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Responsibility for gas/electricity prices

10 Dec 2012

Q. Who do you think is mainly responsible for electricity and gas prices?

 

Total

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

The Federal Government

27%

17%

40%

15%

The State Government

16%

18%

14%

18%

The power companies

45%

54%

37%

56%

Don’t know

13%

11%

9%

11%

45% believe that power companies are mainly responsible for electricity and gas prices, 27% think the Federal Government is mainly responsible and 16% State Governments.

40% of Liberal/National voters think the Federal Government is mainly responsible. Answers were similar across the major states – NSW, Victoria, Queensland.

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