Fifty-one per cent would support stronger curbs on information collected by private companies and 47% expressed concern about governments collecting their personal information. The full report should be along later today.

UPDATE: Full Essential Research report here.

Author: William Bowe

William Bowe is a Perth-based election analyst and occasional teacher of political science. His blog, The Poll Bludger, has existed in one form or another since 2004, and is one of the most heavily trafficked websites on Australian politics.

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  1. “Looked like the Wet is building out west. There are some fish traps out near Birdsville that are about 15,000 years old. Catch fish only during big rain events from overland flow.

    The local Station lessee worked with Traditional Owners about 15 years ago to allow land access and a fix up of the traps.

    Yellow Belly and from memory Perch the main catch.

    They might get a run this year!”

    That is awesome. Please tell us more, if you can.

  2. Mexicanbeemersays:
    Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 11:48 pm

    Steve777 says:
    Sunday, October 9, 2022 at 10:21 pm

    The women and children in Syrian camps are Australians. Bring them home. Leave the nastiness and cultivation of moral panic to the ugly right-wing Coalition. If there is credible evidence that some have broken Australian law – this would be limited to those who were adults when they left Australia – charge them when they return. If any are suspected to be dangerous (probably not the 6 year old), keep an eye on them.
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    In an ideal world there wouldn’t be any refugee camps and no one should be spending their life in one and the 6 year old should be in grade one.

    And there’s the problem, your comments don’t exist in the real world.

  4. Dandy Murray-Honeydew says:
    Monday, October 10, 2022 at 12:26 am
    “Looked like the Wet is building out west. There are some fish traps out near Birdsville that are about 15,000 years old. Catch fish only during big rain events from overland flow.

    The local Station lessee worked with Traditional Owners about 15 years ago to allow land access and a fix up of the traps.

    Yellow Belly and from memory Perch the main catch.

    They might get a run this year!”

    That is awesome. Please tell us more, if you can.
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    I will tomorrow cobber. Going to start my Digital Detox! It’s a great story!

    Hope to sleep well.

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