Comments on: Essential Report – Economic Impact Edition

By: Matthew Rodd

Matthew Rodd — Wed, 10 Jun 2009 00:29:53 +0000

A better re-frame of the questions would be reducing ‘discretionary spending’. It would also limit the sample size of respondents.
I assume

By: OzPol Tragic

OzPol Tragic — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 22:05:03 +0000

freded @ #2 You forget that a considerable proportion of Aussies, in work or retired, have guaranteed ’set’ sources of income, especially those who are/ were in tenured employment: public service at all three levels, qangos & semi-gov institutions (inc research) and employment conditions tied to the public sector (eg private education, research, hospitals etc – most private tutors, doctors, dentists …). I’m no longer sure what the proportion of the working population those are, but it’s significant (probably a third to a half).

Pre-Boomers (& many of Boomers) grew up with Depression Era patents’ ’security’ mantra about PS jobs never making one rich, but they were secure & paid secure pensions – or were until the mid 1990s, and still do. They could have added, “And let you take advantage of recession-time bargains.”

By: fredex

fredex — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:12:40 +0000

#3
Makes sense to me.
I never thought of that/them.
Should have.

Scary number.

By: Eratosthanes

Eratosthanes — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 11:08:58 +0000

Fredex

About a third of Australians spend every cent of their weekly pay on the basics and can only dream of having the choice to buy a new car or frigde – or not. If you intended spending $0 on any of the things listed then you’re answer to the question is no.

By: fredex

fredex — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 09:50:45 +0000

For me the most interesting number in there was thare more than a third of respondents, excluding ‘don’t knows’, who do not intend to reduce spending.
Confident? Affluent? Ignorant? Apathetic? Informed?
Its a larger number than I would have expected.

By: Lord D

Lord D — Tue, 09 Jun 2009 07:46:17 +0000

This is good news, and I would anticipate a big jump in Labor’s vote next week when last week’s sample, which must have been around 52-48, goes off the sample.