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Actions on climate change

29 Oct 2013

Q. Which of the following actions on climate change do you most support?

 

Total

 

Vote Labor

Vote Lib/Nat

Vote Greens

Vote other

Keeping the carbon tax

15%

30%

2%

44%

4%

Replacing the carbon tax with an emissions trading scheme

21%

25%

15%

35%

24%

Replacing the carbon tax with the Liberal’s “direct action” plan

15%

2%

28%

3%

19%

Dumping the carbon tax and not replacing it at all

31%

25%

41%

5%

35%

Don’t know

18%

18%

14%

14%

17%

31% think the carbon tax should be dumped and not replaced, 21% support replacing it with an emissions trading scheme, 15% prefer the Liberal’s “direct action” plan and 15% think the Government should keep the carbon tax.

Those most likely to support keeping the tax or changing to an emissions trading scheme were Labor voters (55%) and Greens voters (79%), people aged under 25 (59%) and those with a university education (45%).

Those most likely to think the carbon tax should be dumped and not replaced were Liberal/National voters (41%) and those who had no post-secondary education (42%). Only 28% of Liberal/National voters preferred the Liberal’s “direct action” plan.

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