Almost half of Australia's voters believe the world is on the cusp of another widespread financial crisis, while over a third say it is a 50-50 call, a new survey has found.
The latest weekly Essential Research online survey found that only eight per cent of the 1029 respondents thought a global financial crisis mark two was not very likely.
Should there be another GFC, 40 per cent said they would trust the opposition Liberal Party more to handle the economy, compared with 31 per cent backing the incumbent Labor government.
Yet, 54 per cent believe the government has handled the economy well during the past few years, compared with 39 per cent who believe it has been poorly handled.
Compared with the rest of the world, 70 per cent say Australia has performed better with only 10 per cent saying the economy has behaved worse than anywhere else.
Should there be another GFC, 39 per cent said the government should not undertake the same sort of stimulus spending as they did in 2009, while 36 per cent say it should.
