Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the Government’s decision to phase out subsidies for renewable energy by 2020?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total approve | 32% | 24% | 47% | 19% | 23% | |
| Total disapprove | 41% | 47% | 29% | 62% | 52% | |
| Strongly approve | 11% | 7% | 17% | 3% | 8% | |
| Approve | 21% | 17% | 30% | 16% | 15% | |
| Disapprove | 23% | 26% | 22% | 23% | 25% | |
| Strongly disapprove | 18% | 21% | 7% | 39% | 27% | |
| Don’t know | 28% | 29% | 24% | 18% | 25% |
32% approved of the Government’s decision to phase out subsidies for renewable energy by 2020 and 41% disapproved.
Those more likely to approve were Liberal National voters (47%) and men (40%).
62% of Greens voters and 52% of other voters disapproved.
Q. Do you think that the Government’s energy plan will reduce or increase power prices or will it make no difference to prices?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Increase prices | 31% | 36% | 22% | 46% | 42% | |
| Reduce prices | 16% | 12% | 25% | 9% | 7% | |
| Make no difference to prices | 31% | 32% | 31% | 21% | 34% | |
| Don’t know | 22% | 19% | 215 | 25% | 17% |
Only 16% think that the Government’s energy plan will reduce power prices. 31% think the plan will increase prices and 31% think it will make no difference.
Among Liberal National voters, 25% think it will reduce prices, 22% increase prices and 31% make no difference.
48% of those aged 55+ think it will make no difference.
Q. Which party would you trust more to do the following?
| Liberal | Labor | No difference | Don’t know | |
| Reduce power prices | 24% | 25% | 37% | 14% |
| Ensure a reliable power supply | 24% | 24% | 38% | 14% |
| Reduce carbon emissions from power plants | 17% | 29% | 39% | 16% |
| Develop a modern power system that is clean and smart | 21% | 26% | 38% | 15% |
| Encourage investment in renewable energy | 20% | 30% | 34% | 16% |
| Stand up to the big power companies | 21% | 27% | 37% | 15% |
More than half either think there is no difference between the parties or don’t know who they would trust more to handle any of these energy issues.
For those who made a choice, the Labor Party was more trusted to reduce carbon emissions from power plants (+12%), encourage investment in renewable energy (+10%), stand up to the big power companies (+6%) and develop a modern power system that is clean and smart (+5%).
There was no significant difference in preference for either party on reducing power prices or ensuring a reliable power supply.
Q. If a Federal Election was held today to which party will you probably give your first preference vote? If not sure, which party are you currently leaning toward? If don’t know – Well which party are you currently leaning to?
| Total | Last week 10/10/17 | 2 weeks ago 3/10/17 | 4 weeks ago 19/9/17 | Election 2 Jul 16 | |||
| Liberal | 34% | 33% | 33% | 34% | |||
| National | 3% | 3% | 3% | 3% | |||
| Total Liberal/National | 37% | 36% | 36% | 38% | 42.0% | ||
| Labor | 36% | 38% | 38% | 36% | 34.7% | ||
| Greens | 9% | 10% | 10% | 10% | 10.2% | ||
| Nick Xenophon Team | 3% | 2% | 3% | 3% | |||
| Pauline Hanson’s One Nation | 8% | 7% | 7% | 8% | |||
| Other/Independent | 7% | 7% | 7% | 5% | 13.1% | ||
| 2 party preferred | |||||||
| Liberal National | 48% | 46% | 46% | 48% | 50.4% | ||
| Labor | 52% | 54% | 54% | 52% | 49.6% |
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the Federal Government setting a Clean Energy Target to speed up transition from coal to cleaner energy sources?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total approve | 65% | 73% | 68% | 88% | 49% | |
| Total disapprove | 15% | 9% | 16% | 2% | 29% | |
| Strongly approve | 28% | 34% | 22% | 62% | 24% | |
| Approve | 37% | 39% | 46% | 26% | 25% | |
| Disapprove | 9% | 7% | 10% | 1% | 13% | |
| Strongly disapprove | 6% | 2% | 6% | 1% | 16% | |
| Don’t know | 20% | 18% | 16% | 11% | 22% |
65% approve of the Federal Government setting a Clean Energy Target and 15% disapprove. 20% don’t have an opinion.
Those most likely to approve were Greens voters (88%), Labor voters (73%), aged under 35 (74%) and university educated (73%).
Q. Do you approve or disapprove of the Government continuing to provide incentives for the development of renewable energy production?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | ||
| Total approve | 74% | 82% | 75% | 92% | 65% | |
| Total disapprove | 10% | 4% | 12% | 1% | 17% | |
| Strongly approve | 29% | 33% | 24% | 61% | 24% | |
| Approve | 45% | 49% | 51% | 31% | 41% | |
| Disapprove | 6% | 3% | 9% | 1% | 7% | |
| Strongly disapprove | 4% | 1% | 3% | – | 10% | |
| Don’t know | 16% | 14% | 13% | 8% | 18% |
74% approve of the Federal Government continuing to provide incentives for the development of renewable energy and 10% disapprove. 16% don’t have an opinion.
Those most likely to approve were Greens voters (92%), Labor voters (82%) and university educated (82%).
Q. The Labor Party has committed to a target of 50% renewable energy by 2030. Do you approve or disapprove of this policy?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Aug 2015 | Feb 2017 | |||
| Total approve | 62% | 82% | 52% | 80% | 53% | 65% | 65% | ||
| Total disapprove | 18% | 5% | 27% | 9% | 24% | 16% | 18% | ||
| Strongly approve | 24% | 35% | 17% | 46% | 19% | 25% | 25% | ||
| Approve | 38% | 47% | 35% | 34% | 34% | 40% | 40% | ||
| Disapprove | 10% | 4% | 17% | 7% | 7% | 9% | 9% | ||
| Strongly disapprove | 8% | 1% | 10% | 2% | 17% | 7% | 9% | ||
| Don’t know | 20% | 12% | 20% | 11% | 23% | 19% | 16% |
62% approve of the Labor Party commitment to a target of 50% renewable energy by 2030 and 18% disapprove. These figures are little changed since the question was asked in February.
A very high majority of Labor voters (82%) and Greens voters (80%) approve.
Liberal/National voters were split but more likely to approve (52%) than disapprove (27%).
Q. Do you think the Federal Government is doing enough, not enough or too much to ensure affordable, reliable and clean energy for Australian households and businesses?
| Total | Vote Labor | Vote Lib/Nat | Vote Greens | Vote other | Feb 2017 | |||
| Doing enough | 15% | 14% | 22% | 9% | 12% | 12% | ||
| Not doing enough | 61% | 66% | 56% | 80% | 67% | 71% | ||
| Doing too much | 5% | 4% | 5% | 3% | 9% | 3% | ||
| Don’t know | 19% | 16% | 17% | 9% | 12% | 14% |
61% (down from 71% in February) think the Federal Government is not doing enough to ensure affordable, reliable and clean energy for Australian households and businesses and only 15% think they are doing enough. 19% (up 5%) don’t know.
56% of Liberal National voters think they are not doing enough and 22% think they are doing enough.