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Renewable energy target

18 Oct 2016

Q. The Labor Party is committed to a target of 50% renewable energy by 2030. An independent report has said this policy would require about $48 billion of new private sector (not Government) investment in large scale renewable energy production such as solar and wind farms. Do you approve or disapprove of this policy?

  Total   Vote Labor Vote Lib/Nat Vote Greens Vote other
Total approve 59%   70% 48% 86% 59%
Total disapprove 19%   8% 32% 5% 25%
Strongly approve 20%   27% 10% 49% 17%
Approve 39%   43% 38% 37% 42%
Disapprove 11%   5% 18% 4% 12%
Strongly disapprove 8%   3% 14% 1% 13%
Don’t know 23%   23% 20% 9% 16%

Over half (59%) of Australians approve of the target of 50% renewable energy by 2030. Just 19% disapprove.

Greens voters (86%) were far more likely to approve of this policy, followed by Labor voters (70%). Lib/Nat voters (48%) were less likely to approve.

Approval of this policy is higher with younger age groups, with 64% of those aged under 35 compared to 61% of those aged 35-54 and 39% of those aged 55+ approving.

There were no significant differences by gender, with 59% of males and 57% of females approving of this policy.

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